Dad: Unedited XL

(From a Tom Lehrer song:  "I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring!"  Enjoy Dad's post!  -- Tracy)

Derf Here!  From the almost 'snowless' Northeast!  The snow is gone from most properties in our area.  We can, however, see some snow cover as we gaze out our windows and look at "Ken's Place" (a local eatery) as they had large snowbanks before opening a couple weeks ago.  The snow will be gone in a couple more days.

Spring has sprung!  Yippeeee!  However, the snow will still be available for skiing through Easter weekend.  A full six months of skiing for two years in a row.  Remarkable!  This is up in the Northern part of our state.

Josh's team played its last baseball game and won 11-3.  They ended the year undefeated.  Josh pitched a scoreless inning and had a couple hits.  An enjoyable time was had by all.  Now we await outdoor baseball and lacrosse for Zachary.  This all starts in a couple weeks.  We're ready for it to begin.

Lew has his motorcycle out and polished up.  He has taken his first ride (not very far, but enough to get the old enthusiasm working).

It was early evening a couple days ago and out in our yard it sounded like a motorcycle gang was approaching.  Looking out the window we saw a group of four questionable individuals riding their cycles in our yard.  Upon further examination we noticed the riders were not part of a notorious gang but were friendly.  It was family friend Lonny Martin along with Lew & Tracy's pastor, his wife and their son Norman.

We all took the time to go look over the cycles and the leathered gang.  They had been on a short ride and were making visitation rounds.

I'm sure the above group will be out again soon and by then Lew will join them on his cycle.  Also, Glen will be removing his cycle from our garage and will be joining the crew.  A wonderful way to spend some time touring the countryside!

Seeing these cycles and their riders reminded of my times on the two-wheeled motor driven machines.  I never had a large machine but grew up with several cycles, the last of which I sold in the mid-1980s.

My next post will be about a 'doodle-bug,' a 'Cushman,' a 'whizzer,' a 'Czech,' and a 'Honda.'  All of the above are two-wheeled vehicles that I have had experience (good and bad) with while operation of said vehicles.

Tune in next week to enjoy my revelations.

Until next time!

Toodle Pip!

Derf!