Just thought I would let everyone know that the price of gas has not been conducive to a great blog on motorcycling. To put it lightly, it's just darned expensive for the common man (I'm fairly common)to just ride around. In the past I never thought about the gas I used, now its difficult to overlook.
I'm not giving up on my blog, I'm hoping things will change. If nothing else I may be forced into entering stories and pictures that did not involve my bike. It has'nt reached that point yet, hopefully it never will.
Check out www.facebook.com. Of course my name there is David Collins in the Fayetteville, Arkansas area. It has some fun stuff. If anyone wants to chat, send me a message, offer me a drink or buy me :),check it out.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Never forget
Today, Memorial Day, I remember my Dad, L.B. who was a veteran of the Navy, Marines and the Army. My brothers Robert and Jay were also in the military. Robert was in the Navy and then the Army as an Officer where he retired. Jay did a 4 year hitch in the Navy.
My Dad inspired me to join the Military. I joined the Army National Guard in 1971 and left it to enter the Air Force in 1972, when my enlistment was over I went back into the Guards. In November 1990 I was called to the Persian Gulf War. I was with the 224th Mobile Maintenance Co. out of Russellville, Arkansas. We were camped at Log Base Echo in Saudi Arabia near the Iraqi border for most of our time in Saudi. Heres a couple of pics I took with my disposable 35mm camera.
Thats Michael in the hat, Hicks writing a letter.
Michael on the far right, Jay Briggs on the left, with a couple of Brits in a gold store in Hafr Al Batin, Saudi Arabia.
On January 20, 2007, a UH-60 Helicopter crashed in Iraq. Two Arkansans were killed, Michael V. Taylor (in the above pictures)and William T. Warren. Michael was a friend whom I was tented with during the Persian Gulf War of 1990-91. He was a good man that could make me laugh when I did'nt even feel like laughing. His loss was a real shock because I thought he had left the Army until I saw his picture on the evening news. Check out the link below for more on Michael.http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/mvtaylor.htm
My Dad inspired me to join the Military. I joined the Army National Guard in 1971 and left it to enter the Air Force in 1972, when my enlistment was over I went back into the Guards. In November 1990 I was called to the Persian Gulf War. I was with the 224th Mobile Maintenance Co. out of Russellville, Arkansas. We were camped at Log Base Echo in Saudi Arabia near the Iraqi border for most of our time in Saudi. Heres a couple of pics I took with my disposable 35mm camera.
Thats Michael in the hat, Hicks writing a letter.
Michael on the far right, Jay Briggs on the left, with a couple of Brits in a gold store in Hafr Al Batin, Saudi Arabia.
On January 20, 2007, a UH-60 Helicopter crashed in Iraq. Two Arkansans were killed, Michael V. Taylor (in the above pictures)and William T. Warren. Michael was a friend whom I was tented with during the Persian Gulf War of 1990-91. He was a good man that could make me laugh when I did'nt even feel like laughing. His loss was a real shock because I thought he had left the Army until I saw his picture on the evening news. Check out the link below for more on Michael.http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/mvtaylor.htm
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