The Sikh and Mt. Ranier

June 25, 2011

Mt. Ranier

G’Mornin,

            The Harley Gods are smiling upon me.  Not a cloud in the western Washington sky! 

Riding over a hill on SE 240^th St I noticed a Sikh walking along the sidewalk.  He struck quite a figure with his turban, full beard, and erect posture of a healthy life.

Once SE 240^th St became country the ride became a total joy.  The road takes the senses thru some beautiful county, fragrant hills and turns; I was disappointed when it finally T-boned into WA 169 at Maple Valley where I turned south and headed for Enumclaw, 15 miles away.  But 169 turned out to also be a pleasant ride with little traffic.   

Having been on the road for about 45 min I decided to make a stop at the first traffic light and pulled into a small parking lot at the corner of 169 and Griffith.  Again, luck was with me, we were at the store front of the Plateau Expresso, a coffee shop owned and operated by Nancy (my mother’s name).  Nancy fixed up delicious lattes for Susan and me.  We sat outside and I reviewed the map route for our run around Ranier that would begin at this point. 

Puyallup Good Samaritan

June 24, 2011

Puyallup, WA

G’Mornin,

            Samaritans are not only biblical, they also ride big ol’ Harleys.

Picked up the sky blue Electroglide from Eastside Harley in Bellevue today.  Jordan Istill assisted me in completing the forms, checking out the bike, and providing rain gear.  Jordan is at the top of his game…he knows his stuff and how to make a customer feel like a King. 

We (I and Susan Rogalla-Speech therapist extraordinaire and my Harley 2 up trainer) decided to head out for the “Round Mt. Ranier” run but first to visit Destination Harley located beside I-5 just south of the Tacoma Dome.

Happy Birthday Dear Daughter

20Jun11

Was looking at the Lil’ Baby today and a thot crossed my mind.  “What the hell do I do with this little Dyna Low Rider?”  To seek an answer to that question I decided to take her out on an errand run to the bank, Alvila’s El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant on Muirlands, and then to Home Depot to futilely search for recessed lighting cans for the MBath and not have any “Associates” come to my request for assistance.  

What a surprise greeted me within 3 minutes on Lil’ Baby, she’s so agile, sprintly, responsive to my inputs, ready to go anywhere and do anything…..I like that.  But that is not the story for today.

Today is my only daughter’s birthday.  Of course, I cannot comment upon this birthday’s lineal number, nor can I mention her name on this public blog in respect for her personal and professional reasons.

Stitches

June 19, 2011

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there….but a special wish to Landon, my favorite son-in-law…..moot point that he is my only son-in-law.  He’s quite a guy; good husband,  good son, and super papa to my two grand daughters (gd’s).  Made me a happy man by marrying my daughter and then making me a grandpa.  Cool.

I’m reflecting on my morning while waiting for the Doc to remove the stitches.  Stitches, now there is a word allowing itself to a variety of uses.  In this case, sutures. The back of my hand has 10 sutures that found their way there by the expertise of Doc Elpedes of the Lake Forest Urgent Care.  All due to a poor toss I made trying to chuck a 2x4 into the truck bed for a trip to the San Clemente dump.  The end of the stud caught the back of my hand and bestowed some medieval punishment upon it.  Had I lowered the hand a stitch in time I would’ve saved getting 9.

G'Mornin

G’Mornin, I’m Gonzo.

 I say g’mornin cuz that’s the best greeting to give and get….early in the mornin before anyone screwed yur day up yet.

I’m a young Ol’ guy hitting 67 in a few months.  But I started riding a Harley Dyna Low Rider in May10 and then picked up another Harley…an 09 Road King in Feb11.  Got the best of Harley worlds now….runabout town or couch riding.

This blog is goin to be about my ol' guy adventures gettin my rocks off riding my Harley across the USA, after quiting riding a foreign puddle splasher back when I was 20.  Then again I might also fill in other stuff I’m up to doing at the time, as well as opinions about attorneys, politicians (sorry, I got a little redundant), MBA finance types, my remodeling design n construction, this beautiful country of our United States, lovely ladies, society,  n’ whatever else strikes my bones at the time.  Hmmm, already it sounds like a lotta bullshit……well, I guess that’s my perogative.