Please send your prayers, your strength,

[NC Steve]

   ...your support and best wishes, as I prepare to journey out to :
  
   THE MALL!!!!

   May God have mercy on my soul.............

[Justin B.]

I will pray for you, my son... [smiley=undecided.gif]  I will attempt to brave the Harbor Freight store shortly, myself... [smiley=1drink.gif]

[NC Steve]

   Bless you, kind sir. You'll notice by my presence here that I'm in no apparent rush to get there.
   Hmmmm, may make a stop by out local Harbor Freight too: great place!

   BTW: Santa will be sending you a lil' something soon, so keep your eyes open.
            No Fedex this time, I promise!!

[SCJJR65]

Well, all I can say is.... Better you than me, Steve..... Vios Con Deos!  

[NC Steve]

Well, I survived my Journey to Hell, aka, The Mall, and had some good luck shopping: I'd rather take a beating than shop!
I even got in a little ride this afternoon since it was sunny and in the 50s. Blasted up to Pilot Mountain, near Mount Airy, about 30 miles each way. These are the towns "Mt. Pilot" and "Mayberry" from the old Andy Griffith show.
Nice little ride!

[Melena]

Whew.  You made it through the madness.  You probably needed that ride a whole lot after getting out of there.  Sounds like a very nice ride indeed.

My brother and I took our Mom shopping yesterday.  Not to the big mall though.    We actually survived it too.  I would love to go to Harbor Freight, but it's in an area I really don't want to go to this time of year.    I'll probably  have to get there at some point though.    

[suecanada]

I loved Barney Fife and watched all the Andy Griffith shows many times. I am a big fan of the late Don Knotts. When I was a kid, Don was on TV playing a Christmas elf. That was sometime around '52-54. That's 1952-54! I never got around to writing him and thanking him for the pleasure he brought me through his Barney Fife character....should never put things off.

The Canadian "Harbor Freight" is our Canadian Tire Store! I love going there.

[NC Steve]

Oh, come now Sue! 1952??
Granted it's a small pic, but you can't be past 35!!

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

 

[suecanada]

Thank you for your silence Rob  I know Aïda won't say a thing. Let's see... who else have I met in person? I think that covers it!

[msbuck]

 

[Semper Gumby]

I'm looking for an excuse to go meet Sue and the rest of YOU!  Perhaps we should make it a goal of this flegling group to meet somewheres.  So far I have only met Melena and that after only a 2900 mile journey!

[msbuck]

I think that's a great idea.    Time to start planning an R65 gathering???  Somewhere in the center of the universe...  

I've only met Sue, but I know there are a handfull of folks close enough to my neck of the woods to meet.  Then again, why not provide a reason for some extra riding next season.

[Melena]

Sue, I guess some of these guys weren't on the original phorum.     Steve must be a newbie.   I've met Arla, and Arla has met Sue, and I've talked with Sue on the phone once, so I think I can be included in that rarified group, eh Sue?   8-)  

I'd love to meet more people from this group.  I'm trying to think of who else is on the west coast here.  Hmmmm.  There are a few in Oregon.  And some here in California.  We'll have to have a west coast meeting and an east coast meeting.  There are the rallys.  I'm sure we can get more R65 riders to the 49er Rally and I hope to make it to the Chief Joseph Rally in Oregon some time.  But I can't imagine having the time to get anywhere too far east of the Sierra Nevada myself, at least not for the next few years anyway.    

[Ed Miller]

I, too, want to make it to Chief Joseph.  Heck it's only maybe 3 hours away from me!  I never go anywhere.