Charlotte NC, Kiwi Mike

Well we have come to the conclusion that NC signs suck. At 1st we thought it was us but even others said the same thing. And to make matters even worse, if you ask anyone for directions, they just don’t know especially gas station folks, unbelievable. Even this afternoon I asked how to get from the gas station to the 77 freeway (say 2 miles away) and the answer was I don’t know. Even asking others got the same answer. Wow, don’t you guys get out a little bit???


We headed to Mucksville for a 9 am breakfast with my good lady friend Marilyn of IronWorks Magazine. She asked where would you like to eat and we said any hole in the wall diner but our main criteria is no table clothes. She emailed us the address and the town was Mocksville so we head for Mocksville only to find out Diana's Diner was 10 miles before the town and we passed it by. Say what. So you are telling me the diner is not even in Mocksville yet the address is Mocksville. Yep. Wow. So we back track 10 miles and its in an old abandoned gas station and the diner still looks that way so it’s so easy to pass up. Another good feeding place. We hd a delightful breakie with Marilyn. She’s a real live wire and enjoyed our stories and we enjoyed her as well.

Outside we were taking some pic with Marilyn and an old boy walks up to me and says Indian, I used to have one of them when I left school. I still got the wheels off that bike and some other parts, right O, lets strike deal which we did. While we were standing there his mate Dick rolls up and next thing you know we are having another good conversation. Like is good out here in the boonies.

There are plenty of critters out in these parts. Yesterday my face shield was plastered with gnats. These little buggers have their way of getting in from the underside while riding.

Eventually we get to the Denton Antique mc club swap meet which is in a wonderful privately owned fairgrounds setting.

We ride in and park on the inside and I couldn’t get away from my bike for ages to have a look around because of all the questions.

I put my name down for the long distance award but was told you have to be here Sun. Well that sort of sucks cause we won’t be here. Oh well silly AMCA rules. So what happens if you are a church go-er and spend all day in church on Sunday, do they penalize you for that.

There were many nice show bikes there but I’m into rider bikes, bikes that are ridden. One of my customers Howard Crist was there and showed me his nice bike. He has over 20,000 miles on the engine rebuild we did several years ago. Howard’s a rider and is very proud of his bike. Nice catching up with you Howard and Leanne.

Speaking of churches, many of the signs in front of the churches have interesting sayings in front of them making you have to think pretty hard. If the Lord ever lands on earth he’s going to have a lot of choices of where to land.

The roads today have been very flat compared with the last few days which makes for a welcomed change, just free running roads but then you have to worry about signage so it’s still no picnic.

We’ve noticed quite a few mopeds and scooters on the roads around here even way out in the open roads. These things might get up to 30 mph and if a car is behind they can’t pass the scooter because of oncoming traffic on these 2 lane roads that it doesn’t take much to back up traffic.

We arrived at Wally’s shop where we parked the bikes for the evening and to do an oil change on them tomorrow. Wow, what an outstanding shop. Wally’s is a very particular person and his shop is spic and span. Wally then drove us to his home to hang out with him and his lovely wife Regan. It is so sweet to be driven around and not have to worry about road signs. Dinner was killer at a local seafood place and along with our same rules, no table cloths.