"The Simpsons" is 20!!!!

I fired up my PC and got on the Internet and the head line on my home page was "The Simpsons" turns 20. I can't believe that this show is 20 years old! I am starting to feel my age! Anyway I just couldn't believe it so I thought that I would post it.

I had a great weekend with the kids camping, so there will be a blog very soon about that trip.

Gap Video

I made this video back in April. I just thought that I would share it here on my blog. This is why I love Deals Gap.

Deals Gap, Again!

I love the mountains. They are beautiful and the roads are awesome. I know that if you read this blog on a regular basis you already knew that. I went back to Deals Gap this week for a few days. I had to go to traffic court in Tennessee, and what a trip that was! The stuff people were wearing to court was amazing! The best one was a guy wearing some ratty old pair of shorts and a wife beater t-shirt! I couldn't believe it! These people must have thought that I was a lawyer the way I was dressed! A nice pair of khakis and button down shirt. Anyway after taking care of my traffic ticket I decided to stay and hang out for a little bit at the gap.

I met up with a friend I met while working in Waynesville, and he let me borrow one of his bikes. We rode for a little while then I drove the car through the gap and hung out with Killboy for a while. I'm glad I did because an insane group of classic cars rolled through and it was a blast to see. This has inspired me to get the "Moro" running again by this time next year so that I might be a part of this annual event. I think they call it "The Run Through the Hills". Anyway I have blabbed long enough. I had a blast and hung out with some cool folks.

The plate says "JUICY67"

This was AWESOME! 1971 'cuda with a 2008 6.1L Hemi!

This brought back some great memories of my 280z! This is a 1976.

I want to get another one someday.

"Buzz Lightyear"

I have a new nickname. Just call me "Buzz Lightyear". I had a women call me that while I was at the Gap. She said that my leathers look like Buzz Lightyear's suit. I never thought of it that way, but after they said it I think they are right. Here is a pic of me draggin' knee at the Dragon. Check out the leathers.

Patriot Day Parade

This past Saturday John, Liam And Mo were in the Florence Patriot Day Parade. It was a small parade but it was fun all the same. Mo and the kids had fun riding on the float and there were some neat things to see. There was a Cobra helicopter being towed along and some cool military trucks. St. Anthony's float won "Best Float". John was proud of that.

John & friends on the float.

Mo & Liam on the float. Liam was holding his ears because of the fire trucks.

Labor Day @ The Gap

This past Labor Day we went to Deals Gap and had a blast! John loves riding with me and is an awesome passenger! He leans with me in the turns and everything! We camped at the motorcycle resort and met some neat people. Sunday was a little rainy but Monday was awesome for riding. I got some good runs in with John and by myself. We also got to go out to Fontana Dam one of John's favorite places. He loves looking down the massive spill tunnels that allow water to go down to the river below. They give me vertigo!

Here are the happy campers! Minus the photographer.

Here is John in front of the spillway for the dam.

John next to the spillway. This shows you how big that opening is.

Here we are at the overlook.

We also stopped at a Krispy Kreme on the way home and had some fun with the hats that the kids got. All in all we had a good weekend. The only cloud over the party was my layoff from work on the Friday before we left. We didn't let that ruin our good times though!

MMMM! Yummy!!!

Light Saber Fun!!!

The other night the family and I decided to have some fun with the camera and John's Light Saber toy. The results were a lot of laughter and oooo's and ahhhh's. Check out the results below.

800 miles in a day!!!

I know it has been forever since I wrote on my blog. I hopefully will do better at this. My life has been hectic and this has been low on the priority list. Anyway I had to travel to Louisianna for work and thought that I would ride the bike. The trip there was uneventful. Just alot of "Super Slab". The ride home is were it got interesting.

I decided to go to Arkansas, since it was only forty miles from where the meeting was held. Well I managed to get lost even using a GPS! There really is nothing in Arkansas. I was driving down a road and it just turned to dirt. It is spooky how desolate it is. I finally got to some form of civilization and spent the night in West Memphis.

The next morning I woke up and rode all the way home. It came out to be just about 800 miles! What a crazy adventure. I had fun and got to see some neat things.

Hopefully my next post won't be over six months from now.

New Year, New Car!!

We finally got a new car on January 2, 2009! It is a 2008 Subaru (of course!) WRX. The WRX part is the best thing. That means 224 horses reside under the hood. John said that we had to get this car because it was the turbo! He said you can buy a Subaru and not buy a TURBO! I said OK! So without any further delay here are some of the first pics of the car. The dealer still owes me a detail!

Merry New Year!!

MERRY NEW YEAR!!!!

Well it has been one crazy Christmas and New Year!! I don't think this one can be topped! We had Mo's family down and had a wonderful visit with them. Then Santa came and what a haul he brought!! Both boys got dirt bikes, and John got a whole lot of Star Wars stuff. Liam got alot of Cars stuff. As for me Santa brought me a new job, and some other cool things, like an iPhone, and a new garage door opener and some new office stuff. He brought Mo paint for the Master bedroom and bath. This holiday season has been one of the wildest and the best. I got to spend time with friends and family and have good things to look forward to. Now on to the pictures!!!

Helllloooo Santa!!!

Big John!

Yes we got a Wii!!!

Do you think he was excited?