Monday, 7 April 2014

The Blighty-Boys (finally) coming to a city near you…..

Finally launch day has arrived.  We left dear old 'blighty' this morning.  We arrived in Orlando this afternoon and have already navigated our way to a wonderful Floridian Diner for some excellent comfort food after a long flight.  We even managed to find the restaurant without the use of satellite navigation!  Great wings by the way at the 'Bahama Breeze.'  We met a wonderful couple at the bar called Brian & Tasha and enjoyed very much their conversation, travel tips and advice on where to find the best seafood restaurants and best live music bars all the way down the Florida Keys.




After a wonderful, and surprising send off  party given by our family and friends and so kindly arranged by my wife Susanna yesterday it wasn't easy leaving home this morning.   But our epic USA adventure is now firmly underway.  We received confirmation that our Harley's are awaiting our collection tomorrow at a bonded warehouse somewhere on the Orlando International Airport  complex, trouble is it's a huge place!


Great cake - notice the black and orange Harley colours



We're going to need it!


And I thought we were going for a quiet Sunday afternoon drink at our local pub


The official tour t-shirt….

Check back tomorrow, for hopefully a story and pictures of the motorcycles.



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11 comments:

  1. RichardM8 April 2014 at 04:10

    And the adventure begins! Looking forward to the stories...

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  2. Motopippi8 April 2014 at 04:19

    I live along your route in California. Email me for a better coastal route than you listed :-). Emailmotopippi@gmail.com

    -Colleen

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    1. Jaydee8 April 2014 at 12:01

      Hi Colleen, thanks for the offer I will drop you an email. We continue to refine our routes and any local knowledge would be most appreciated.

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  3. Doug Klassen8 April 2014 at 06:49

    May your grand adventure be safe each day. I'll be watching along and when you get to Arizona perhaps we can meet up for a lunch or something.

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    1. Jaydee8 April 2014 at 11:57

      Thanks Doug - your 'company' will be most welcomed.

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  4. Tony S8 April 2014 at 12:17

    Yep, day 1 ..have fun & be safe :)

    Tell Jon that Tommy's well - was 4deg here last night so he's gone back to bed for a bit!!

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  5. Trobairitz8 April 2014 at 18:25

    WooHoo, let the games begin!!

    Looking forward to following along.

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  6. Unknown8 April 2014 at 19:57

    welcome gents to the land of milk & honey (not florida), but the USA. Looking forward to following your travels and seeing you upon your arrival in NYC. I have a great friend of mine in LA who has a Harley & is up for some riding and drinks with the Blighty Boys.

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    1. Jaydee9 April 2014 at 10:26

      Hey Mikey! We finally made it my friend, and it feels fantastic. It would be great to hook up with you pal in California. I'll send you an email about arriving in NYC in the next day or so. I need your help on a venue for Susanna's birthday lunch…. etc

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  7. The City Mouse in the Country9 April 2014 at 03:33

    Welcome guys. I hope my adopted state of Florida treats you well. Just be care of what we call the "snowbirds". Generally these are ancient northern folk that migrate here during the winter months. They are blind to everything but grand-kids and buffet's.

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    1. Jaydee9 April 2014 at 10:28

      Hi Robert, thanks for the welcome. Yes indeed we heard about these "snowbirds" from the taxi driver coming from the Airport - what a scary breed for us bikers!

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