The Wacky Adventures of Patrick

[Patrick]

Today being Friday we had a few more riders and with cold weather headed our way we decided to seize the moment and go for a ride. Val even wanted to go. We did a lot of riding though not very many miles. I think I racked up about 75 miles for the day. Anyway as the group grows so does the time it takes to get the turtles rallied up. I was supposed to meet Jim and Dennis at the Legion between 1115 and 1130. Jim then said he may be a few minutes late, but I went down there thinking Dennis would be first. As it turned out both showed up right around 1130 and we were ready to go. Jim rides a scooter so we take back roads 99% of the time. Here is a shot of him and Dennis in front of the Legion.



We then head down towards the River Bottom Pub to meet Paul and Gail. Here is a shot of us inside the pub. The house bought us a round of Christmas beers which since we have only just started meeting there from time to time I thought was quite nice of them.



Here is a shot of out side the pub. Paul & Gail in the back ground and Jim and Dennis more towards the front.



Dennis was kind enough to take a shot with me in the picture.



We then head towards my house to pick up Val. We are now about 30 minutes behind schedule persay since when we ride we have a very flexible schedule.

We decided to head south towards Joe Pool Lake to have lunch down by the Marina. Normally we would take Hwy 360 but we decided to take the side roads which instead of me grabbing my maps we decided to try it by memory. Well that begins the first mistake. I ended up taking a right hand turn way too early to start the trek south off of Trinity and after that it was wing it time. After taking a bunch of turns and asking a bunch of people where Joe Pool Lake was we never did find the Marina. One observation, just because you are within 2 miles of a place does not mean the locals know where it is. Man we had more mis-directions then I could count so we then decide to head towards Mansfield where Paul and Gail live. The choice came up as Chilies or On the Boarder for lunch. I said Chilies thinking it had the best mix of food. At first Paul was going to take us to a local place that does not serve beer and we put that idea down. We eventually find Chilies with Gail at the lead. Women seem to know how to get to places better then us or at least I since we never did find the marina on Joe Pool Lake.

I later learned that Paul does not care for Chilies so I asked why was it an option and I learned that Gail likes Chilies (which I was grateful for). Nothing against On the Boarder but I was not in the mood for Mexican. By this time it is getting late so Jim, Val and myself decide to head further up north while Paul, Gail, and Dennis decide to meet Anna over at Post 516 in Fort Worth. Val and I were tempted but decided to just take it on home. Man the traffic up Cooper was a bit busy. Jim decides to take Division down to Collins. I was sure messed up on where I was again. I thought (because of the signs by the way) that Cooper was 157 and it is down south, but then you need to detour to Collins which is then 157 more up north. So we took the detour route and when we hit Collin/157 no sign of Jim. I think he may have been ahead of us, but we will never know. So an end to another great ride day with great friends. The original Ole Boars had to work. Again I wish you all a Happy Holiday season and a Merry Christmas.

Here is a picture of us outside the Chilies in Mansfield. I did not do a very good job as Val and Gail are infront of the rest.



I did a little better with this one.

[Patrick]

I just had to add these to this site. Here is our little Lady.



Here she is again.



Here is Scooter, she did not like the bow idea. She had a long night as some of our rider friends came over to watch the football game last night.



And speaking of the game here is a couple of shots Val took of us. It is Paul, Me, Brandon, and TC.



The next shot is an inside Joke.

[Patrick]

Well we have a new member of the Ole Boars Steve AKA Hoffie has got himself a great 1998 Vulcan 1500 Classic. As a side note Hoffie was a key player in building my deck pictured on pages before this one. I have known him for several years while Earl (Pictured below) has known him for a great many years. We just had to go on a little run with him so we just went down to Army Navy for some supplies and then to the Flame. He wants to ride tonight but it will be way to cold for me. I think Paul AKA C.L.G. will have a fire tonight so I told him it better be a big one. Let's see if he actually calls. He and Flipper (AKA Philip) have to work tomorrow. Here is Hoffie's new ride of course with my '98 in the picture.



Now here is a picture more of him, Val and his ride.



Of course Flipper and C.L.G could not be left out of a ride so they showed up as well. Actualy they took a ride to get C.L.G his new boots at 170 and 114.. But they were still up for a short ride. Here they are. Oh and our fantastic neighbor and friend uncle Earl. He is the one with his back turned at this moment. Val was in a hurry to shoot this picutre.


She is getting more organized now only Uncle Earl only has his back turned.



Hey now she got it right.

[aw58]

Like Steve's 98 VN classic.

But, God, how I hate you all for dry weather and the ability to maintain sparkly chrome.

Happy new year

Ade

[Patrick]

Like Steve's 98 VN classic.

But, God, how I hate you all for dry weather and the ability to maintain sparkly chrome.

Happy new year

Ade

Happy New Year to you also.

