2010 July 8th:
Mark:
I woke up really early thinking that the sun was coming up. I got up and went outside only to realize that the partial moon, a sliver, was what had woke me up. I went back to the tent and looked at my watch only to see that is was 3:30am. I went back to sleep for a couple more hours.
When we got up it was still very quiet all around and warm. We started to get everything packed. Instead of cooking up some oatmeal for breakfast we sliced up some of the summer sausage that we picked up in Tillamook Oregon. We talked to Greg about the offer for some ice for our Camelbak’s and he generously filled us up; thank you Greg, for your generosity.
We left once we were ready and stopped at the Visitor’s Center for a stamp in the passport. We headed out to highway 50 again and rode until we arrived in Delta Utah. We fueled up and looked for a place to purchase a tire for Niko’s bike. I also called my lifelong friend Steve. We found a place to stop and see if they had a tire and rode over there. They didn’t have a tire the right size so we moved on.
We stopped for some lunch in Nephi Utah just before getting on the interstate 15 to ride north toward Salt Lake City. We had been told by several people to check out Rocky Mountain ATV for a tire. They were located in Payson Utah just south of Salt Lake City. We stopped and they had a tire in stock and they would mount it for us if we removed the wheel from the bike.
Niko and I went out to the parking lot and proceeded to remove the wheel in about 5 minutes and then took it in. They mounted up the tire and had it back in our hands in less than an hour total time. We reinstalled the wheel and we were back on the road in a short amount of time. A big Thank You goes out to the folks at Rocky Mountain ATV and all of those people that told us about them. The price was good and they were very fast.
We continued on to the Salt Lake area and found where my friend Steve lives. He hooked us up with a place to stash the bikes and then we cleaned up and went to have a good dinner. We spent the rest of the evening catching up with everything going on in our lives.
We had a relatively short riding day but we were able to get the tire for Niko’s bike and visit with my friend. We will be staying here for several days so there won’t be much to tell until we hit the road again on Monday. Thank you all for reading, Good Night.

Niko:
Both of us got up lazily and dressed to get out of the tent. We packed up our things and ate some of a summer sausage from Tillamook. We got some ice chunks for our Camelbak’s from our neighbor and took off.
We went in the direction of Salt Lake City, and stopped for gas across the border in Utah. We added even more ice to our water bags and found a motorcycle dealership nearby. We dropped in and asked if they carried a rear tire in my bike’s wheel size, but they didn’t have any in stock.
My rear tire was completely bald on the middle of the tread at this point. We were told to try Rocky Mountain ATV and Motocross on our route. We rode down the road until we got to the freeway leading to Salt Lake City and stopped at the Wendy’s there. After having a bacon burger and a frosty, we got on the freeway and headed to Rocky Mountain ATV/MC.
After arriving at the parts and tires store, we ordered the Michelin Anakee tire, and removed my wheel for them to work on. We sat and watched the most insane motocross stunts on the TV while waiting. After an hour, the tire was done and we mounted the wheel again.
I took it easy on the way to Salt Lake City to get rid of the slick rubber on the tire surface. We soon pulled into our friend’s apartment complex and he showed us a place to park the bikes.
We got out of our now gross heat gear, and into more comfortable clothing. Steve then took us out to dinner at McGrath’s seafood restaurant and I had steak and crab with clam chowder.
We got back to the apartment and settled in, soon beginning this blog. Our night is coming to an end, and it’s getting kind of late. Goodnight and thanks for reading.