We’ve been doing the SFHD State Park Challenge and today Nina and I knocked off 4 of the 35 parks giving us a total of 9 parks under our belt. We had a nice day out on the bike and hit some areas we’ve not seen in probably 15+ years. Weather was good for the most part, but we did hit some rain on the way home. We did about 15 miles in the rain on I-25.
At the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial State ParkAt Eagle Nest State ParkAt Coyote Creek State Park~GlenAt Coyote Creek State Park~NinaAt Cimarron Canyon State Park
Rainy day, my parking lot.Rainy day, my parking lot.Fort Union’s CannonWalmart Parking Lot RainbowWalmart Parking Lot Rainbow, the other end.Commissary Fire, directly behind us.
We survived another 4th. No one shot at us. The usual suspects have finally gotten the hint that I’m always present and they didn’t even show up across the street. Who knows, they may have been scared off by January’s event. The dogs were not terrified this year, just slightly nervous, they were glued to Nina mostly.
We’re taking the bike out this morning. Breakfast, riding, and maybe lunch. We should be home early though, rain is in the forecast for later in the day. I’m sure they’re wrong as usual, but since I hate riding in the rain we’ll be home early.
Nina is wandering around the house as I type this trying to decide which jacket to wear during our ride. I am so glad that I don’t feel the cold as she does. I’ll probably bring a jacket but wear only sunscreen.
Texas man killed by alligators after he was warned not to swim because others saw alligators in the lake earlier. Nature improving the human gene pool.
Why do they have to screw with dates like they do to give people an extra day off? The 4th is on a Saturday and most people are already off, but doing things the way they do just costs employers more money.
Well, the gas is pumping again. We had our lines tested and the system never came back up. It was a stupid safety feature that failed.
Yesterday we did the bike night @ QBs Sports Bar & Grill. Rained so they cancelled the event after we were there. We stayed for dinner since others were there too, but we were disappointed that it was cancelled. We had dinner with Rick and Janet. Gilbert and Natalie were there, but they decided to eat outside while we ate inside because Nina was cold. I was glad we took the Jeep out instead of the bike. At 140 miles round trip, this will not be repeated very often.
Talk of terrorist attacks for this holiday is all over the TV news. I’m not even going to guess what will happen, but I hope it’s nothing. Even if there is nothing happening, the shitheads win. They’ve changed our lives forever. Gone is the time we could go to an event and not see a huge armed presence. Talking with Rick last night, he said that he’s packing heavy this weekend while he’s in Colorado. Being in the Denver metro area, he and many others feel Denver is a potential target. Yep, our lives have changed since 9/11. I think we’re screwed from now on.
Is anyone else tired of the political crap being foisted on us on TV? I am fed up with having to listen to the talking heads pushing this crap into my home. All I want to do is listen to the news in the morning before I start my day.
Yesterday’s rain was another huge storm. The lightning show was one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. It will be sometime today that we’ll hear if it started any fires. The Commissary fire is still burning strong behind us. We can easily see the smoke from the fire from our place. Andy’s hoping to get called out for this fire, but he doubts it will happen.
I was going to head to Michigan on the 5th, but karma has stepped in and moved my plans bag for a few weeks.
Relax . . . we’re all crazy . . . it’s not a competition!
If you’re a regular reader here, you’ll know that since this is Thursday, Erin leaves for Dilia. Since ML passed, I can’t complain about her here. Nina and I are enjoying our new freedom, it’s still a weird feeling. Tori is happy with Michael and Andy with Debra. Michael’s son, DJ, is now calling us Pake and Beppe. DJ is still having Tori yanking her hair out, testing her frequently. Right now, even with the b.s. that the business hands out, life is good.
It’s getting hard to write about something! Now I know why the press always reports bad news.
Not sure what happened, but recently the numbers for this blog were quite high. It may have been a spam attack that was foiled by my settings. It may have been bots trying to access my site to index my site to the search engines. It may have been my friends from the website that closed. Numbers are back to normal again and I have no clue.
I am a husband, father, grandfather, friend, business owner, traveller, Harley rider, citizen, patriot, gun owner, politically eclectic person of strange personal habits. I support police, trust no politicians, and can argue any side of an argument just to amuse myself. People love me or hate me and those that are in-between don't know me.
