The move has gone great and now the commute takes minutes. It makes more time for family and day care is really just there if we need a date day or something. My hours have changed a little, but it works out great. Mona came by for a visit and we got to have breakfast together and coffee. OMG Zola is growing up just as fast. I feel older every day. Thanks for all the love and support. I mostly spend my time cleaning now and catching naps when I can, but give me a ring and see. I do have 4 days off a week.

I picked the best of the best and wanted to post one more time on the trip before I moved on. The pic of the beamer and I in the valley was about an hour out of El Paso and I needed to use the restroom, there where no services at this exit, but the expanse of nothing was nice. As the sun peaked up on Thursday morning 2 hours to Tucson I began to think of my responsibilities at home and hit the road early, making two great pic's in the process. About 6 days after I got back, it was time to head to Harolds. I had a great time and the burnout was short but smoked out the bar. You can see the headlight between Dirty and me in the pic. The routine has since picked up and all is normal again, but it looks like a good tune will do. I will be burn'n and turn'n on the morning of July 3rd to get to McBro's in time for the party. Megan, her bro and Evelyn will be flying down and spending time in the area as well as the party.

I posted these a little close and the chronopictograph is incorrect. It was an awesome and somewhat epic trip for me. It was so awesome to see family again the trip itself paled, but was still very enjoyable. Somewhere west of Las Cruces I blew a fuse and should have put a relay on the driving lamps like Fred said, I hard wired them for 16 bucks after a failed relay repair $21 bucks didn't do the trick, the bmw sips fuel and the tires are cheaper than the last two bikes I have ridden. The ABS is working a little more intermittently, I believe a new battery may just help it out a bit. I helped a stranded motorcyclist get some fuel and he tipped me more than I paid for food all the way back. There is something surreal about chasing that mirror of a mirage in the distance for hours, the camera was just what I needed to focus on the details and actually made for a safer trip as I was always looking for something to take a picture of. The kick stand finally gave way just outside of Tucson while I was looking for a bush. Just as it kissed the ground and started to give I caught the bike in its momentum and caught it, but the kickstand had been failing for a while and I happened to be the guy who severely overloaded it one too many times, the center stand works flawlessly. The vids with the bike riding should be watched with the sound down as the condenser mic does not like wind too much. Looking for more rides and time in the future, but for now a little love would do the beemer justice for ticking like a swiss watch through the dirty south and into the dusty west. Love you and thank you all. Especially Fred and Linda, Thank you for your hospitality, love and time.

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I have a really cool family. Fred and I have spent the last few days together just chilln and rebuilding a bike together, granted the bike didnt need much it was fun. The RT was a little tricky in spots and Freds Mcguyver came out a little, but we were having fun. While we were at the preventitive stuff we put in some spot and brake lights as well as some tunes. It turned out real good. Heading to baton rouge tomorrow and need to get some sleep.

Just checking out picasa 3, Out of all the things in Alabama to check out, I had to stop here. It was my inspiration for velcroing my stuff to the motorcycle.

Since landing it has been a nice mellow stop by the house. It's nice to just hang out and spend time with family. Fred and Linda have been so much fun to spend time with when we are out and just spending time together. Have you every tried to order food while holding a toothy smile? Fred and I share a similar interest in mechanical dis abilities, painfully knowledgeable, but lacking the full shop of tools and ability. Their home is lovely and the yard is sooo green with vegetation and grass.

On the first day I slept, in the morning we went to sbux and down by Mobile Bay, then over near Daphine to visit with her mom. Alabama is gorgeous. I took the bike for a little spin and found a nice leak coming from the oil cooler line, repaired it at home as Fred pulled in from work. I don't remember where we went for dinner, but it was a nice mexican restaurant. The serving portions were huge. Fred stayed up for a short tour of his place and fixed my computer before he turned in. Now it is time to do a shake down run and see how she goes.

I have been working lots of hours at the skilled nursing center in Fountain Hills, I really enjoy my position and what I do, but it meant that I had to drop the coffee shop from my repetwah. To all my faithful followers in bean land, I'm am sorry. I will miss my partners and the position there, but it is nice to have a day off once in a while. I have also been land locked in the hills since my motor blew in the Suburban. This happened at a bad time, but I dont want to junk out the truck or hang onto another cash killer. Stuck in another conundrum I have elected to do nothing about it daily and have left the problem in the driveway of a very good friend. Its a big block 454, th-400 auto lock 4x4 3/4 ton beast that I always dreamed of. The reality is every penny into it can never be extracted and the milage is so bad it makes Mad Max look like a Hallmark commerical. My answers are coming quick in the hands of friends and family and I will be rolling on the typical non-traditional stock shortly. I gotta say without Dirty, I couldn't have survived in AZ this long and with out my family..I couldn't have survived.

have been really busy, but for those in the know all is well and getting better. Follow along with me on my 8 day tour of the lower 48 the best way I know how, on a bike. I have just purchased a new camera for the trip and the gps thing is cool, but will have to wait for subseqent trips. I will be landing in Pensecola, Florida on tuesday night and spending the first 2-3 days with my brother Fred and his family in Alabama, then on to Baton Rouge, New Orleans and where every else I wonder to including McBro's in Texas. After a few days there, a blast up to Queen Creek, AZ to spend some time with Dale, Ryan, Jeremy and Brandon, back to Fountain hills wed to rest for work on Thursday. I am attempting to employ all the web based tools for those that choose to follow along and comment.
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I had an absolute blast even though it was an up and back trip. Ron and Brandy opened their beautiful home to all of us, and did a fantastic thanksgiving dinner to boot, after finally getting some rest I had an awesome breakfast and went over to DJ's like I had planned the night before. He has the best system of gaming and entertainment in the basement, seriously could charge admission. I did a quick tour of the stomping grounds, my picadilly factory closed, fat jacks is under new ownership and I just plain wasn't hungry after eating all the great food offered at DJ's and Ron and Brandy's to even think about the best shake ever at the Malt shop or Rogers Dairy Freeze bishop malt, and without the picadilly, wheelers hamburgers are just good, not great. So with lunch out of the way I cruised out to the places I knew best, only to wish I would have never gone. Sanpete is extremely beautiful, but not all of it. I missed some of the old timey stuff and was surprised at how up to date some of the places are, I mean seeing a hughs net dish mounted directly to a brick wall constructed in the 'teens is kinda ironic to me. I wish I had more time for all the family and friends in Utah, but without making any real plans i just kinda went around to as many locations as possible and tried to stay awake. Thank you, all. And Thank You DJ. I have to say one of the highlights was seeing the two beautiful babies, Congradulations Mona and Brandi, love you all.