Wishing I could call my old buddy Pat. It was a lot of years ago in what seems a previous life. I had two bikes a 1975 Triumph 750 Bonneville & a 1978 Kawasaki Z1R [Zoom Zoom] Pat and I decided to go on a adventure. We were headed to Portland to see a buddy that had just opened a motorcycle salvage Company. Me on the Z1 Pat on the Bonny.
We left Friday Edmonds Wa around 3pm drove I5 South to Renton down 167 the back way to 7 & down to spend the night at Riffe Lake not far from Morton wa. Back then no camp sights no little areas like it is now. It was wide open you could stay anywhere you wanted for free. We put up the tent gathered some wood and started a fire then sipped on the Blackberry Brandy. We got up the next am and packed the crap back into the big orange back pack I had tied to the sissy bar of the Z1R. & we headed to I5 on HWY 12. When we hit I5 South we went it was only around 80 miles but boy did we hate the freeway driving. It seemed like it took forever. We got to Georges new business and it was closed well I didn’t call first we wanted to surprise him & it was a 3 day weekend I was sure he would be open oh well. We found out from a worker at the auto body shop next door that he had went to Seattle. OOP’s I had brought a Polaroid camera and we had the body shop worker to take our pic with the bikes and then I dropped it in Georges  Mail slot so he would know we had been their. Back on the bikes & we headed I5 again and turned off at HWY 30. Showed up at me sisters house in St Helens Oregon to surprise her and the kids. Mary & the kids were home so we visited for ½ our or so. Then back on the bikes HWY 30 headed to Astoria for dinner then over the bridge & up 101 to spend the night at Lake Quinault. Put up the tent drank beer and told story’s in the fire light. Up the next am had breakfast at the Lodge. It was a beautiful morning and we were able to eat in the open on the air second story of the lodge overlooking the lake. Beautiful sight mountains in the background big lake and we were able to see a small school of trout zig zag swimming with the sun reflecting off the silver scales. We loaded up and headed up 101 around the horn to the Whistling Oyster Bar in Quilcene about 141 miles. Part of that ride the roads follows the shoreline of Lake Crescent lots of gentle twists and turns and the road was freshly asphalted when we got to the far end of the like we talked about riding back to do it again. Well a few pitchers of beer at the bar in Quilcene and down the road a little ways to spend the night on a old logging road.
The next morning we headed over the Hood Canal Bridge headed to Kingston then headed back to my house in Edmonds. Pat enjoyed riding so much he bought a 1977? z1000cc Kawasaki LTD. We did a lot more riding after the first trip.
Heres a pic of Pat & the 2 Kaws. I miss the adventures with you buddy.

 

   

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Once again it's been a while.

Still kicking. Just not as high.

We got a new to us Motor Home. Good shape & runs well. Big 454 ci Chevy motor.

We have went on trips to the coast - Crater Lake - also stayed 3 day at Twanoh State Park.
http://parks.state.wa.us/294/Twanoh

Fresh beach picked oysters YUM! Our new rescue dog liked camping Lenny

He is a 9yo Basset Hound very mellow & low key.

Have a couple of old friend & family we go quad/motorcycle riding.

Well now it's been a long long time. Didnt hunt elk or deer last year..
Going to fix the old boat up and try to sell it in CL.
Down to Oly yesterday Linnea & I Had lunch with will and Alexis.
Had a fun time went to Government Warehouse I didn't find any treasures.
Dropped the kids off a a use book store.
Also they have on line auctions..

"http://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/browse/home"
Set up the trail cam last friday & retrieved it yesterday hoping for some good pic's well I forgot to put the memory card in it so 4 pic's only of me. Here are some old pic's.
It's been a while so I think I need to go to u-tube and see how to do this.

Crabby

Nov 21 area 11 opens again. I didn't do much crabbin in July..
Good Gas HERE Sold my Polaris & Bought a Suzuki Eiger & love it..4X2.
Also sold my XL350 Honda & Bought a Yamaha XT600 It's fast fun & starts e-z..
Have done a lot of garage sales & mad a little money reselling things..Fixed up my Apache Tent Trailer & going to take it hunting Turkey Day Weekend.. Much more room than the 10 1/2' camper..I was able to get my first Deer last Fall when Art & I went to Tahuya
Any sex & I was able to take a Doe... 50 cal black powder rifle 110 yards +/-
the gun is a cheap CVA buckhorn but it's fun to shoot. Can't use the 209 primer
& its set up to use percussion-caps & 3 50g Pellets 348 Gr. Lead Bullet

sure it's been a while

While it seems like a good while since I've been here. And a lot has happened.Obama has produced his first certificate. The world has taken a terrible change for the worse. The economy has tanked unemployment numbers around 10% not to mention the people that have given up looking for work and the other people that aren't getting as many hours as they need.

I did pretty well crabbing last year it won't start again this year and tell July 1. I have it set up so when I checked my crab pots then take the crab back to the boat launch I have a huge Canning pot
I fill with salt water and cook them up right on the beach. You have a depth finder if the pot set to shallow you won't get any crab trance set them to deep you run out of line and lose the crab pot.

I sold my Honda XL 350r because the tabs were doing I had only used it once or twice for the whole year it was licensed for the street. I also sold my XL 250r that was licensed only off-road.
Last year my buddy art & went to Tahuya ORV park and I chased him I was on the 250 and he was driving his quad. My thought was driving on the orv trails would be like driving on old logging roads boy was I wrong. The baskets of much use at some of the corners are like driving on nothing but marbles. Of course we didn't bring our helmets and after about the third time of almost wrecking I decided off road motorcycle riding wasn't for me.being a cheap Sob I found at 250 honda Odyssey on Craig's list and fixed it up so that I can chase Art in the off-road forest.
http://www.efadgroup.com/Odyssey%20World/FL250-77-79.htm
After fixing the Honda up in getting it running quite well I used it here racing around the drive-by shooting path. The little Honda was a blast to drive even art had fun rolling it on the upper part of the trail. After writing it the smile on my face would last about 45 minutes but it would screw my backup for two or three days. It has shocks with springs on the front I straight axle no suspension and balloon tires on the back. Being a hoarder at one time I owned a total of four of them. Sold them on Craig's list then I bought a Polaris 325 trail boss. Should have this when I was drinking pushbutton start a lever per forward or reverse no clutch just push on the throttle and go. Big old balloon tires with front and rear suspension and it's a lot of fun to ride.
Tahuya is a fun place to go riding in May and there are a ton of trail. Art and I wrote quite some time on one trail got lost and ended up driving on the pavement about 12 miles to get back to the truck in the trailer.we were lucky we didn't get caught because I think they would have impounded the quads.First time were there are quads we had driven a couple of miles crossed the road and Ranger Rick was fixing the entrance fenceto the staging area we stopped to talk with him and he informed us that there was a helmet law on all off-road vehicle parks. I asked him if the sheriff or State patrol show up at the park he informed me that he had a ticket book on the dashboard of his work truck so we told him we were going to load up our quads and head home.
This wasn't too bad I'm using a program called Dragon naturally speaking Sova doesn't say exactly what I was thinking a well will post more soon Roy

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