Thursday, May 29, 2008

Coming Soon to a Blog Near You!!

Hey to all you Blogroupies!!!! I will have a post up in the very near future about my AWESOME trip to the Indy 500. I have been busy with work and so on, and am still waiting to get some film developed. So stay tuned, a new episode will be on its way soon!

Monday, May 19, 2008

Look Who's Seven!!!

Transformers Cake


I know that this blog is about ten days late but I had to wait to get the pictures back and find the time to post this. My son John turned seven on May 9th and had his first sleepover party. It was fun and I'm confident that John enjoyed it too. He had a bunch of friends over and they ran all through the house laughing and chasing each other, it was quite amusing actually! Thank goodness we don't have any Ming vases or other types of collectibles, the way they were running around my insurance company might have had a very large claim!!! It was fun and a good time was had by all.



Madness and Mayhem!!!!

I got a bag!!!!!

Even Liam got in on the Action!!

A good breakfast after a long night of fun and games!

Thursday, May 15, 2008

So Long and Thanks for the Memories

First time at the Dragon.

Monday was a pretty good day and a bummer kind of day all at the same time. How can this be, you might ask? Well I finally sold my Meanstreak. I was glad to be able to pay some things, but sad to see her go. I have had that bike since 2003 and put many good miles on it. I can only hope that the new owner takes care of it as well as I did. I have another ride now and it has been really fun, so I felt it was time to let the "Streak" go. So, farewell old friend and may your new owner be as good to you as I was. Thanks for the good times.

"Smoove"


John ridin' with me.


Tank You!

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Vintage Leathers and 8,000 RPM

Good Lean, but still have to work on my form.


Don't worry I played nice!

This past weekend I went to The Dragon again! I love this place. I first met some folks in Bryson City and then rode on some other awesome roads in NC. We split up and then my solo adventure began. I rode to The Dragon via route 28. This road is ranked very highly on my awesome road list, and with a nickname like "Hellbender" you can figure out why. After thoroughly enjoying my warm up drive I arrived at the Resort.


Love those leathers!

I had some lunch at the Dragon's Den Grill and then made my first pass of the day. This was a great opportunity to really get the chance to break in my "new" old leathers. I got this set of leathers from work for a steal! The awesome part is that they were still in the original package. They are about ten years old! They fit great and will hopefully serve me well.



This is not where your motorcycle is supposed to be!!!



On my way back through I had to stop and help a rider who had the unfortunate experience of being bit by The Dragon. The rider was OK, but his bike definitely needed some work when he got home. Aside from that I had a great day of riding, and I got to watch Valentino Rossi win his first MotoGP race of the year on Sunday. What a blast.



This is usually the result!!!!

My next major event is my annual pilgrimage to Indianapolis for the Indy 500!! I can't wait! Stay tuned blog fans!