She's Might Be A Biker

Or maybe not.

Where's Waldo? I Know!!

He's in Arkansas!

Visit With Julie and the Boys

After riding in Georgia with the group, I headed over to Clemson. Mimi had lovingly ordered some goodies for my birthday and asked Julie to pick them up. Tony and the boys were on a Grandcamp trip to Indiana.

From the Village Bakery in Pendelton. Yum.

Julie took me to dinner at a great BBQ place in the country that has a bluegrass band on weekends. Yum. Nice!

Julie and I helped Miss Kerri with some furniture relocation as a surprise for Mr. Mark.

The surprise worked.

Julie noticed a big pretty moth on the glass door.

The cake de gras.Yum. Nice. Fancy.

It was really nice to visit with Julie for a couple of days, but it was also fun when the boys all got back home. Especially Mr. Cool.

They acquired 'a few' new toys while visiting with the Indiana Grammie bunch.

John got several new Lego Star Wars kits. He is an awesome expert at putting them together, almost totally by himself. He is a careful and orderly assembler.Thousands of tiny pieces. Amazing.

Since John's birthday happens during summer, his class celebrated with him during the last week of school. Mom and Dad brought donuts for the class, and John got to choose two pals to eat with him at the parents' table.That's how they do it in Clemson.

Donuts for everyone (in John's class)!

He received a fine commemorative birthday crown.

And, as soon as he got home from school, he went immediately to work on the Lego kit.

While Christopher and Tony did their thing. Just being boys.

I enjoyed the visit very much.

Motorcycle Trip

I was invited to join a group of riders from the Slidell, Louisiana area on their trip to northern Georgia. My first stop on the way to meet them was at a Dairy Queen in New Boston, TX.

When I got into Georgia I came upon this establishment.

They boil 'em the authentic, wood-fire way. He says it gives the nuts a smoky flavor.

There were a pair of wild chickens that had started hanging around.

After a while, they found the hen had been laying eggs in their storage area.

Here's the "cabin" where the group stayed.

Since I arrived mid-day, the only ones to greet me were the camp dog and cat.

Another view, after everyone got back from the day's ride.

We were a fairly peaceful group of bikers.

Here's Gene fueling up.

We spent quite a bit of time at gas stations.

Most of the group, after a bbq ribs dinner. Can you tell by the satisfied looks?

The last big ride day took us up to the famous "Deals Gap", terminus of one of the curviest, funnest bike roads in America.

Here's Gene on his way up to the top of the Dragon's Tail.

Ray fell down a little bit when he hit some grass clippings near the edge of the pavement - in the very last corner...

At the end of the week everyone loaded up for the trip home. Gene's new riding companion was ready to go.

It was a good trip, a great bunch of guys, and a fun time for me.
Glad I went.

Gas Grill Bird Nest

When we took the cover off the gas grill for our first cook-out of the season, this is what we found.

The hard working bird even included a bottle cap.

While we were cleaning up the grill, this little fellow appeared. Being near a creek, we see these pretty often - usually skittering up the wall in our garage. Not sure what he planned to do with the stick.

100% Texan

Hats

We met Danielle and Jenny at IKEA.

Mimi found some nifty hats in the Kids Toys section. She liked them.

Danielle wasn't quite so enthusiastic.

My First 3D Photo 419

If you have a pair of those red/blue 3D glasses laying around, take a look...

(Well, I was impressed.)

Tree Trimmers

The neighbors had their trees trimmed. The guys who did it were impressive - fearless!

How not to use a chain saw...

Go Back to February For A Couple Of New Posts

I usually try to keep posts in calendar order, so when I get behind, new posts may appear before the latest ones.

Sorry about that - it's just the engineer in me.

Spring Break - The Rest of the Trip

We wound up our Spring Break with a lovely dinner at the Blue Heron Restaurant in Clemson. Highly recommended!

On our way out, we said farewell to "low" gas prices and real (non-alcoholic) gasoline.

Near Gulf Shores, we stopped for lunch at the Famous Lambert's Cafe - Home of the Throw'd Roll. Not particularly recommended.

This is for Carol. Hibiscus at the hotel in Orange Beach, AL.

Looking from the beach toward the hotel.

We walked across the road to Lartigue Seafood and Crabs for lunch. Fresh steamed shrimp and homemade seafood gumbo. Yum.

Romar Beach Baptist Church is just down the beach from the hotel. Nice location!

Our secondary mission was to visit the house we've reserved for Hornucopia in June. We found it.

The beach was not particularly crowded when we were there.

Looking at the back of the house from the beach.

When we went by the house the first time, the owner happened to be there. We had a very pleasant time chatting with him, and seeing the inside of the house. He was blown away by the amount of information Mimi had acquired about his properties. (Yay Google!)
We went by again on our way home to count the deck chairs.

We took the ferry from Ft. Morgan to Dauphin Island.

It's about a 40 minute trip. On the way, we dodged a Chinese ship, carrying asphalt. Or atomic bombs. Who knows?

We landed in Dauphin Island.

Then we drove home.