Saturday, October 13, 2012

DAY #6...119 MILES (1339)...JASPER, ALABAMA TO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA TO JASPER, ALABAMA

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY ALL THE STOOGES WILL BE TOGETHER, AS SOME OF US ARE DEPARTING FOR HOME. WE ALL RODE TO BIRMINGHAM THIS MORNING TO THE BARBER MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM. THIS WEEKEND WAS THE ANNUAL VINTAGE DAYS, AND THEY EXPECTED 60,000-80,000 PEOPLE TO ATTEND. I THINK MOST WERE IN LINE TO GET INTO THE PARK WHEN WE ARRIVED. I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE EVER GOING TO MAKE IT INSIDE.
THERE WERE SO MANY MOTORCYCLES IT WAS ALMOST OVERWHELMING. WE WALKED AROUND FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS, THEN DECIDED TO GET OUT OF TOWN BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE HAD THE SAME IDEA. THIS MUSEUM IS A FIRST CLASS MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM, AND THE RACE TRACK IS REALLY NICE.




CURLY DID BUY HIMSELF ANOTHER MOTORCYCLE. WE SHOULD SEE HIM BACK HOME IN SEVERAL MONTHS.


I ALSO FOUND THE PERFECT BIKE FOR TRAVEL. IF THE CARS CUT YOU OFF, YOU JUST TAKE CARE OF THEM WITH YOUR MACHINE GUN.


ANOTHER BIKE THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE WAS THE NERACAR.


LAST BUT NOT LEAST WAS THIS GIRL SWIMMING IN THE LAKE, WHEN SHE STOOD UP, ALL EYES WERE ON HER. LARRY TRIED TO GO SWIMMING WITH HER, AND ENDED UP RIDING BACK TO JASPER IN WET CLOTHES.


WELL......THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. TOMORROW (SUNDAY) I START MY TREK HOME, HOPEFULLY ARRIVING SUNDAY EVENING. I'LL POST ONE MORE TIME AFTER I ARRIVE.

MOTOR MIKE (AKA MOE)

1 comment:

  1. Sixty thousand people... Who'da thunkit? Be safe on the way home, both of you. Tamar and I are home now after a super trip to New Orleans.
    your friend Maynard

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