We Just Lost the Moon

Hello everyone,

For those of you who have been following in on my motorbike adventure and are concerned with our sudden lack of progress, rest assured that we are alright.

We were travelling through the Kentucky mountains early this morning when we had an engine failure. My dad's fuel injection system failed with no way to repair it, we were sitting ducks. We knew right then, the trip was over.

As Jim Lovell said during the Apollo 13 mission in 1970, "We just lost the moon.."

After getting his bike to the nearest town, which included me actually towing it with my own, we managed to rent a truck and are taking the most direct route home.

It is a shame though, we came so close, SO close! 1,400 miles roughly to finishing 49 states in ten days and completing the iron butt challenge. Not only that but finishing 9 provinces in the remaining 4 days afterwards for a potentially brand new challenge.

Even though we did not finish we had a great time, I'm glad I had a chance to do a trip like this with my dad before it was too late.

So here we are, homebound...

Take care everyone.