Lost and Found and Acquired

Items lost while on trip:

• Eyeglasses at KOA in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
• Jack knife in Kenora, Ontario
• Chase Visa card in Manitoba somewhere
• Flashlight in Cut Bank Creek campground, Glacier National Park

Items found while on trip:

• Eyeglasses at KOA in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It had been a 400 plus mile day and I thought about camping that night. I'm not much on KOA, but it was close by. I went out to examine a site, thought it would be OK, went back to the bike, put on my helmet and realized I couldn't find my glasses. Went back to the site and searched the ground. Nothing. Went back to the KOA office. Nothing. Stopped some folks on the trail to the site - they hadn't seen anything. Went back and searched the ground around the site. Nothing. Then looked on the picnic table and there they were. I decided I was too tired to camp that night and went back to a motel.
• Jack knife in dryer while doing laundry in Estevan, Saskatchewan the following night
• Chase Visa card found in thigh pocket of chaps same day as lost. I'd taken it out to buy gasoline at a station I had to go into. Since I left my jacket on the bike, I'd put the card away in the chaps instead of the usual spot in the jacket.
• Flashlight in Glacier National Park. I had moved from one site to another and just put the flashlight in with the laundry rather than where it belonged.

Item never mislaid - my wallet and passport. Given my proclivity for mislaying my purse, I didn't bring my purse on the trip. Instead I put wallet and passport in a pouch that was either fastened to the tank bag or fastened to my belt. Didn't mislay it even once!

Items acquired on trip:

• Throttle wrist rest at Motorcycle Clinic, Sault Ste. Marie. Not as good as a throttle lock for crossing the prairie, but very handy for taking some of the load off the wrist when conditions varied
• Plastic cleaner for faceshields, etc. at Motorcycle Clinic in Sault Ste. Marie Don't know why I hadn't thought of that already. I could not have made it across the prairie without something to remove the bugs. They threw in some rags.
• Throttle latch at Terry's Yamaha in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. This was a lifesaver across the rest of the prairie. Definitely cut down on the ibuprofen consumption.
• Lambskin fleece for seat in Mountain View, AT
• Towel. Ford Prefect was right. You've got to have a towel. I didn't get one until I got to Glacier National Park.