PEOPLE---THREE I HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF MEETING

THIS PAST WEEK I’VE BEEN LAID PRETTY LOW..NOT REALLY ANYTHING I CAN DO THAT REQUIRES ANY DEGREE OF MOBILITY OR STRENGTH..EVEN STANDING FOR MORE THAN JUST A SHORT WHILE KIND OF PUTS A HURT GRIP ON MY BACK..THANKSGIVING MEAL WAS GREAT BUT THEN I HAD TO LAY ON MY BACK WITH MY FEET UP FOR AWHILE AND BE CONTENT TO WATCH SOME TUBE..SATURDAY ROLLED AROUND AND THINGS SEEMED TO BE GETTING A LITTLE BETTER..CAREFULLY I UNLOCKED THE MONSTER CHAIN THAT SECURES MY MOTORCYCLE TO THE GARAGE WALL, THEN UNLOCKED THE OTHER LOCK (MADE OF KRYPTONITE) THAT SECURES THE WHEELS..LOOKED LIKE I WAS GONNA ENJOY SOME SCOOTER TIME AFTER ALL..



OLD TORY PRISON IN BURLINGTON CT..SUPPOSEDLY HAUNTED



WHILE I WAS SAFETY CHECKING THE BIKE MY MOM CALLED AND WANTED TO COME OVER TO WASH HER CAR..OK..FIRST WASH MOM’S CAR THEN SOME SCOOTER TIME..BAD MOVE—LIKE I SAID, SHOULDN’T HAVE ENGAGED IN ALL THE MOBILITY THAT WASHING A CAR REQUIRES..ENDED UP UNABLE TO EVEN LOCK THE BIKE ALL UP AGAIN..OH WELL..



ANOTHER VIEW--A SHAME THAT SOME PEOPLE JUST FEEL THEY MUST JUSTIFY THEIR EXISTENCE BY
LEAVING THEIR MARKS..MIGHT BE THE EQUIVALENT OF AN ANIMAL LEAVING HIS SCAT TO MARK HIS TURF.



ALL THIS BACK TROUBLE STARTED IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES..BACK THEN I WOULD JUST TAKE OFF ON THE BIKE AND GO TO WHEREVER MY MIND SAID I SHOULD GO..ONE OF THOSE GOALS WAS A TOWN IN TENNESSEE..I HAD INTENDED TO VISIT A FEMALE FRIEND I HAD MET WHILE STATIONED FOR A SHORT WHILE IN GEORGIA..OF COURSE I DECIDED TO VISIT THE BASE IN GEORGIA—BAD MOVE..THAT NIGHT I STOPPED AT A WATERING HOLE AT SOME TOWN OUTSIDE OF ALBANY..WAS DOING PRETTY GOOD AND IT LOOKED LIKE ONE OF THE DANCERS JUST MIGHT ‘GIVE ME SHELTER’ FOR A FEW DAYS..



SEEN THIS OLD PIECE OF WORK MANY TIMES-SOMEDAY I'LL FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS



WELL THESE THREE SOUTHERN BOYS DIDN’T SEEM TO LIKE THE IDEA THAT ONE OF THEIR GIRLS MIGHT PREFER SPENDING TIME WITH A LONG-HAIRED SCOOTER-TRAMP (A YANKEE AT THAT) INSTEAD OF A SOUTHERN MALE..I’M NOT A BIG GUY AND THE SMALLEST OF THE THREE WAS CONSIDERABLY BIGGER THAN ME..I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SURVIVAL INSTINCT AND I TRIED TO LEAVE, BUT WAS FOLLOWED OUT INTO THE PARKING LOT..I WAS SURPRISED THAT I MADE IT TO MY SUPER-GLIDE BUT IT WAS TO BE A WEEK AND THREE DAYS BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO ONCE AGAIN SIT ON IT AND RIDE AWAY..



THIS PICTURE DOESN'T DO JUSTICE TO THE BEAUTY OF THIS LITTLE WATERFALL-I'M ABOUT TWENTY FEET
ABOVE IT AND MY BACK JUST WOULDN'T LET ME CLIMB DOWN TO GET A BETTER PICTURE
PLUS I PICKED THREE TICKS FROM ME JUST GETTING TO THIS SPOT



THE FIGHT (BEATING) LASTED FOR A FEW MINUTES BUT SEEMED TO GO ON FOR HOURS..I KNOW THAT ONE OF THOSE BOYS HAS AN AWFUL SCAR ON HIS ARM WHERE I BIT AND TORE OUT A CHUNK OF MEAT..ANOTHER MUST HAVE A CROOKED NOSE FROM WHERE I HIT HIM WITH A ROCK I HAD PICKED UP WHILE STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ON MY FEET..THEY BEAT AND KICKED ME SO MANY TIMES THAT IF SOMEONE HADN’T CALLED THE POLICE I HAVE NO DOUBT THEY WOULD HAVE KILLED ME IN THEIR DRUNKEN ANGER..I EMERGED LOOKING LIKE I HAD FALLEN INTO A WHITE-FACED HORNETS BREEDING GROUND AND THEN BEEN MAULED BY A GRIZZLY BEAR..MY BACK ALWAYS TROUBLED ME AFTER THAT AND IT WAS YEARS LATER THAT I REACHED A POINT WHERE EVERYDAY CHORES WHERE SUDDENLY IMPOSSIBLE..X-RAYS REVEALED FRACTURES THAT HAD GROWN BACK IMPROPERLY AND MY RIGHT HIP HAD SETTLED INTO A PLACE WHERE IT DIDN’T BELONG..



MEET STEVE FROM BRISTOL (RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY PLACE) STEVE WORKS FOR THE
POWER COMPANY SO HE'S BEEN PRETTY BUSY THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS..
TOOK HIMSELF A LITTLE TIME OFF TO ENJOY HIS 2004 LOW-RIDER
STEVE'S BEEN ON MOTORCYCLES FOR SIX YEARS
NICE BIKE



LONG STORY AND I’VE LEFT OUT A LOT OF IT..BUT I FEEL I OWE YOU ALL AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO COVER THE GROUND I USUALLY DO ON THE BIKE AND BRING YOU SOME SHOTS OF MY FAVORITE SPOTS..BUT I DID MANAGE TO GET OUT IN THE JEEP AND HOOK UP A FEW PHOTOS NONE THE LESS..CHECK ‘EM OUT AND HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL GET BACK ON TRACK FOR NEXT WEEK..

 IN ALL THE GROUND I’VE COVERED ON TWO WHEELS THOSE THREE SOUTHERN BOYS ARE AMONG  THE VERY FEW I HAVE HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF MEETING--AND STILL SUFFER TO THIS DAY  BECAUSE OF THAT MEETING..    

****************************TILL NEXT WEEK--STAY WELL**************************

***************************HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU AND YOURS**********************

                                                                               JIM