Motorcycles and big wind...Perfect

I am pretty sure that they do not make Saturdays better than today. I am sitting here so tired because I had so much fun today. The day start6s out with my wonderful wife making breakfast in bed for me. This is not a rare occurrence mostly because she loves breakfast and I don't', so if she wants some she makes it for herself and I get all the benefits as well.

Then after breakfast I was off to the all British motorcycle show in San Jose. The bikes there were awesome. These bikes are just so beautiful, and yet so functional all at the same time. I have included a few pics so you can also enjoy...but they are way better in person.I can just imagine smoking around some back country corners on this sleek machine.

Classic AJS

Most of the BSA's here were older, but I think this one was by far the oldest.

Look at that chrome and try not to drool...why even try... mmmmmmmmm.

Nice closeup. I have many other pics, but I think this is enough for those of you who do not like motorcycles (aka weirdos).

Today I also had a sailing regatta and went to Santa Cruz after the show. Here is one of our competitors getting hoisted in. If you look closely at the rudder you can see a girl in a bikini on it. Brenda thinks it is ridiculous, but I remind her that it could be a painting of his wife (it isn't). The weather was perfect for a nice motorcycle ride over Hwy 17.

I don't have any pictures during the race (to freaking wet out there), but this was one of those days that you wait the whole year for. The wind was big and we were screaming down the swells and having a blast. On the second downwind leg we gybed, but had some problems and ended up sideways and halfway in the water. A minute later we had recovered and didn't loose and positions so it was all good.

We ended up getting second in our division and fourth overall. That was pretty good and a whole heck of a lot of fun as well, so we were all smiles.

After at the Yacht Club having some refreshments.

My captain is pretty old and not spry anymore, but here he is accepting our trophy ( a bottle of wine).

All in all it was a great day and to top it all of my wife got the new Bond movie for us to watch tonight...I don't want to make you all jealous, but I sure got it good.

X-skiing

Sorry for the lack of posting recently, but I was out of town last week and my computer for work is not working so I could not even respond to simple emails. Last weekend we went to Sequoia NP to check it out and do some cross country skiing before the snow is gone. The weather was great and we only saw two other people out on the trail so it was ice to get away for a while.

As I stated earlier I was out of town in Porterville Ca last week doing a job down there. This job just happens to be in the middle of an orange grove during the peak season. These oranges were just perfect and there is nothing like getting them right off of the tree. They were so good I would have about 4-5 per day.

While getting lunch one day at a Burger King I went into the restroom and was standing at the urinal when two little kids (ages about 4 and 6???) came in. They were saying a bunch of stuff I couldn't understand and then all of a sudden I looked down to the floor drain about 4" from my foot and the little kid on thee other side of the partition was pissing in the drain. That set me off and I started yelling at the kid asking him what in the "heck" he thought he was doing and told him to use the urinal or get out of here. He left rather quickly although I seriously doubt the kid understood any of my ranting. This kind of crap makes me so mad and I was about to tell his mother, but she probably would not have understood either. You never know what is going to happen next and this at least made me laugh intermittently throughout the day.

MMMM.....good

It has been great weather here and this is evidence of spring...I think I may have missed winter.

Mammoth oranges.

Today we too the motorcycle out to the coast and relaxed out on a blanket for a couple hours. It was very windy and I was wishing I was out on the water in a sailboat, but on the shore with my lady is a great way to spend a Sunday.