April 21 - Kingman, AZ - Las Vegas, NV

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April 20, 2015 - Kingman, AZ - Las Vegas, NV

Casa De Sherm & Pat 

We arrived at Sherm and Pat's house in Kingman, AZ pretty late (midnight-ish I think) on the previous night, to a very full garage with just enough space for us to pull right in.  Stewey opted to give up his guest bed for an air mattress so that Shannon and I could have the bed.  Not necessary but we appreciated the gesture and accepted since it was late and everyone was tired and making Stewey move everything back would have been a chore I'm sure.   
Bike parking ONLY!
 

Our gracious hosts in the left picture! And Stewey, the guy that took the airbed, pic on the right!
Stewey is headed back to Chicago after buying Sherm's Whitewing (White Goldwing actually lol) and so Sherm planned to ride with him for a spell to show off some of Rt 66 and to see him off. So I opted to join the short ride.
Shannon didn't join us because we were a little behind on work.  She stayed behind and concentrated on client needs while I took off to see some of the mother road and spend a little time with Stewey and Sherm.  First stop above was Hackberry where we had a soda pop and checked out the joint and then we went on down to the Gas n Grub where Stewey broke off and twisted the grip headed for the Windy City.  Sherm and I had an ice cream cone and visited with the locals for a minute before we headed back.
 
Sherm also has a blog @ http://sherm363.blogspot.com/
 
After getting back, Sherm helped me install the J&M Bluetooth dongles for the cell phone.  We had to ride up to  http://www.laughlinriverrun.com/ to get some assistance from the J&M techs setting up their display for the rally because we couldn't figure out how to get the grip loose.  $20 later and my first trip to Laughlin, NV later, we got home and got the job done. 
 
Sherm is awesome and I could not have done it without him!  Several of the photos were taken by Sherm.  We opted to head for Vegas to get a jump on securing storage for the bike so we headed out just before sunset and grabbed dinner at 5 Guys on the way out of town, my first experience eating there.  Not bad for a fast-ish food burger joint.

 

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