No buzz

Well... today came without much fanfare. I hit my 25lb mark on weight watchers. I'll tell you that riding is a lot different... could be best described as a "lighter" ride, but anyway....

Today I was under 200 lbs for the first time in 10+ years.

yay.

ps. I asked God for the help to do this and look what happened :)


Ride safe and God bless.

Fox Creek Leather

Here's to a great American company called Fox Creek Leather!

One thing that a lot of Harley riders do is to adorn themselves with Harley leather. I like it... I like it a lot, but one day came up behind a couple of guys riding and noticed that everything in sight had "Harley Davidson" on it. Now I like my bike a lot, but not that much. I mean, maybe I should put my bosses name on my back -- he pays for everything :)

Anyway, in search of some silent leather I found a couple of bloggers singing the praises of Fox Creek Leather so I gave them a try. Everything was a normal transaction until the jacket showed up too tight.... ARGHHHHH.

I emailed them and they sent me out another size using the "honor systen". What the heck? You mean you are going on the American handshake theory and trusting me? I love these guys. Great business ethic, fair prices and a killer product.

All American s should aspire to be even a little bit like these guys. Way to go!


Be safe and God bless.

Dan Ribar

Hunny, Can you go get some charcoal?

Oh baby -- I was going for ride.... oh man!

Solution!

ps - love her I do!

March 6 Arcadia Trip

Nice day for a ride today, although we've been in some kind of extended winter. We ordered some old fashioned long-johns are tried them out today.

Trip started out of Sarasota and headed east towards Arcadia. We avoided highway 52 as long as possible riding through the backside of Myakka. Even the 45 mph was cool even though there wasn't a cloud in the sky all day. It's about a 45 mile run to Arcadia, so we stopped at the courthouse to get some solar warmth. My lovely wife was nice enough to pose for some pics.

We jumped back on and headed south for the second leg -- towards Punta Gorda. We knew of a great Irish Pub down there and were thinking about some bangers and mash. Anyway, 35 miles later we were parked at the Celtic Ray and had some Tea, Coke and some great Irish Food.

Now we were warmed up once again and headed North on 41 back to Sarasota. Craziest thing happened... For the first 20 miles or so it was very warm. The cool air was gone and it almost felt like summer. But the closer we got to Sarasota, the cooler it got. Bummer.

So 125 miles or so and a lot of nice roads.

Hopefully we'll be losing our extended winter very soon. Next few trips will get us closer to the keys so stay tuned.

Dan & Julija