Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Daytona Bike Week
As usual, I missed most of Bike week in Daytona this year. Always seems to be something going on with work that carries me away during all the good stuff. I did make it home for the last weekend though and it was fun.
We stayed away from the main festivities in Daytona Beach and went instead to the Port Orange Legion 270 for a big party there then went to a private party for a while and ended up at OB’s on Saturday and then spent the day Sunday at Iron Horse Saloon in Ormond Beach and returned to OB’s that evening as well. We like OB’s ‘cause it’s a big party bar and it’s really close to the house. We left early though so I could pack up the bike on the trailer and get it all ready for the trip back to Atlanta on Monday.
Even though we avoided the Daytona Beach area there were still bikes everywhere we went. There were parties going on everywhere within a 50 mile radius of Daytona. On a sad note, 18 bikers lost their lives in the area this year during the 9-day period. Some were the fault of the bikers and some were the fault of others. It’s a record though and it’s one I hope does not get repeated again or even comes close.
Some of the coolest bikes in the land were to be seen cruising from place to place. Bikes of all kinds were out there on the road. I’ve been thinking that I want to get a HD Screaming Eagle Ultra Classic and turn it into a trike. That’s an expensive venture so it will have to wait a couple years but it’s nice to dream.
Things were a little tense with Stacey and I this weekend and continue to be even now. Don’t get me wrong, we had a good time but our relationship took a bit of a hit, recoverable, but it definitely put us back at least one level in our relationship. Certainly not the first and definitely not the last… My next trip home will be Easter weekend so we’ll just have to see what happens between now and then. Realtionships can be tough on people who are able to spend lots of time together and for those of us that live on the road and apart for long periods, they can present real challanges especially in the area of trust. Generally a person has to want to make a change in their life based on feelings for the other person, contentment with the relationship, etc but many times those changes just don't happen because there is a perceived loss of "freedom". Oh yea, you can insist someone act differently, bend to your will, submit, etc but bottom line, it will not work that way, it has to be something that each person in the relationship wants or it will never work. Of course, you run the risk that, if nothing changes the relationship stops growing, stagnates and eventually ends...
The job is going well and there is a chance I could be extended past the end of April which would be great. I like the job (it will get old after awhile though) and really like the area. I don’t have to fight with to much traffic and the local legion is a good place to hang out. There’s always plenty to do. I’ve meet quite a few good people there that have been asking me to go out and about with them and I put them off at first but now I’ll start joining in a bit more. The riders group at the post is small but active and we’ll probably go out Sat and/or Sun depending on the weather.
All in all, life is good and I am happy…
We stayed away from the main festivities in Daytona Beach and went instead to the Port Orange Legion 270 for a big party there then went to a private party for a while and ended up at OB’s on Saturday and then spent the day Sunday at Iron Horse Saloon in Ormond Beach and returned to OB’s that evening as well. We like OB’s ‘cause it’s a big party bar and it’s really close to the house. We left early though so I could pack up the bike on the trailer and get it all ready for the trip back to Atlanta on Monday.
Even though we avoided the Daytona Beach area there were still bikes everywhere we went. There were parties going on everywhere within a 50 mile radius of Daytona. On a sad note, 18 bikers lost their lives in the area this year during the 9-day period. Some were the fault of the bikers and some were the fault of others. It’s a record though and it’s one I hope does not get repeated again or even comes close.
Some of the coolest bikes in the land were to be seen cruising from place to place. Bikes of all kinds were out there on the road. I’ve been thinking that I want to get a HD Screaming Eagle Ultra Classic and turn it into a trike. That’s an expensive venture so it will have to wait a couple years but it’s nice to dream.
Things were a little tense with Stacey and I this weekend and continue to be even now. Don’t get me wrong, we had a good time but our relationship took a bit of a hit, recoverable, but it definitely put us back at least one level in our relationship. Certainly not the first and definitely not the last… My next trip home will be Easter weekend so we’ll just have to see what happens between now and then. Realtionships can be tough on people who are able to spend lots of time together and for those of us that live on the road and apart for long periods, they can present real challanges especially in the area of trust. Generally a person has to want to make a change in their life based on feelings for the other person, contentment with the relationship, etc but many times those changes just don't happen because there is a perceived loss of "freedom". Oh yea, you can insist someone act differently, bend to your will, submit, etc but bottom line, it will not work that way, it has to be something that each person in the relationship wants or it will never work. Of course, you run the risk that, if nothing changes the relationship stops growing, stagnates and eventually ends...
The job is going well and there is a chance I could be extended past the end of April which would be great. I like the job (it will get old after awhile though) and really like the area. I don’t have to fight with to much traffic and the local legion is a good place to hang out. There’s always plenty to do. I’ve meet quite a few good people there that have been asking me to go out and about with them and I put them off at first but now I’ll start joining in a bit more. The riders group at the post is small but active and we’ll probably go out Sat and/or Sun depending on the weather.
All in all, life is good and I am happy…
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