Life happens not SH--

It was a sad day yesterday for us. What we had been anticipating happend. Tracey, after 17 years, is no longer with FedEx. She took the blow pretty hard but she will bounce back. I have lived my life by the motto, "Everything happens for a reason", my children have learned this also. We may never know the true reason for many years or ever, but there is an ultimate reason that the "power that is" puts us through these hardships. Tracey and I live a wonderful life with family and some of the greatest friends anyone could ever have. Sometimes our life seemed just too good. So this is a wake up call about life. There are many changes in life, some good and some bad, but you have to take the bad and make them good. So we will be looking for other bigger and better opportunities for Tracey and continue to live our life as we have always done...to the fullest.

What fun we had -- Wii is not just for you kids. 10 adults (childlike adults) playing Wii with two TV's side by side what a site that was. Never had so much fun. "To the right Bruce, to the right". And Bert...don't ride your Harley like you drive that Mario Cart.

That was a great Saturday night with friends. Now on Sunday, Ray put together a route to see some wildflowers and cross some nice bridges. It was not as sunny as we would have liked but never did rain. It was a great ride. We also became bar hopper bikers. (BHB) We stopped for lunch at Loose Wheels, what great music and food. Bar #1 (no drinking by us tho), then we went some back roads to a little unique bar and motorcycle shop in Westminster. It was a "pit" stop and we picked up a patch for Bruce !!! Bar # 2 still no drinking. So are we truly BHB's? Guess the qualification don't say you have to drink ...so yes we are BHB's. What a great day, we saw so many wildflowers and not just blue bonnets, there was red flowers, orange flowers, pink flowers and turtles, road runners, goats, dogs, long horns, brahmas and just cows, lots of horses and friendly people waving along the road. AND best of all bridges!!! This is by far one of the most beautiful rides I have been on in the spring. Thank you to Ray and Darlene for the great company and route. This ride is a definate do over.

As my blog is called Gone with the Wind, we did do a lot of side riding in the wind but I think it popped my neck back in place....imagine that.

Wildflower Ride 2009

Well the wildflowers are out there but we will be missing them this year. Tracey has a "bum" knee and needs to stay off it, and it is raining so would not be as much fun. So what do you do instead? Get 10 people together for a Wii rally. No motorcycles needed and rain or shine. Stay tuned for how that turns out....