Been Busy... So Many Odds and Ends...

The Target Date to pull out is gonna pass on by... I think. Wanted to leave on the 6th... it's pretty sure now that the date is gonna be at least a week later... aw well... grit your teeth, bow your head... and Ride off into the Wind!

Been working on six dozen different things... I wonder if some Doc would claim some sort of attention deficit disorder? :o)

Ya'll probably have seen a few changes around here... re-worked my lil' bookstore... and a couple other things.
Turns out... there's quite a lil' "Housekeeping" I need to do around the sites.

Trying hard to avoid having to sell Soda Pop at some National Park Greasy Spoon to fill in the gaps. :o) ... Now, can't you just see that? Bald headed, tatted, Cowboy Biker waiter,sloppin' coffee and burgers all over some lil' ol' lady from New Jersey?... "Whad-a-ya mean you ordered Sprite?... Quit your whining and eat your Freakin' Yogurt fool!... and you better Like It!"

Yes sir! ... Prime, Quality, Customer Service! :o)

Getting a little culling, and more shuffling of closets done in the rig as well... trying to finish up the disrupted remodel... Selling the house was a good thing (Even with the $$$ loss)... but like I expected; Doing a remodel of a house you're living in is tough enough. Remodeling an RV you're living in is Running against the Wind... blindfolded... in a small room!

And... at the same time... We're working to get the Motorcycle Carry worked out. A couple of guys have sent me ideas through the site... and to tell the truth... while their specific ideas won't fit... exactly... they gave me the inspiration to weld up what I think will... So, Many Thanks!

... and still have more revision to get done on my Western Novel!... so I can publish that...

Sheesh! 700 mile days on the worst of the Alcan... are lookin' pretty  good right now! :o)

But... I can see that Western Horizon just off there a mite... calling to me... so I'll keep on pushin'.

Just Me... Bein' Me!
Brian

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Just a little more Cowboy Engineering...

Heidi and I took a ride Friday, up over Trail Ridge in Rocky Mtn. National Park... First Time She has been up there on a bike... 'course, this time, she was sittin' in back on the Raider...

So... not the best time to find this lil' scene... sittin' up in front of those sheriff's cars on the right side is a crotch rocket... that needs some paint work now... uh ... and a new tire. Not sure what he did... but it ruined his day for sure... :o)

I was a lil' surprised it didn't freak her out any... guess she's gained some confidence in my ability to keep us from bein' hood ornaments on somebody's Buick! :o)

She was a lot happier though... with a view like this from the back seat...

She's still learning how to work the camera on the fly...

But... once we learn that lil' skill... I think we'll get some fun pics!... I remember her callin' out something... a couple of times... sounded like; "Don't Turn Right!" :o)

One thing 'bout this ride... we've been talkin' 'bout Slick for a while. Heidi really has come to enjoy riding behind me... and, the Ride My Own has not been advancing very quickly for her... or ... not at all, and we'd almost decided to sell the V Star... and just ride the Big Red Raider...

Buuuuuut now... after she saw as many gals as she did, ridin' their own and lookin' Fine!... on this ride... We've pretty much chosen, for now, to keep the Lil' V Star 'round for a while... give her some more time to get comfortable...

Which means some more Cowboy Engineering. As always... if I could just throw money at it, there'd be no problem... buuuut... considering the lack of such ability... There won't be any Changing Rigs in the close up future... So... I'll have to just conjure up a way to load two... as in dos, zwei, a pair... more than ONE! Large Motorcycles... on a fifth wheel! :o)

Slick already has her perch, sittin' back there as Tail gunner... Red... bein' the larger of the two wheeled ladies... is gonna have to climb up on the truck itself...and that is where all the options come in...

The bed is too tall... and the bike is too low to just set a ramp and roll her up... She high centers on the side of the bed... soooooo.... I either have to Dove Tail the side of the bed... or create some sort of an extended ramp setup... that shallows out the loading angle to get her flashy red self over that break point. or... some combination of the two.

...and that is what I'll be doin' for the next week or so with our Welder landlord, so we can get gone, sometime in the first part of September!

Hopefully there won't be too many... "Uh... OOPS... hadn't figured on that!" escapades. :o)

But... I guess none of it'll get done if I sit here and just continue gabbin'... so...

Later!

Makin' Ready, one more time!
Brian

Help keep goin' RV Boondocking...goin' RV Boondocking!
Have you enjoyed your visits to my camp? I sure hope so. If you'd like to see what else I've written, you can follow this Trail to my "Bookshelf". Just know that any purchases of my lil' books and tales, helps keep me following the Trails of my beloved American West, collecting stories and yarns to entertain you with... and are Much Appreciated.
Many Thanks!

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