We went to Gettysburg bike week and it was hot and boring. It cost 15 dollars a person just to get in and walk around and look at a bunch of stupid stuff we didn’t need. Of course they had bands and different events going on, but it was all boring and I told Bill I didn’t want to go next year, I don’t think he was very impressed either. He doesn’t get to ride very much with his Son anymore since they had the 2 little girls so that part was at least worth it, but now that they are expecting a 3rd I’m sure those rides will be even less.
I didn’t see much to aim my camera at so I took a couple shots of the two of them and a couple of 3 wheeler trikes so I will post them below. Now Bill is having second thoughts about the trike and told me last night he might go back to a two wheeler. I probably wont ride as much because I was starting to get worried before about him dropping it. So if he gets another I hope It’s a Softtail. Of course that will push me out there to learn more myself, but since Eric’s sickness and passing over I haven’t been so eager.
My DIL called today and had me very upset, no she didn’t do anything except to tell me they wouldn’t be leaving from down there till the 10th of August past his birthday and mine. I hate being so emotional, but I couldn’t help it I cried several times and felt so helpless. My Son has only been gone since December and I haven’t gotten through my grief yet even though I thought I was handling it very well. I have my good days and bad and try to push the bad ones out, okay enough of that. Pictures below……
Everyone has varied interests and a majority of the visitors here are younger women with children so when I visit their blogs I read about their children and their day to day live’s which I really enjoy. It’s nice to read about their problem solving and the activities that interest them. Others are older like myself and have already raised their families and blog about their grandchildren and their fears of aging and how they handle the problems they now face.
I enjoy reading about other people’s lives and I appreciate all the bloggers that so willingly share their emotions and life with the rest of us. We all blog for various reasons and for me it’s because it’s a great release to put my feelings down. I never really kept a journal or diary on a regular basis, but I had a calendar book that I would make small entries in and I love going back and rereading them and I do the same with this blog, it sometimes helps me.
I like sharing my life even if no one reads it, but me. It’s there for my family and friends if they want to know what’s going on with me and my state of mind at any given time. The activities in our life usually revolve around the weekends and we love to ride down to the river and watch the water and boats, it’s very relaxing. Children and families are all over the place fishing and having picnics, simply enjoying life and the surroundings, it’s a great way to unwind and appreciate nature and life.
As you know our lifestyle involves motorcycles and weekends are our time. We spend a lot of it going to swap meets and activities that involve motorcycle events. We’re always looking for something for the bike. It’s hard to find accessories for the trike and we wanted a bumper for it and one guy that builds the Champion trikes wanted 800 dollars for one because he fabricates them as needed, we decided we didn’t need one that bad.
Bill’s son is a welder and he decided he would make one for him so he took the dimensions needed and made us a small one which looks great and will look even better when we get it chromed. It didn’t need to be fancy and we are quite pleased with the way it turned out. I think we found a place around here that will chrome it so we don’t have to send it off and wait 6 weeks. Gettysburg bike week is coming up and I’d like to get feathers painted on the two back bumpers or small dream catchers.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing a part of my life.
Yesterday which was Sunday we decided to head in the opposite direction from where we live since we had been through Gettysburg the day before we decided to head to Lancaster, which is always a good ride. Since I had my camera in hand the duck next door was making so much ruckus I had to take a look, it was in the very small pond so I took a photo, it’s almost bigger than the pond, I didn’t see the smaller black one, but usually they get in there together to wash and cool off.
We headed to Long’s Park in Lancaster because we like to watch people, usually during the Summer they have live music and different events going, but yesterday was just families having picnics and strolling around the pond. All over the park they have signs like the one below that clearly states not to feed the water fowl, but in the next photo 3 little kids armed with 2 bags of bread and their parents totally ignore the signs as did many others as we watched.
Before loading up I took a photo of Bill and the trike so you could see what a good job he did adding my passenger armrests. The day looked perfect and sunny so we headed toward The Buck because the countryside is so beautiful and there are usually a lot of Amish buggy’s going back and forth and I wanted to take some pictures. I had intended to have Bill pull over when I saw a great view and get some photo’s, but dark ugly storm clouds started rolling in and we were trying to outrun them.
I managed to snap a few photo’s as we sped past and really couldn’t tell if I had taken any real pictures. My camera isn’t the best so I was really surprised that I captured anything. We were lucky and Bill was speeding for the most part, all we got were a few drops and it was so weird because the sun was shining bright on one side and the dark clouds were on the other. We had planned to stop at Mac’s Drive-in and have a fresh strawberry sundae, but we were in a hurry by then, all in all it was another great day.
