day 2 - John Day, Oregon to Hailey, Idaho
 

 

A little foreshadowing perhaps?

'A city without a name' Idaho, Day 2

day 1 i saw a bike by the side of the road only a few miles out. day 2 saw a LOT more issues...i even had someone in the car with me already, jim from p-town scooters (he was having parts shipped to the next stop)

 

 

but day 2 also showed us how nice people can be. mike haytens broke down and while pushing his bike along the highway, someone stopped and offered to tow/ride him to a local shop. at the shop they offered him a lift and access to all their equipment. how cool is that?

 

the shop was called apache vehicle sales. they sold mostly dirt bikes and snowmobiles. unfortunately, i can't remember what city in idaho this was exactly. but they sure were nice...

 

why was i stopped to see how mike haytens was doing? well, because i got a phone call from patrick saying 'you have a crank puller in the car and mike needs it. he's in 'a city without a name' idaho at the yamaha dealer'. so i stopped in 'a city without a name' idaho and dropped off the puller before scouting out some lunch for us...turned out to be an interesting search...

and so, i find myself at honk's! why go to a dollar store in some random city in idaho? look at that sign?! how could i resist!

and i was NOT disappointed by my stop!

 

who can resist trailer park figurines (link on image to see a bigger picture so as to gaze upon the SWT up close and personal) from a dollar store in random city, idaho! (i must admit, we have the homies machines in the mission in sf).

 

i love that doo doo dan, in addition to having doo doo coloured overalls, has a mullet.

 
on another aisle i found some socks that really fascinated me. i can only assume that are at the dollar store because somehow their marketing failed..do you see what i see? (the picture on the packaging is a girl in sunglasses? what does that have to do with socks? perhaps they were going for the beer thing? it isn't the taste of the beer (look of the sock) but the girl who is impressed if you drink it (wear them)? welcome to heather's world.
lunch was not as easy to procure as the fun at honk's. we ended up getting stuff from the deli at albertson's

i realize this is out of order, but the stop in idaho was the major event of day...

before my adventure at honk's, i had a wonderful stop at the vilsmeyer general store, brogan, oregon! (i tried to find a link on the web to their store, but all i got was rating sites...i give them an a+!)

 

this was a one-building sort of town. vilsmeyer's country store was obviously the social hub as well...they had a dining area that reminded me a lot of a rest stop along the highway.

 
a mild mannered store from the outside...(check out them old skool gas pumps!)
and your equally movie-like general store on the inside! i did see representations of all the things advertised in their sign above. you could definitely do your christmas shopping there, assuming your loved one's were into the sporting goods and hunting licenses...
 the couple behind the counter can only be the vilsmeyer's! VERY nice folk. (the gentleman in the hat was there to buy cigs but they hadn't arrived yet) they had a reception book that a couple of the scooter people had already signed. i added my version of why we were there and a link to heathershair.com. their ice cream sandwiches were awesome but i must say the buck creeped me out.

the hotel in hailey, idaho was pretty cool, but more about that in the next installment. we came in first in our class again. were 13th overall, again. though just by the skin of our teeth. patrick's gps sent him the wrong direction the street before the hotel entrance, with ashrat on his tail. he ended up zooming up in front of her at the hotel entrance. all in good fun, but she gave him the place.