The day started out far better than the proceeding day .. there was no rain. The roadways were still damp but certainly passable. It was time to have our bikes serviced, Terry’s needed an oil change and I was 500 miles shy of 10,000. We rode 50 miles to Everett, the very same town that my mother, her twin and their older brother grew up in. In fact, the Harley dealer is located on route 16, no more than a mile from where Mom grew up. We arrived at noon, just as the rain decided to resume from the night before. Our timing appeared to be quite good. Terry’s oil change and new motor mount wasn’t terrible expensive, but changed the synthetic oil in the three resevoirs on the Ultra and replacing the back tire turned out to be just north of $400. HD does not mean Harley Davidson, rather, Hundred Dollars, or in my case 4 & ½ of them.
I spoke with my wonderful 1st cousin Chuck (his Dad, my Mom, brother & sister) following the gouging to get directions to Reliable Fabrics. Finding the new location in the rain, with a (slippery) new tire, was just the challenged I wanted to face. West on route 16, turn north onto route 99, enter the rotary, exit on the 5th off-lane (not the 4th!), brought us onto Main Street, do something at the Citgo (I forgot), go through 2 lights then pull over and call, the rain drenching my cell, to ask where did Henderson Street go. It was a right at Henderson! Around we when, now making a left at Hendersen which turned our to be at the Citgo .. the part that apparently slipped my mind.
We spent the afternoon at Reliable having a wonderful time talking to Chuck, Lily, and the people who help make Reliable such a success.
If you need draperies, curtains, the hardware, masterfully done, please, call Chuck or Lily. You can not find better people or better workman(lady)ship. Well, hope you don't get the seamstress in the very last picture, who would have been busy at work had he not glued his hands to his worktable.
Just in case, their number is 617-387-5323 or go to http://www.reliablefabrics.com/
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