2009 - Memorial Day Weekend

Ahhhh the official kick-off of the summer season, three day weekend, gas prices sky rocket, and the kids only have a week or so left of school. It also happened to be the weekend the Horny Toad Harley Davidson had their grand opening extravaganza!!! Of course, we (Nez and I along with all our friends) had to attend and check out the new dealership and all the cool stuff they had on hand. Wasn't much of a ride up there, except one exciting thing happened and that was a car blew out a tire on the interstate and that was fun to avoid doing 70 mph. When we got to the dealership they had all sorts of food vendors, paint specialists, custom bike builders, stunt show, concerts and drag racing...it was quite the happening place. I found out my parents showed up, this was a great surprise. We walked around and looked at bikes and then my Dad, who has been looking and looking for a bike for about a year now, decides today was the day! We went into the store, found a sales person and started the process. He ended up getting a Dyna Super Glide, nice bike. You'll probably start seeing more and more about my Dad in the blogs going forward... Now if I can just come up with a good road name for him... ;)
Throughout the weekend it rained on and off, it wasn't a big deal but it seems that the rain followed my sister in law from Brownwood all the way to Temple. When she got to the dealer she looked like a drowned rat, that is about the time when everyone started to give her a hard time "Hey can we get a mop over here?", and "what is that rain suit made of?, a Sponge?". After a good laugh at my SIL expense we headed over to the hotel to check in and grab some grub, at the same time my parents said their good byes and headed back to Dallas.

Bad, Bad Company till the day I die... One of the main reasons I wanted to go to the Grand opening and stay the night in Temple was the lead singer for Bad Company was playing and I love their music. Unfortunately the rain from earlier in the day made the field that was in front of the stage turn into a huge mud puddle, so we just hung out up on top of the hill in the parking lot. We could hear just fine. We sat there and visited and sang along with the band and had a few drinks. Good times all around.
Next morning we were planning on attending a Memorial Ride to the Veterans memorial on Hwy 195 just south of Ft. Hood. However, it was pouring rain when we got up and decided to just head home. We rode home in the rain, it wasn't too bad but it wasn't fun either. My ol' Lady got sick, she had a fever on Monday.

Mamorial day err... I meant Memorial day: It just so happens that Tumbleweed's birthday is on Memorial day, or as he likes to call it Mamorial day. Not because he is clever, he just can't spell. Anyway he sent out an invite for everyone to go on a ride through the hill country, the plan was to run down to Gruene (pronounce Green if your not from these parts) via the Devils Backbone which is a beautiful ride and eat at the Grist Mill. After we ate, we headed over to Luckenbach to hang out with Walyn, Willie and the boys. In my opinion this is one of the coolest places in Texas, they have cold beer, live music great people and is the best place to waist time. Tumbleweed had never been there and wanted to see what it was all about. After a few cold beers we saddled up and headed for home. We had a great ride through the hill country and good times for everyone. Till next time, keep the rubber side down! More pics of the weekend can be found here