2018 Purple Martin Season is here

The martins are trickling in from the far south (Brazil) these days, and our colony is filling up. We had 42 cavities (gourds) last year, and we had 39 martin pair nesting and fledging babies. For this year we added a rack, so we now have a total of 70 … Continue reading

New bike addition

Finally after a long wait I picked a 2018 BMW S1000XR up at Charlotte BMW. What a beast of a bike this is. Insane power, incredible technology and second to none handling.  Amazing machine.

Annual Blue Ridge Gathering 2017

Started up Thursday Oct. 10 at first light. Foggy and humid through SC Why 9 to Gaffney, and SC 11 along the foothills. SC11 is also called Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway. Started to clear up around mid morning. By the time we started on US Rt. 178 (outstanding moto road by … Continue reading