Sorry for the Delay!

Hey all!! It has been awhile, and I apologize. Life has been a little hectic lately. I got a call from some old friends this weekend and thought how cool it was to here from them! I can't blog for to long tonight, but I will try to get back to this more than I have lately. I have some neat pictures and some cool stories to tell. Keep checking back!

High Voltage!!!!

Shocking!!!!

First I just want to say what a crazy last three weeks!!! I am going to try to do a few blogs this week on everything that has happened in the last few weeks! The craziest adventure was my house getting struck by lightning! I'm not talking about a power surge, I mean it got STRUCK by lightning!!!! A billion volts right into the side of my house!!! The wildest part was we were inside when it happened! Talk about having the crap scared out of you! Mo and I were just minding our own business, chatting about the day, when BAM, the loudest bang I have ever heard happened. Then the house alarm was going off, and I had no way of shutting it off. Mo called 911 and the fire department came out to make sure we had no fire. All was clear.

It blew the light bulb clean out of the socket!!



The next day we were able to assess the damage and really see what lightning can do. It traveled all the way around the fascia of the house and fried our security lights, A/C (that's a whole other story!), phones, TV, and the biggest reason I haven't blogged, our Internet!! We finally got that back the other day!

BAM!!!


We are all fine and the house will be OK after some minor repairs! Life goes on and the adventure continues!!

Another Great Ride with John!

John. A great companion!

Last weekend, John and I went on another ride with the Southern Cruisers of SC. We had a blast! We first met up with two friends, Ross and Roseanne, that I have met through the shop I work at, then headed to Lake City to meet with the rest of the group. The day started off over cast and was threatening rain, but wound up being a good riding day! It only rained for a little bit and then it was sunny and hot!

Ross and Roseanne

Gearing up for the wet ride.

After a quick stop for some of us to gear up, we were on our way to Red's Icehouse. Once there we had a great time and John really enjoyed the waterfront!

The group at Red's

If I only had a million $ layin' around!

John at the waterfront.

Some kayakers.

John haming it up at Red's!

After eating a good lunch we headed home. We took some really pretty roads and had a great ride. The only mishap was a mirror falling out of one of the bikes and hitting me in the toe! No harm no fowl though! I'm OK. John and I logged about 275 miles that day and we enjoyed every minute of it! I can't wait till the next ride!

The missing mirror!

Me with my Ninja! Photo by John.

The two adventurers, home after a long journey!

p.s. I finally got to use my new Cannon EOS Rebel XTi on this trip!

Camping at the Dragon...continued!

Sorry for the delay all you blogroupies, its been a long week. When I left off we were at the laundromat drying out from the flood!!! After we got everything dried out we headed back to the campsite, and ate some lunch at The Dragon's Den Grill. The food is good and it is right there at the start of the Dragon! They hang up a whole bunch of t-shirts from all the people who have visited on the ceiling, and would you believe that there is a DHY shirt there! I couldn't believe it.

DHY shirt at the Dragon's Den!

The ceiling of shirts.




John and I ready to ride.

John and Liam ready for bed.

After eating a fulfilling lunch; Mo, John, and Liam all went to Fontana Dam while I made some passes on the Dragon. We all had fun and then had dinner and got ready for bed. John and Liam were really cute laying on the air mattress. The night was beautiful, and much less chaotic! That is until two guys went screaming up the hill on their bikes to do a night run! It was only about twenty minutes later that we found out that one of them went down at Catch All corner and the bike went about 60 feet down the cliff! The rider was OK, but the bike wasn't. The rider said that he would just leave it at the bottom of the hill and get it out in the morning! Well the Dragon Pixies struck that night and retrieved his bike and put it in its rightful spot! On the Tree of Shame!

Warning! This could happen to you!!!

Especially if the Pixies are around!!!

The next morning began with a great sunrise and a hearty breakfast! I made one run on the Dragon and then we packed it in and headed home. We all had a great time and can't wait to go back! The next blog will be about John's trip to Grammy & Gramps Camp 2008!

The view from camp!

Camping with the Dragon!

Campsite at the "Dragon"!

Mo, John, Liam, and I decided to go camping in the mountains the weekend before last. The destination was Deals Gap! Mo and the kids went up early on Saturday, while I was at work. While she was up there she pitched the tent and got the camp site setup. The only problem was that Mo couldn't quite get the rain fly on the tent. She decided to go exploring with the kids. They had an awesome time and went to eat. Well, by this time I had left work and gotten on my way. Mo was eating dinner when a severe thunderstorm rolled through and completely drowned the tent and everything that was in it!!! AAARRRGH!! That was Mo's initial response I'm sure, but it made for a fun little adventure the next morning!

The sky right after the storm.

The local laundromat where we dried our stuff.

As you can see from the picture above we had to drive into town and dry out!!! What could have been a long and boring morning turned out to be pretty cool. It's amazing how entertaining two kids in a landromat can be. We watched the clothes go around on the super spin cycle!! What a blast!

Mesmerized by a washing machine!!!

Speaking of severe weather we have a storm coming through right now! I will continue afterwards!