EDS Bike Show

Tuesday was the rescheduled EDS bike show. It probably worked out better as it got a bit more visibility, and allowed for some additional perks including a (brief) appearance by the Teutuls of OCC and American Chopper fame. There were a total off 69 bikes entered, of all shapes and sizes incliding a bicycle, a moped, several racing bikes including a drag bike, jap bikes, American V-twins, a trike and even a Honda Rune.

Unfortunately as previously there was rain scheduled and even more so this time, it actually came, in buckets! We had rainfall of up to 8 inches in the North Texas area, I think in Plano/Mckinney we had multiple inches as well. Of course as soon as the show ended the skys opened up, with severe weather. I got ready and left as soon as I could, but it was not soon enough and got thoroughly soaked on my way home. In fact my feet were wet before I even left the parking lot. I don't have a lot of experience in the rain, but that was probably as hard a rain as any I have driven in, even in a car.

Wildflower Ride

Well this weekend was the Wildflower Ride. I must say, if you were to be plopped down in Texas, at this time of the year, in this part of the country, you would never want to leave! What a great trip, beautiful sites, sounds and smells.

We took off Friday morning, all told I believe we had 62 bikes depart, I don't know what the final count was. It was a unique KSU, as we had a friendly police officer block traffic so all 5 pods could leave at the same time. With the additional 50 or so miles from Mckinney, we put on about 380 miles that day, with a couple of nice detours and the Willow City Loop. We rode some of the best rides in the Hill Country on Friday and this weekend, without a doubt.

Saturday was a bit more of the same, our group was the laid back group, a shorter ride perhaps but a lot of fun. We went and had BBQ at Coopers in Llano, which was phenomonal.

Friday night's meal was at the Auslander Restaurant in Fredericksburg and Saturday was BBQ (hams, hots, sausages) back at the hotel. Both nights were a lot of fun.

On Sunday Marv led us home, heading out in wet conditions. We had some unfortunate occurances however. After a relatively problem free weekend, we had two bikes go down. We passed Kim and Glen on the side of the road, thinking Kim may be having some discomfort as Glen waved everybody on, however she was (unknown at the time) nursing a broken hand and waiting for Luke to come and rescue Old Blue. In the end the news all around was a lot better than it could have been.

I have to double check my mileage but I think it was around 850 miles total.

NASCAR

Well, the weekend is over, everyone has recovered. NASCAR is over and on to the next track. What a blast! Dale and Peter left this am. They arrived Wednesday of last week and we went to the Texas Motor Speedway on Thursday. We rented an RV and stayed next to Darlene's boss' family. It was a lot of fun, and a lot of liquor! The weather was fairly typical of this time of year, with a cold front keeping temperatures down a bit.

We caught some Busch qualifying on Thursday, some NASCAR practice on Friday and then the weather got severe! Tornado warnings, everyone that was in the facility, including us, had to huddle in the bathrooms. A tornado touched down in Haltom City, which is about 15 miles south of the track. All other events for the evening, including NASCAR qualifying and the DALE movie were cancelled. The cold weather and mud unfortunately kept the wildlife at bay as well...

Saturday was the Busch race, it was a good race, good seats. Sat night Peter was a passenger in a race car and he was very excited.

Sunday we had Pit Pavilion passes, so we had some goodies and a pit pass. we were in the pits for almost 2 hours and I got tons of pictures. They closed the pits 1 hour before the start of the race, we went back to truck, got beer and got to race after the Nat anthem, but before the green flag! Talk about cutting it close.

The race was very exciting, Peter got ticked cause Jr, got taken out of the race by a wreck initiated by Tony Stewart.

Of course the truck was parked where we left it in the morning, which was great for the mornings events but not in relation to our seat. After a short delay where we knew we would not be able to move the truck, we walked the half mile to the RV. We ate, and eventually went back to get the truck. Oh, the weather on Sunday was fantastic. We overdressed of course as it warmed up more than expected.

all in all a very fun and exciting weekend.

New Home

Well, we got moved on the weekend. Easter Weekend. Actually ended up having lots of help, was a bit concerned as a lot of folks were unavailable. We had 2 large uhauls, did the first 2 loads in 2 hours, the next two took a bit longer, misc stuff, odd shaped, we didn't pack as well etc. Sunday went back and spent almost 5 hours fininsing up the remainder of stuff and cleaning old house.

Living out of boxes, working from home this week till Dale and Peter arrive then we'll be taking some vacation and heading to Nascar.

Next weekend is the wildflower ride, I guess by the middle of
May we may be relatively unpacked!

Going through riding withdrawals though!