Wednesday, it must be Bike Night!

Had a busy day today doing all kinds of things… this afternoon I had to take the RV back to the local GM Dealership, and the Guy from the Electronics Dept. finally fixed my wonky Stereo speaker on the drivers side.  Seems there was a bad wire from some rear speakers that were added onto our system before we bought the unit.  All is good now and I can hear the radio as we drive!

Wednesday night is bike night down  at Gravenhurst Wharf.  I have blogged about this event before, and I love going.  I get to meet a lot of friends, and stand around and kick tires and smell oil!   It was a perfect night weather wise and a good crowd was out.  I missed the 50/50 draw again, but local charities benefit from the proceeds, so you always feel good about that, as they do raise a lot of money that all stays local!

I had the point and shoot with me tonight…

This Honda is a collector’s item… it is 1000 c.c.’s and is a 6 cylinder engine… I would give up my best 10mm. wrench for one of these…

This is one of our two steamships, the Wennonah ll, which operates out of the Wharf.

This is a great bike, a 1976 Honda GL 1000 Goldwing, I used to have the 1977 model and just loved it!  I did not have a side car on mine.

There are always great views at the Wharf…

The ice cream guy does a big business on Wednesday night…

There is a nice Gazeebo where they run the bike night from.

Lots of machines out tonight…

Some guy from Barrie brought this perfect Yamaha 250 cc. 2 stroker out tonight, that was simply in mint condition… do not know the year, but it would be very early 1970’s…

Just another great evening….

I ran into Bob H. that was down in Ellicottville with  us, and we decided after bike night was over, to ride up to Don J.’s place and check out the new 5th Wheel and Truck he just bought.  WOW is all I can say…. It is a great trailer, that is a toy hauler, and yes, Don has a nice brand new Honda Goldwing to fit in the toy hauler!  The model is a “Road Warrior”…

You can’t use your smart car to pull the tow hauler, so Don bought this brand new Ford Larriatt 350 Diesel with dual wheels on the back… it has that fancy new clean diesel motor they just came out with. This thing is loaded!

I think Don and Heather are planning a trip to Arizona this winter, so who knows… may run into them!

Well, that just about wraps up another day of retirement… love it!

Till tomorrow…

Windows Live Writer Beta… hmmmmm…

 

Just about took the big one this morning, when I was reading Rick and Paulette’s blog, and Rick recommended downloading Windows Live Writer Beta.  He indicated if you downloaded it would simply replace the existing copy of Windows Live Writer.   I tried and it did not work… it wiped out my version I had, and would not let me download the Beta version… I tried about 4 times with sweat building on my forehead, as I like using the program. 

After settling down and reading the error messages, I figured out the problem was because I had a firewall set up, so I by-passed our router, and was able to load the program…. phewww…. relief!

I have just started playing with it, and it seems to be a real good program… you can do lots of different things with it…like highlighting text!  Cool ehhh…

Take a look at the two pictures below of Devil’s Bridge, which is located in Sedona, Arizona.  We were there with Gerard and Deb on March 2nd.   The first picture is the way I took it.  Too much back light from the sky, made the rocks very dark.

Once you load the picture into Windows Live Writer, just a few quick clicks of the mouse and there you go…. you can actually see the picture!

I added this picture just for the heck of it… it is one of my favorite shots from the winter down south.  Gerard is standing right out on the Bridge, and yes, it is about a 400 foot drop over the edge!   Nerves of steel!

Anyhow, it will take me some time to learn this new program, but I like it.  Thanks for the info Rick!

Before I run, I have to give you the funny story of the day…. Judy was at work eating her lunch she brought with her, and reached in her bag to grab the can of diet ginger ale she put in there, and pulled out a Coors Light Beer!  Ooopppssss… In her defence, they do look a lot alike.   I asked Her if she drank it, but she restrained herself and brought it back home….

Till tomorrow…

Ohhhh, the trouble a blogger can get into…

Yes, it seems I have gotten myself into a bit of a blogger mess with my readers….

Seems that I told everyone in the blog that I would post pictures of the closing dinner of the AVA Motorcycle Rally last Thursday night in Ellicottville… my Daughter reminded me of this, and the fact that I did not do it!  Trouble…

And then I received what seemed to be an innocent email from Jim C. who is one of the Rally participants, and who happened to be my room mate.   Well, it seems I made some kind of comment about Jim maybe being a bit of a neat freak, to the point when I might have mentioned that he actually made his bed up before the maid came to our room that day… more trouble!

Not quite sure how I am going to fix this up, especially since I don’t think that I took any pictures of the final dinner party at the Rally but I do have this picture!  This is a picture of Paul from our Group that won the skills competition.  He does have very good skills on a motorcycle!  Oh, yes!  It was taken during the Dinner on the Thursday night!

I am not sure how I am going to get out of trouble with Jim C.   I think I might be guilty as charged! Sorry Jim. Might have to have Judy take me to work with Her at the Prison, where she can keep me locked up for a day or two maybe…

Last night I did say I would post pictures of our new blinds in the bedroom.  The first pic is of the very back window of the RV, and as you can see the pleats are very tight on these new blinds.  They are also great, as there are no strings attached!  They simply pull up and down very easy…

This is the window above the bed… same thing.

The can pull up right behind the valance…

 

You can leave them 1/2 way down if you want, and can travel with them in any position.  These are also black out blinds, and this morning it was black inside the bedroom, just the way we like it!

They are a bit on the expensive side, $320.00 for both of them, but in our books, they were worth it! 

 

We had a great meeting with Graydon, our Financial Planner from Scotia McLeod today.  We met for breakfast and he presented a great financial plan that will allow us to travel and do what we want for years to come! Phew, and I thought we didn’t have any money… Thanks Graydon!  I think we are the only full time RVers that he has as clients, and he was saying he had fun putting it all together for us.

Till tomorrow!