“The Heat is on”…

Hope everyone stayed cool today… it was crazy hot here in Ontario… about 38 Deg. C., however the dreaded humidity made it feel like 43 Deg.

It was nice receiving a bunch of nice comments on last night blog about previous owned automobiles…

I did not have pictures of all of them that I could lay my curser on now… My very first car, I remember well, a 1963 Chev Chevelle that I paid $100.00 for including all the rust that came with it.  I drove it for over a year and it ran well!  Looks kinda like this…

 

Mine was a light blue, and had a big six cylinder motor in it.  I actually met Judy while I had this car… it was a boat! 

In the early 1980’s, we lived in Alliston, Ontario, and we needed a cheap second car, so I bought a 1977 Pontiac Pariesenne off one of the Staff Members… another boat with a big V8.  Looked just like the one below… took it to Florida on vacation with the kids one year.

There were a few other cars along the way as well, now do you know why Judy and I live in a big Truck and drive around the Country all the time?

Also had a few motorcycles along the way, and found a few pictures of some of them…

I started riding motorcycles when I was 16 and my first ride was a Honda 175… like the one just below… I could not find a picture of mine, but it look just like this…

Check out the Honda 90 below… I had it for just a fun bike to run around on at the time… there were lots of these on the roads in the 70’s…

The picture below is a 1966 Honda 450.  I had a nice blue one.  Drove this for a couple of years when I was young.  Had it when we got married, and put it in the basement just before Shawn was born.  When I turned 40, it was time to get it back out, and it started right up again… obout 20 years later.

I bought a Yamaha Virago after the Honda packed it in.  Only had it for 1 season, not quite as good looking as this one below, but it gives you an idea.

I wanted a big bike to tour on so my neighbour wanted a small bike to kick around on, so I traded him straight up for his 1977 Honda Goldwing that you see below… Judy and I toured out east, and all over on this bike for many years.

We wore the Goldwing out, and then we bought a brand new 2002 Yamaha Venture.  Judy and I wanted to do more long range touring, so bought a trailer to pull all our stuff… we had many a great trip on this bike. 

After I had my heart surgery, I found it very difficult to hold up the 875 lbs. that the Venture weighted, and Judy had bought her own motorcycle, so I took my Yamaha to a Honda Dealer in Huntsville, and traded him even for a new 2007 Honda Shadow.  This is the bike I still have, and simply love it! It is pictured below, on a trip down into Tennessee, on the Blue Ridge Parkway… very classic looks to this bike, that is what I love about it!

Here is my Honda pictured beside Judy’s Suzuki Burgman also on the same Blue Ridge Parkway.  We trailer both these bike behind the Motorhome when we need to!

Phew… enough already of cars and bikes…

Till tomorrow…