Since you hate us having dry weather not sure if I should mention that we rode December 29, 30, 31st and most likely will today. I shined up the crome yesterday and she really sparkles now. But as someone else said in one of the other forums, I can talk nice rides now, but here in Texas it gets real hot in the summer and though we do go for rides it is not as fun as it is when the temps are below 95.

For next weekend they are forecasting temps in the 70's.

[aw58]

Sparkles like the dew ?

Enjoy - I' ll think of you when the salt and muck of the winter eats into the fire and steel over the next few months.

take care all.

Ade

[Patrick]

Well we did take a little ride today January 1 2008 but it was a bit chilly. Paul gave me a call just as I was putting some burgers on the stove for me and the wife and said he had his bike warmed up. So I could not refuse and said I would be ready in about 30 minutes. Val and I ate the burgers and some tater tots and I started getting ready. I actually put on my chaps today and man they are a pain in the arse to get on. Anyway I called Paul and told him I was ready. He came on over and Val shot a couple of pictures before we set out on your New Years Day run.

Here is the shots.



Now a little closer I guess.



We planned on heading towards the River Bottoms Pub but Paul missed the turn off so we went on to Forth Worth. His hands were getting cold and after all he had his Tuesday glass with him, so we decided to head for Dukes. The Tuesday glass is a pint glass they give you and refils are only a $1.50, well they do not have Bud on tap so I stick to the ole 3 bucks a bottel beer. After we stopped there we decided to have a short fire at his house. See other posts for pictures and we had some left over but good brisket from his New Years Eve Party last night. Philip has been on call all weekend so he did not get to do any riding with us over the last few days. He did show at Paul's for a few minutes tonight and I expect him over any minute now but who knows. He has worked a lot and looked tired. So it have been a great close from a bikers view point of 2007 and a great start of 2008 just being able to ride for a short distance today. This next weekend they are forecasting the 70's and Bob said we can use his house as a jumping point to head West next Friday night which means we would go to his house, stay over night and hit the open roads early. He lives out side of the DFW area enough to save a bunch of time just getting out of dodge. We will see what happens.

[Patrick]

A nice January Ride 010507

Did you ever see that EDS commercial about herding cats, well getting this group together at a specific time sometimes can be just like that. We were going to leave at about 10 AM, then 11AM, and as it turns out we ended up getting on the road at noon. Today starting off we had Paul, Anna, and John. We met them down at the Legion and took off from there to head towards Joe Pool to have a bite to eat and then head south. It was not long before the ride stopped. While we were at the legion John mentioned that he needed gas and was going to get some while we rap up at the Legion. I mentioned that it would not hurt for me to top off and Paul said that he needs some also so we take off and hit the hwy. I was wondering why John did not stop at a gas station but I figured he had enough to go part of the way down. Well we are headed East on 114 then Paul blows by Val and I and then as we are entering 360 South he does the same to John and Anna. As it turns out he signaled to John that he needed gas and he took off faster then the rest of us. We pasted one exit that had a gas station, but Paul did not see it and was not familiar with that area. Then Paul exits at an intersection that does not have gas. Val thought he was going to abort the trip for what ever reason and I agreed. Well John follows Paul and so I decide to do the same. Mental note: We need to work on our communications as we did not see him signal he needed gas and had John not pulled off we would have blown past him thinking he decided to abort the ride and go back home. At the bottom of the hill Paul is pulled over and announces that he is bone dry out of gas. This is him trying to explain himself and Val does not believe a word of it. Her expression is priceless.



Here is a few pictures of the area since John and Anna took off to get some gas I thought I would take some shots and oh, natured called so I went for a walk. There is a golf course in the back ground.



Here is one across the street. "Yes Paul that is were the gas goes!"



I decide to take my walk and now Val has the camera so I guess she decided to take a picture of our bike with a new addition of the Teddy Bear.



Of course she cannot let a man have a private moment.



Too many cars so I take a hike to the woods. She had the camera on zoom as I am about 75 yards from them in this shot. You can see the woods I am back from.



Once I get back John and Anna quickly show up with the gas in a to go cup. They tried filling another type of cup up but the gas ate through the material. Here is the group pouring what was left in the cup into Paul’s tank.



After pouring about 6 ounces of gas into the tank I need to question what was he looking for.



Well we get him started and running. We stop at the next intersection to get gas. Man that was a fiasco as well. I put in my first credit card and it asked for a pin number and I do not use my cards like that so I cancel the transaction. Most sane places ask you if you want to use credit or debit, but not this crap hole. So after I stick my debit card in and finally get it to take the card it too asks for pin number which I am cool with since this is a debit card. Well when I try to hit enter the system would not take me hitting enter. By now I am frustrated and a little pissed. So I go walking in the gas station and hand the guy a 10 and he says how much. I said I am on a motorcycle you big jackass and that I am going to fill it up and I do not know how much. I will come get the change when I am filled up. He put a 10 limit on the pump, damn I have a motorcycle dude and I only need 1 gallon of gas it will not hit more then 3 bucks. He could hardly understand English which also pisses me off. Anyway Val asks if she should get the change as she can see I am red faced and I agree. She comes out with the change and an explanation of why the cards did not work. The dump arse told her we need to use the cards in the store. I wanted to go in there and throw him in the street but thought better of it. So off we go and finally get to Joe Pool lake and the marina. This next picture of us in the parking lot and we were discussion rather we could leave our helmets unlocked on the bikes and I said yes, but then under the white Harley pictured in front I noticed a chrome helmet on the ground so now I know it is safe. May the helmet was cool but I sure would hate to ride behind that dude.



