Introducing...The new Bike

Yes here it is...The new to me 2000 BMW R1150GS. I got this bike on Wednesday and with all of the fluid changes and going over the bike it was a very busy week. The bike is awesome and I thought what better way to break it in than a trip to the Sierras. Due to Brenda having a sports banquet on Friday night (which was actually pretty cool) we decided not to leave until Sat. morning.


Here is the beast loaded down for Camping near Yosemite.


Here is a different view that gives you a good idea on why I like the bike. I got a few pictures of the first day but we pretty much took a dirt road to our favorite camp site and ended up finding an even better one. Then we went on a hike and chilled out by the river. The next day was Sunday and we thought we would go to the valley and see if we could catch a church service. During the night someone set up camp on our little side road that we used to access our site. they were only about 20yds from us and I cannot imagine how they did not see us, but with a brown tent and only a motorcycle they must have missed us. Well we needed to leave and they had set one of the tents in thee road with about two feet where I thought would fit the new bike. I started it up and began riding towards the tent and just as I was about 10ft away the tent started violently moving and out popped a guy with fear in his eyes. He rolled out, saw us, and in the next instant, pulled his tent to the side to let us through while he was still in the tent. I must have scarred him pretty bad, but it make Brenda laugh for the next 10min. straight.
We arrived at the Church just in time for the Sunday service. The view from the front door is Yosemite falls...very nice. The service was nice but a little longer than we thought it would be because we had a lot of stuff to see.

Here is a pic riding through the valley.Nice view of Yosemite falls...and us...and the bike.

Here is a pic from an overlook

Here we are at the overlook.

Nice view from the Glacier point overlook. The falls this time of year and so full and about the highest flow we have ever seen. Vernal and Nevada Falls are in the foreground.
We arrived back at the campsite just in time to relax and rest our sore butts.

The next day we were going to leave, but I thought we should check out some dirt roads and see if we could find the fire lookout I had seen on a map. Well, we found it, but the road was pretty crazy. It was locked, but nothing a little climbing of the fence can't fix. Here is the view from the top. About 10min after I got down the actual guy who man's this post showed up.

Here is the inside of the lookout. Very simple and small, but a good way to spend 6 Months

Brenda checking for fires.

On the way back to the main road we went this other way(which technically was closed, but the forest service guy thought we could make it). We did , but I did get it high centered once on this tree.

The first video is going through the valley and seeing Yosemite falls and the other one is the road on the way there.

The end of an era.

Yes it pains me to say it, but the Motorcycle is no more. I know you are probably thinking that I wrecked it or something, but that is not the case...I sold it. To some that may seem like a betrayal of a loyal friend, but for me I think it was a great bike, but I needed to make room for a different one. Yes I said a different bike. I am now in the market for a motorcycle and hoping to find something soon seeing as it was 80 and beautiful today.

Here is Harry acting like...himself at the auction.

Last weekend we had a school auction which is always a memorable time. This year was especially memorable and is going to be talked about for years to come. No, it is not because I ad to much wine and danced on the table top (something Kevin Schenk would say), but is was because no less than 40 people ended up with food poisoning. I was really ill on Monday as was supposed to go on a 5 day road trip for work, but while standing at the door at 5am on Monday I just could not go out and want back to bed. I started the vomit routine at about 8am and continued every hour on the hour for the next 5 hours. Most of the day was a blur, but I was very sore and thought I had pig flu for a while. When I heard that a bunch of people from the auction were also sick, I was relieved that I was not contagious. I also missed work on Tuesday as pert of my recovery and was able to eliminate a few of the pest squirrel in our backyard with the help of an air rifle.

Here is another classic Harry shot.

The "gals" had a great time as always.
I have no idea why I have so many Harry photos, but here is another.

Last week Thursday I ate some rattlesnake on the grill. I killed one at work and thought I would give it a try and it was not that bad. I hope to get a bigger one and have it again someday. Brenda conveniently went out for the night so she did not get some and I know how bad she wants to eat it.
Is it bad that my wife is obviously stronger than me????her guns are huge...and hot.