I finally got out of town.

I got up early Saturday morning and went to the Mountains, Music and Motorcycle Rally in Mountain View, Ar. It was a perfect day, a cool morning turned into a lot of sunshine and a not too warm day. The last time I went to the MMM rally was in 2007, I was impressed with it, it was easy going not too crowded and had bike games, a fun rally. The rally t-shirt sucked bad that year but this year it was a good looking shirt with not even one advertisement. I wrote a letter to the guy in charge that year, maybe that helped. I know I've got lots of t-shirts but it's just a thing of mine, I always buy the shirt, patch and pin (ya never know when you might need them).

It was good to be back out among people that love to ride bikes. The crowd this year has grown, it seemed to be at least twice the size and maybe three times as big as the 2007 crowd. I look forward to going next year. Its going to be on my yearly calendar now.

I got some bad news the other day, I may not be going to the Bikes, Blues and BBQ this year. This job I have has pulled me around so much I think my joints are going bad. I was going to be off this year and now as of a few days ago, right here before the rally, I won't be off. Not one day of the rally will I be off. If I can't find someone to trade with I won't be going. My daughter has been bugging me for the last couple of years to take her to the BBBQ and this year we were going up on Saturday, she had already informed her boss that she wouldn't be working that day. Now its right back to the same ole thing, my job screwing with my family life. I guess I should be used to it. I'll never forget the time I was at deer camp about 22 years ago. My wife's aunt come into camp about 6pm and said she had a message for me that had gone to my wife and then to her to give to me. She said that my job scheduler told her that I was to come to work immediately or don't bother coming back to work except to pick up my personal stuff. Stupid me I left camp, went home, went to work and stayed up all night after having scouted for deer all day. That was really smart on the schedulers part, stupid on my part for showing up. I missed the first day of deer season got into it with the scheduler and my wife learned to not be answering phone calls intended for me.

That was probably a little too much to talk about that didn't have anything to do with motorcycles. Here's some pics from MMM. Oh yeah, the ghostly smudges have returned to my pictures, I guess it's time to get a new camera.

Above is a statue of a Bison, its along Hwy 95 just South of Clinton,Ar. Its out in a field with nothing else around except grass. A really nice bronze statue and if you weren't looking for it you might not see it. Its probably at least 100 yards off the highway.

Now this is something you don't see very often nowadays. The old 750Four Chopper. The one below is also a 750 but I wouldn't call it a chopper. I saw a third one but didn't catch a pic of it. More than I've seen at any other rally in recent years.

See you at Mountain View next year, I plan to get a room or take a tent and spend both days there. Cya then.