Falls

Day 1: Aye

2:30 pm, I reset the trip odometer and leave Sparta for the meeting place. Arrived at 3:15, almost all have arrived and are ready to roll. 3:30 we pull out and head for the open road. We look the cruise control at 75 and make it 137 miles before Big John runs low on fuel and we stop. Next stop is the border control and amazingly we all are allowed into Canada. 75 miles into Canada we stop for fuel for... Go head..guess...cough..cough...
We head out to Brantford ON. Canada and get rooms at the Comfort Inn, low and behold there is an awesome bar next door called Moose Winooski's, obviously we went in for a (few) beers.
Midnight, 320 miles, 4 beers, temps from 59 -80 and max speed of 83.9 mph.
Till tommorrow!
~Boston

Firework Frenzy Trip

Well here we are, the night before the big trip of 2007. The bike is all packed, gps loaded and mounted so I have a few spare minutes to type this. This morning I signed Diek up to be the camera photographer for the trip since I don't have a camera phone. He will take a picture or two each day and upload them here, and then each night I will try and post about that day. So you ask where are we heading, we are leaving Grand Rapids, Michigan and heading across Canada to New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine before heading back home.
Today we had massive thunderstorms and rain as the cold front push thru, this should be good since it looks like the dew point is going to stay low and the temps will hover in the high 70's low 80's for most of the trip, perfect riding weather. Last weekend we all gathered at the Double D Ranch to check the bikes over good and tighten any loose fasteners, I think we are in great shape bike wise. Really not sure what else to report on except stay tuned for the rest of the adventure.

Is it time to depart yet....

What was I thinking?

It was a windy, snowy, raw kind of day and I really didn't want to leave the house but earlier in the week I told a good friend I would help him sell raffle tickets at the Bike Show downtown. I gave up on going to these types of bike shows a long time ago because they just don't interest me, they only have all stock bikes from the local dealerships set up to look at, nothing different from their showrooms. Even with this said I decide to go an hour early to check out the bikes before selling tickets with him. I make it through the snow and into the parking garage. Once inside the hall, I instantly get that feeling like, you dumb ass you knew it would be lame like this. I only found two interesting bikes that I have not seen before to ponder over. Then came the big show, some rinky dink dance show by girls barely dressed. I had to laugh, I wonder what these girls must be thinking. It is one thing to have some fancy technical routine that takes skill, but this show... oh my, some girls went this way, some that way, some fell, but one thing they all thought was that they were the cats ass. After laughing at the show I found my friend and we sold some tickets, didn't have too much luck because the attendance kind of sucked. In the end it was a nice afternoon out socializing.

Getting the funk out!

After watching the weather reports and removing all the snow and ice from the driveway on Sunday I was really getting itchy for a ride. Tuesday came and so did the warm weather with the sun. I shut down my computer early and ran out of work right at 4:30 to speed home and get on the bike. I knew the neighborhood road would still be bad but knew I could get out to the dry pavement. I pulled in the garage, wheeled the bike out into the sun, started it up and let in run while I quick ran inside to put on my riding gear. Once back outside the bike was warm and ready to go. As I sat on it and made my way to the snowy road I realized I had an audience, most neighbors where out looking awkwardly at me as I road through the snow. Once on the dry pavement I cruised the main roads for about 22 miles. It felt so good, I was smiling from ear-to-ear enjoying every mile of it. It started getting dark and I did not want to push my luck with ice since the temps were dropping fast. I headed back home and to my surprise my lovely wife knew how to make this night even more enjoyable, she had some tunes playing in the garage and a six-pack of beer. We sat out there toasting to spring and warm weather.
Unfortunately our warm weather didn't stick around long, I sure am glad I took advantage of the situation. The extended forecast isn't looking to good so who knows how long till I get out again.
till next time,
Paul

Damn Snow

Well I haven't been keeping up on this very well, I am hoping with the winter weather breaking and the bikes coming out again I will have more to post and get in a habit of posting at least once a week. So your wondering what is new here in Michigan, well not much. I can't really complain we have had a mild winter, well up till January 1st that is, then all hell broke loose and the snow started flying and the temps plummeted. It has been 45 days since I have went for a ride and I am starting to get blue. Today the extended forecast predicts sunshine and temps in the 40's by the end of the week so Betina and I spent three hours chiseling up the 8" of compacted snow in the driveway so I can escape on the bike later this week. I am hoping that the damn plow guy comes around when the weather warms up a bit because the road is in pretty bad shape. You can see how much snow we scrapped up today.

I thought we would never get down to concrete, but we did and now with the sun shining the driveway is totally dry. After we finished I really wanted to pull the Beamer out and try it in the snow, but to bring it out and drop it. Maybe next winter. t being that it is brand new I was too chickenshit




I am going to call this a post. I know it is just all useless information but I am trying to get to the good stuff, please stick around a little longer.

Lucky to Post

Oh man, what did I do... I have managed to kill my desktop over the past week so I cannot post what I was hoping to post, but hey I am still finding away to post so I keep up with this. So you are wondering "what special happened today". Honestly, nothing, had a regular day at work, came home full of ambition to get stuff done on the computer at home, but that didn't happen since the damn thing is so slow and keeps freezing up. I am using a friends laptop and think I might just go check out a new laptop. I won't string you alone here since I don't have much to say, but I will say stay tuned because life is about to become more fun, and these post will reflect that. Over and out ~Boston

Another Day...

Work as usual today but then a nice evening with the boys. After work I swung by the BMW dealership to wish everyone a Happy New Year and check out the new bikes. Ended up shooting the shit for an hour before heading to Deik's house to meet up with the guys. We sat around drinking beer and eating tacos while talking about this summers rides. It looks like one of the big trips will be to upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire via Canada. I have nothing more today so we will have to wait and see what tomorrow brings. ~Boston

2007 Post #2

Wow, another day gone. I had all intentions of getting up early this morning to get a shot of the full moon setting behind the trees across the street. Well woke up late, so I didn't get the camera out, you will have to take my word for it how beautiful it looks, never know there is always tomorrow.
Other exciting stuff happening, well the little city of Grand Rapids Michigan has been a hoppin' place the past few days with the funeral of President Gerald R. Ford. Today on my way home the highway was all backed up, people where parking on the highway (not very smart) then gathering on the overpasses and median strip, I kept thinking to myself, "am I missing something" then when I was almost home, I heard this weird noise, my vehicle started to shake and three groups of four fighter planes went flying by. Pretty cool and I wished I had the camera handy, but still not smart for people to line the highway to see that.
I know, not much of a post. I am working on it, at least I am getting something up here. I also seem to be having some difficulty posting from email. I hope to get that figured out and some more interesting posts up in the near future.

2007...It's here

Well here we are January 2cd, 2007. I am going to attempt to write at least a little bit each day. So what did today bring, at work it was a typical day, employees call in sick, boss pulled a no-show. Around noon I didn't think I was going to make the day, very tired and worn out. I quickly checked my email and saw a mail from Jörg to meet for wings & beer, I really wasn't interested but figured what the hell. I am so glad I did because we got to watch the Steve Yzerman #19 jersey retirement. What an accomplishment for Steve. It made me think of all those years of playing hockey and what could of been if I stuck with it. I guess you just never know. That's it for today, tomorrow I am going to try and get a photo in here. See you tomorrow. ~Boston