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| Saturday 05 May 2012. Well golly gee, just this afternoon
returned from a long trip around the Eastern sea board. Went to
Sturgis, Miss only to find the event I went to was the following
weekend - ooops, then went down to Georgia to visit the
Tunisons. Great people and wonderful host and hostess. From
there I went to Summerville, SC to deliver a motorcycle and
pickup some stuff.. If you ever travel down that way watch your
speed. There is a sign on the outskirts of town that says
"Speeders take notice - $200 fine and 30 days
in jail". I paid special attention to my speed. Then on the way
up toward Greer, SC I saw another sign that read "No Littering.
$1000 fine and prison" I decided NOT to throw the candy wrapper
out the window. Mr. Howell up in Greer sold me some Citation
parts and gave me a tour of his Harleys. It started getting cold
about Durham, NC and pretty much stayed that way for a week.
Don't ever believe the weatherman's forecast if you are
traveling. In Maryland I stayed with family and then moved on up
to Lansdale, PA where a Mr. Benton sold me several Zundapp
motorcycles. I had parts to deliver in Oley, PA and did some
good shopping at the AMCA Oley Swap Meet. There someone fell in
love with one of my KS601s that I had just bought days before,
and it parted company with me. Met some wonderful people at the
meet as well and saw some old friends. Jim Garrett, Darryl
Cutter, Kevin Johnson, Eric Porter, John Lacko and Rick Panuski.
Met James Bodiford for the first time although we've
corresponded since my ATV accident days. From Oley I went west
to Napoleon, OH and picked up a Citation that I had purchased
some six months prior and visited a while with Tom Ashbough.
Moved on South to Waynesville, OH to visit with Kevin Johnson
and his family at his hacienda and his menagerie of animals and
after a few days he and I went to visit Darrel Spinosi in
Columbus, OH. Sold some parts and traded for some parts and got
to see his K500 which is on our front page and had a real good
visit. Then we went down to Cincinnati, OH to visit Tony Shawn
at Domi Racer and to spend some money. Problem with a visit to
Domi Racer is that it is like going to the grocery store. Can't
just go in and buy one thing. I gotta go in and try to buy
everything I'll need for six months. Got some good stuff though.
Then moved on south through Kentucky & Tennessee. Tried to find
Berney Sloan in Chattanooga, TN, but couldn't find his address
in my computer and trying to locate him at the VW plant wasn't
such a hot idea either. So I moved on to Greenville, GA to pick
up another Citation rolling basket and a sidecar frame. It is a
Goulding and it is old. Finally headed West again towards home.
Stopped off in a little town near Memphis, TN and visited with
Ken Owen and with some twisting of my arm he convinced me to sell him my
other KS601 and a DB255 and some Citation stuff. I arrived back
home today with about 20 % of the stuff I originally purchased.
But it was a grand ole trip. 5, 235 miles round trip in 23 days.
It will probably take me a few days to get everything unloaded
and photographed so please be patient. |
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