Here are some of the pics from LA. I and Mark had breakfast at the Farmers Market and walked through the pavilion honestly the drive there was totally fun. Mark is a pro at the traffic. I headed around town on my own to find some trouble and found plenty. I stayed for just one day and Mona made it awesome by spending the evening chillin and watching a movie. Anything else would have been a waste of time. I mainly drove there to see them and deliver my phone charger. The ride back was also extremely memorable. The moon was almost full and coming up the sun setting behind me lighting the biggest part of the desert on fire. Literally 86 miles West of Phoenix a tractor trailer rig went up and I was in a line of traffic 9 miles long. We just cranked up the tunes and got out of the car, truck or van and had a little meet and greet on the middle of the highway. I met Duke a Korean Vet at one of the many truck stops I hit and caught up on the rolling thunder and ride to the wall events that are held annually. I met two guys riding up to sadona, but couldn't match their rapid pace into town. Thanks to all involved, love you Mark and Mona, thanks for having me and making your home available.

Here is Dennis on his 84 fxr with a kicker. We caught up a little on the side of the road while he taught me a little about evolution engines. It made me really want to get something similar, I have been eyeing the dyna for a while, this just clinched it for me. Thanks for the lesson.

So I am on a three day haitus to LA and I must say this is fantastic. The pictures are in the wrong order, I went down in the day and amazingly the sun went down as I rode. It never got cold, maybe brisk. I stopped a couple of times on the way to have mini adventures. Road food is a good one. The way people drive in LA reminds me of adopted puppies fighting for a swollen teat, josling and jocking into a slightly different position just to move over again at a pace that makes a crack addicted critter dizzy. I survived, partially due to my deafning pipes. I like it here, I think I offended more people getting lost in my sisters neighborhood than I could have even hoped to bother in a year. I'll shoot the amazing shots of tomorrow when I get there. It was a great trip.

Courtesy of the local car show in Fountain Hills. We have some serious muscle in this little town and some really serious cars. I think per capita we have the coolest cars. Of all of them, this was the top of the middle of the heap. I could not reward a vehicle that would easily get a trophy of some sort in any basic car show. I judge on a curve the hottest get dropped the, lowest stay and the middle ground vehicles are graded on a very opinionated aray of science and art, two things that don't really sit well in the same area. I think mechanical things are beatiful, when walking in the corridor for staff of a 4 star hotel, I was more impressed than the marble and gold leaf in the lobby with the aspects of the operational side. I have evolved my eye for function over form, but with a nod towards clean and neat. Sure it's stock, with just wheels. But it's just a car, not a life form, clean, neat and realistic.

I could not leave without sharing more of Halloween and a trip out to glendale arena for the motorcycle's expo with you. I went with Derick and two of his friends, actually accidentally meeting up with Hollywood at the show. Like I said I went as the joker from the dark knight, but that was more of an accident. I went as a Vampire anyone who knows me would think that funny and ironic, but I could not call drinks with the vampire teeth in and had to touch up my make up anyway so I finished the lips out and was a very creepy and convincing joker. My ex txt me Happy Halloween, I sent her a pic of my face make up, dressing up's not always my bag, and she laughed that her husband was going as the same thing and sent me a pic of her fairy outfit and I went home to my Stephanie, dressed as a fairy, hmm weird. any who, this is her, me on the ultra exclusive KTM RC8 with full treatment. Base price is close to 20k and with the works closer to 40k, this is the latter. also the buell 1125r with factory race parts and the evolution engine powered xb12r set for and used for racing. I also spent a load of time admiring the bikes built by Roland Sands, who I found out also has a blogspot. The guy has an eye for things that should be beyond the sum of his years. I really admire his work and what he is doing for the hobby and sport of motorcycling. I really need to start admiring bicyclist's before I get any fatter though. See enclosed photo of my belly roll at the car show, I choose to think that people that make small subtle changes and modest budgets have more pull to what go's than a whole shop full of tools and time with a bucket of cash on top for the average man. So I gave an award to a gentleman that not only stood still for my conversation hostage attack, but also whittled out this 62 Oldsmobile stardust. Thanks all. -Evan

Suffice to say that alot has been going on, hence the lack of correspondence. I have changed the engine in Stephanie's malibu. 3.1 L gm engines and there vehicles have been slightly demystified for me in the need for on-going secondary education. I must admit there are still things that puzzle me like the 4 ground lead on the back of the engine that I needed to take to a technician to diagnose, but the car is running fine so far. I gave the electra glide the street glide treatment to bring it down about 40 years in age of ownership, but I missed the crystal clear radio and cb option that allowed not only a passenger of the non-ball variety, but also the ability to hear them with out yelling, not that it helps any passenger from screaming. The bike handles superbly after the 35 pound diet. I and Stephanie went to the State fair and rode all the good rides, mine were scary and her's were of the spinning tea cup variety. I did get a sweet chance to play with John Deere tractors in the sand. Derick and I have had a couple of good cruises around the area, as well as a accidental trip with Matt and Tania out to Greasewood Flat's in Cave Creek, all great times. I have been working, planning or playing all of the time. I was the dark night for Halloween at star $'s and made more drinks on Nov.4th than we usually sell all day. I have been having a blast. I did see War inc, thanks mo and I don't think I have seen anything in the theaters in quite a while, an accomplishment I think. Thanks to all of my friends that have been so supportive of me in my absence. Hollywood, David and the entire family, specifically, but many many more I should but could not name. I have started some new trends, like the starbux hug and five for five at the skilled nursing center(my back hurt so I found people like me), mo your the only person that understands that. LOVE you all. P.S.-did you see that pic of stephanie working on the car...I get her responsibility and this is the best I have to offer...teaching her how to change her engine in a pinch. I still think that the minivan 3.9L engine would have fit and made this car fly.