Road test. ..

Adventuring 

Professionally..... Today I was lucky enough to get to spend some time at the Cline Motor Works with the head of the R&D lab. Usually I come away from these visits with something new to road test. Today was no exception. 

Catch ya on the road

Adventuring Professionally....... 7-27-2016

 

Made a short ride this evening to go get dinner with a friend.  The clouds started changing and building pretty much as soon as we got on the road.
 By the time we had eaten everything was turning dark and you could smell the rain in the air.
We headed back and ran a rather quick pace to keep ahead of the rain. It worked for the first twenty miles. We got into high winds and some serious lightening strikes and the rain for the last six miles. I guess you could say that we fought the good fight and still ended up soaked.


catch ya on the road

Adventuring Professionally...... July 2016

 

When I travel I meet all kinds of people. gas stations and convenience stores and truck stops, most all are friendly and a lot of them become good friends. Here are two of my favorite "wild wimmin." ...... "Tater" & "Rockstar." (nicknames I give them fit as far as I'm concerned...all that matters.) Tater on the right I watched grow up. Shes been my buddy for ever. Rockstar I met this summer. Love her to  pieces, like she was cornbread or something... both of the gals are so full of energy and life ya cant help but be in a good mood around them. It is scary though, their personalities and everything, they could be sisters.




"catch ya on the road"

Professional level adventuring..... July 2016

Still on the road... Earlier today I had a brief audience with the "mayorette", the new Chief of Police and some hooligan on a "motorsickle" that came loudly cruising through. It was generally agreed, he had a long way to go to turn that little metric into a Harley, just cutting the mufflers off didn't quite do it.




"catch ya on the road"

Adventuring Professionally.... July 2016

Still on the road.... At the end of a long hot day of several hundred miles, I rolled back into town to a site that springs hope eternal.... Louis and "Sir" Ho Dawg had all the current world problems mostly solved. Yes! We can all sleep good tonight....

Adventuring Professionally..... July 23, 2016

 
Still on the road... (barely) Another episode of Adventuring Professionally. ... I ran out of one of the key herbs that's keeping me, more or less kicking these days. None of the places that I tried that does herbs, roots,gums, barks and berries carries the stuff I'm using. I was actually told "we only carry the popular stuff." A friend suggested trying (as he put it) a "bug hugger" grocery store. He was right. They even have the weird stuff. So, two things. 1) don't get something terminally wrong with ya and b) don't count out the bug huggers.




"catch ya on the road"

Adventuring Professionally..... july 24, 2016

Two months to see a doctor. They are that busy. So I've been running around going nowhere.Waiting is the hardest part. Maybe I should get a Golf cart?



"catch ya on the road"

Meisto....  A slightly psychotic lil feller

Adventuring Professionally ..... June 2016

Went to take some shots along the river for a bunch of kayaking types this morning. On my way back to Ft. Awesome, coming up US 412 today the A/C went out on my bike. Had to opt for the gas station repair job....




catch ya on the road

Adventuring Professionally... July 2016

Another exciting episode of Adventuring Professionally....
This afternoon blew in a much needed second rain storm. This gave (sir) Ho Dawg the opportunity to try out and model his latest "bare bones" rain gear. As you can see from his grin, all is good and we are still on the road,
(hi cydney)


catch y'all on the road

Travelers Oasis

7-10-2016

Still on the road...... A travelers oasis. A modest facility offering one the opportunity to regather ones composure.   

Remember, always seek the adventure.


 "catch ya on the road"

Fishing and Karma

7-July-2016

 Hot and muggy here today. I was kind of bored with laying around Fort Awesome so I decided to ride out for breakfast. My plan was to have breakfast and visit with some of the locals. something that I hadn't done in a long while.
 After breakfast and the locals thinned out I decided to run down to the twin bridges and get a few shots of the river.

The bridges over two rivers are about three hundred yards apart, hence the name.  One of the bridges has a parking area and boat launch under it and is kind of a neat place to take a few pictures and do some bank fishing.
 As I pulled in I noticed that there were three other vehicles there but no one around. I rolled down to the water side of the lot and a small dog appeared barking and growling. He appeared to be very serious about not liking me in any way. I hollered at him and he took off into the brush. Odd, but I've seen worse out of animals in this area. Figuring he belonged to one of the houses in the area I didn't give it too much thought.

 I snapped a couple of pictures of the still slow moving water and was about to head out to get my fishing rig when another vehicle pulled in. Again the pup showed up making all kinds of racket. And. Again he ran off into the brush. Something about this time though seemed a little odd. I couldn't put my finger on it but it was odd.
I gathered up my rod and reel and headed back down to wreak havoc on the perch. On the way I thought about the pup again. There was something just not right about him. Little guy. A Chihuahua, that looked like he had been well taken care of.  
 When I pulled in to the lot here he came again. This time it connected. He was scared. Bad scared. He was looking for someone in each vehicle that pulled in. It was very apparent. Someone had dumped this little guy.  Once this hit me I started talking to him and trying to get close enough to see if he might have a collar. He was so nervous that it took a while and all of my lunch to get him in close. Finally he let me pet him and I managed to pick him up and we made friends, sort of. I sat him down as he was a lot calmer and went to pester the perch.  Every step I made the pup made. I was sort of comical. Earlier he was going to tear me up. Now he was acting as my personal guide.
 I finally got enough muggy heat to do me for the day and headed back to the bike. There were a couple of people there loading kayaks and they told me he had been there for several days. This convinced me that my earlier thoughts had been correct. Some low life had dumped him. One of the kayakers said he'd love to have him but his apartment complex didn't allow pets. This kind of made up my mind for me. One problem, he wouldn't come near the bike. After a few minutes it came to me and I called my "cosmic" advisor, Beverly, to assist me.
 Beverly arrived in her Mustang and I handed him to her and told her to take him to my house.
 On the way we stopped at the local stores and put out the word that if anyone had actually lost this guy to see me.
 Now I have a new commander here at the fort. Lt. Col. Gasphard.  He's so far the best little pup anyone could ask for.

He's not much on the actual labor end of things but he makes a great "straw boss. He's even ridden with me and seems to like it.
 Now I can tell people that I went fishing and all I caught was a "Gasphard."

"always see the adventure"