The lunch was fair but worth it and Philip and Steve showed up. Here is 50% of the group and heck it is 230PM.



We get on the road around 330 PM and go to a park. The park would not let us just ride around and wanted 5 bucks each so we said the heck with them and rode off. Man sometimes you just want to get out and slap someone. We ride awhile and Val starts to get monkey butt so its time for a cold one. I notify Paul who passes it on up and then John takes the lead. We go past this topless place and Philip is like hey let’s top here, most of us shake our heads no, but we knew he was kidding only. We had two ladies with us. After we pass a couple more adult related places we pull into the place and the first thing I ask John before even shutting off my bike is “this is not some type of topless place is it?”. The building is white with bars on the windows and he replies that this is where his daughter plays pool in armature but stiff competition. Now that perks me up as I enjoy pool and I feel I am fairly decent at it as well. I need to meet her and shoot a game. Anyway we go in after a few pictures. The place is very friendly and a diverse age group.

Here we are in the parking lot.



And again.



Well we are inside now having a beer and the fingers behind Steve is Val.



Val mentioned that my mom wanted more pictures of the two of us in this blog so someone tells Val to get on my lap while Steve takes the picture. Now the chair I am on has a soft bottom which makes this not so comfortable and on his first attempt the picture did not come out so we had to do it again. So mom here you go.




Philip and Paul decide to shag (that means haul arse back home and the rest of us kind of take it a little slower going back north. We had a great tail wind so it was a very comfortable ride back and easy. I meet up with Paul and Philip and Brandon at Paul’s house and we discuss religion and such which one should not do but we all shook hands and hugged as we left for the night. It was a great fire as usual.

[Patrick]

Another ride on 1/6/7 Grapevine

Well once again herding cats. Last night Steve, Philip, and Paul said oh yes to a ride today but Courtney was the only one who showed up. Last night we talked about 9 or 10 AM but as it turned out it was 11AM. Courtney called and let me know she wanted to go to cycle gear to buy some riding boots and when she came back the clearance on her shifter was not very comfortable so after a few attempts at changing it we got it right and she was good to go. So of course we had to take a picture of her on her Harley. To my knowledge she is the only one in our group with a Harley so no one can say we are against Harley’s. It is sweet and it does have the cool Harley sound. It is a Sportster low rider. She can tell me if I got the spelling wrong or I am sure someone else will. So without further ado here she is.



After asking her where she has and has not been we decide to ride up to Little Pete’s to have the lunch that Steve wanted to have. Sorry Hoffie you missed out. How was your wife hunt on Saturday night? Here is a couple of shots of Val and her at the Marina.

One of both bikes.



One more focused on the ladies.



Oh and here is a picture for mom again. Here you go mom a shot of me and Val at the hands of Courtney.



We have a great lunch and conversation. Quite a few laughs and since Val asked earlier today to see the River Bottom Pub and since Courtney had to leave by 230 and we do meet there from time to time I decided to show it to them.

We get down to the River Bottom Pub, the ride was longer then I thought so Courtney had to leave fairly quickly. I sent a broadcast to the group via one of those broadcast services that I signed up with Friday so I do not need to call everyone individually. There is now about 14 of us who ride fairly regularly but we never seem to get the whole group together at one time as you can tell by this blog. Anyway Val saw this sign inside of the pub and we thought of the song so she took a picture of me below it.



Well Courtney has now left and the bar tender is sitting down with us and she says, “she is pretty, is she your daughter?” Val puts her hands on her face and bows her head and right away the bar tender, I think Sue, says oh oh. Val is smiling but it did make her feel old but then when we started thinking about it, most likely Courtney is young enough to be our daughter. So there you go Courtney you should feel good but we feel older then we want to.

Anyway it was time for us to leave and Val wanted a picture of her under the sign so she has proof she was there.


We then rode towards home but decided to stop a Paul’s house. It looked like a motorcycle shop. He had all of his project bikes in the drive way while he cleaned the garage. I did not realize he really had that many. He was far from being ready to ride so we headed home and then Philip called wanting to ride. He came over but by that time I was tired and ready to just plane relax. It was a great weekend for riding with the exception of the 25+ MPH wind. I think that is most of the reason I was so tired. There were times I thought we would be thrown off the road.

[badinfluence63]

I hate you Patrick.