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Almost Over-The Hill

Wyld Bill — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:46:54 +0000

Well a lot has happened since my last post. Apparently I don’t follow blogging rules as I always forget to add something to this site to tell the world what I’ve been doing.. instead I’d rather tell the social network site, bookface all about my everyday happenings. Did you know that’s a CIA data mining business? I didn’t still I started reading articles about it today. Oh well.

Last month, July was an awful month for me. Started out with a bang and ended with a bang… First off gearing up and getting ready to head North to the Farm for more 4th of July action. Travels going well, getting close to my destination just like all previous trips to the farm when all of a sudden out from the dark at 3am in the morning two deer decide it’s the best time to cross the road. I mean, if I was them I’d probably got at that time too, considering you got this nice bright light to guide your way across the road. Unfortunately the second deer didn’t see anything except the world spinning around him. The first deer was able to get past my vehicle, but the second.. not so lucky. Thankfully I hit the second deer square middle of my car damaging a lot but allowed me to drive to the nearest gas station to call for help……… you’d think this day in age we could actually use our cell phones to call for help, but not out in the middle of open range country where only deer and coyotes roam.

After that fiasco I finally got back home and a couple weeks later I went back to the farm to pick up my car from the repair shop and again returned home after a nice little visit with my Uncle and Aunt.

Then just when you think everythings going great.. BAM!

July 31st I decided to meet up with my SMC Brothers like we always do on the weekends except this time, little rock like creatures jumped up and swiped my rear tire out from under me when turning my bike… some people call them little creatures, gravel. I don’t remember much of what happened from the time my tire slid out from under me till the point of impact but landing sure hurt like heck. Reverse Dislocation of the dominate shoulder. Right shoulder now out of use and I’m stuck with my South Paw to do everything… like brushing the teeth… almost impossible at first.. I went two weeks without shaving and I won’t mention other daily duties that really made me wonder about.

I will say one thing though, after a month of slinging it, my left arm is ready for a vacation but now I’m a lot more ambidextrous. The shoulder still is a bit stiff on moving solo, actually it barely moves still unless helped.

I am determined though to ride my scoot home from the shop when it’s finished, so that means I have a lot of rehab to deal with over the next couple weeks. Hopefully it’ll take them at least 2.5 weeks to fix the bike. Even though I want to go riding yesterday.

Another wonderful factor about this summer, is my girlfriend Mindy. She’s so wonderful to me, she sees my soul for what it is, kind and loving, and I love her attitude towards me, I love the fact that she actually find me attractive and that she sees my soul for what it has been screaming to say and feel for so long. I’m sure there’s more reasons I enjoy being around her. I just hope we can continue to grow closer together as time spans. Relationships are hard to deal with, especially for people that have spent most of their adult lives alone.

6 more days and I’ll be 40… guh!

Where has the time gone?

Spirit, my steel horse

Wyld Bill — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:10:29 +0000

As I slowly awoke this morning the frost was thick on both the roads and the cars in the parking lot, the sun was slowly coming up as I strolled down the stairs to get my fresh milk from the doorstep. I noticed it wasn’t as cold as it looked out there today, but nonetheless it was a cold start of the day. After meeting up with a few brothers and sisters of the Sentinels we all mounted up and headed South for a wonderful ride down and around Castle Rock, CO. staying off the major highways and just taking the back roads by the reigns. As we winded in and around the turns and through the straightaways we finally found ourselves in Castle Rock begging our Road Capt., for some food. After which we headed back North to the city via 85 where we split off as most of our crew headed West to another brother’s home for a pit stop. The rest of us, kept going North back to town. The scoots must of known we were heading that way cause they were rather ansi at getting back to the stables.

As I’m heading home during the final stretch, past the congestion interstates that plaque our lands, I heard a quiet whisper over the purring of the pipes… at first I wasn’t sure what I was hearing, so I looked around to see if someone was yelling at me on the road or if I heard music or whatever, but then I heard it again a few miles down the road, this time a little louder….

I … S P I R I T…

My Scoot finally spoke to me and told me her name…
I’m so proud of my steel horse.

The Sleeping Giant

Wyld Bill — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:27:29 +0000

Happy New Year World!
After my wonderful trip to Yuma AZ the weekend before Christmas 2009 with my Harley and the Sentinel Nation, I was plagued with not having the ability to ride, mostly because of the snow that’s been packed down on the side roads… if only we drove that truck 2 more hours I woulda had a chance to ride during my time off during the last week of 2009…….. BUT I was determined to get my scoot home for multiple reasons, one of em being, here in Longmont we don’t get as much snow as folks down in Denver which means I can still go riding when they are gripping about not being able to cause of the snow. New Years Eve came and went and on New Years Day I awoke without a hangover, thank goodness, and set out to take my bike home from another man’s cave!

With the help of my three brothers all from other mothers we accomplished getting my scoot out of another man’s cave, up a ramp to the back of a pickup truck and down to the local gas station where the parking lot was dry.

I love my scoot, and I will do whatever it takes to get it home, but I think from this point forward I will be with it all the time.

SMC Rockies Ride

Wyld Bill — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:47:18 +0000

August 16th, 2009, the Sentinel Nation embarked on a journey like no other. We met up for some breakfast in the beautiful town of Morrison where we shared our thoughts and good eats. Upon finishing our meals we saddled up for an adventure that was truly awesome, it was a ride through Estes Park, then all the way up to the top of Trail Ridge Summit. Though it’s the middle of August when the heat is the highest around here, it was awfully cold on top of Trail Ridge. Seeing that we were above the Tree Line and there was snow lower than us. After saddling back up we proceeded down through the ridge and on into Grand Lake where we ate a late lunch and drank some liquids. After about an hour of resting we again saddled up and head down to Winter Park where they were having a POW / MIA Bike Rally. We didn’t stay, and in-fact we didn’t even stop, maybe we should have, but again this trip was a “riding trip”. After leaving Winter Park we continued on down the path towards I-70 where most of the pack broke off and headed back to Denver while others continued onward towards Breckenridge to visit with another SMC member who opened up his home with food and drink and fellowship.

Those of us that headed East on I-70 met up with stop-n-go traffic as soon as we got onto I-70. Then just as you think we are almost down out of the mountian, Good-Old Floyd Hill had yet another supprise for us. Traffic dead stop for 20 minutes.

During all this I had the great pleasure of having my brother-n-law join in on our ride. Thanks to Sarge for allowing us to borrow his Heritage H-D for Andy to ride. He had a blast, was smiling from ear to ear all the way around. Such fun times. I wish more of my friends would take the riders course and get a bike. It’s a whole different life. A life I’m very proud to be apart of. – Can’t wait for the next trip that happens at the end of August 2009.