2nd post of the day! Hope Furnace!

 

It's Hope Furnace at Lake Hope!  Ok, that was pretty cool, but it doesn't beat the next pic!



It's REX at Hope Furnace!!!!  I love the trunk on this little guy!  It holds my 1/2 helmet, goggles, shirt, 2 quart canteen, bungie straps, tool kit, and of course my papers if I get stopped for speeding. LOL

The pack sits between my legs and holds my water bottle, my laminated Ohio map, camera, binos, suntan lotion, etc.  In other words, all the little things I need fast access to.

The thing hanging down by the handlebars is my bar map.  Obviously it holds a small map and I toss in directions.  The wind keeps the map horizontal when I ride so it's easy to read.  :)

quickie post!

Hey guys!  Those of you who have been writing your life stories on your blogs inspired my new product review at Wrinkle World.  :)

Here's another pic I took of the restaurant at Shawnee! 

2nd post of the day: From Shawnee trip!

You can see this on the back of the restaurant as you're going up the hill into the creepy village of Shawnee.  The mural was painted by the local kids.  Pretty cool, eh?!

WOW! What a day!!!

Found a cruise that's better than anything I've been on yet!  Rt 143 to 50 to 278 to Lake Hope!  It was super!!!  But not near as super as the drive back! 

278 to 56 towards Athens, then 684 to the cottage!  278 to 56 was brilliant!  The road runs along creeks, streams and fresh water marshes.  There was lots of shade - a welcome relief from the burning sun.  There's loads of caves, over-hangs and sandstone rock croppings and cliffs.  Made me happy Rex only goes 35 so I could thoroughly enjoy the cruise!  :)

Lake Hope is right up there with my beloved southern parks.  It rocked!  Loads of trails!  Loads of birds!  A Great Blue Heron flew right in front of me when I crossed the road to see the Hope Furnace.  It must have seen me because it suddenly let out a long string of poop.  LOL

Anyway, I took pictures (nothing all that great) and will post some tomorrow.

Total miles on Rex as of today: 1395.5

Meet Rex! minus his windscreen...

Mr Sexy!  Rex, Yamaha C-3 49cc, fuel injected beastie!



Rex at Lake Alma! 




Rex, outside Nelsonville at the roadside Canal Park! He's mocking me because I missed our turn off.



Creepy building in Shawnee.  Rex is not in pic because he got scared and left.

There are no more pics of Rex from today's exciting adventure, because dummy me forgot to bring back up batteries.  (ps: Lake Alma was not part of today's adventure.  That was awhile back.)

Current mileage on Rex: 1305 miles.  :)

It makes you wonder...

What would Homeland Security do to Lee Greenwood if his song, "G-d Bless the USA" had come out this year, instead of 1984.  I'm guessing he would have been put #1 on the HS terrorist list.  After all, the song is the anti-thesis of the current marxist government agenda.  I wouldn't be surprised if he isn't just below Rush and Sean.  lol

Embedding has been disabled, so click on the pic to be transported to youtube.  : )



Also check out the Sean Hannity Freedom Concerts.




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The MacGyver theme music should have been used for Star Wars!

Books I love! "Old Black Witch"

If ever there was a fun kids book - this was it!  Maybe it's because of the many hours I devoted to trying to turn my brother into a toad.

Maybe it's because it would have been super cool to have a freaky witch living in our attic - and her turning my brother into a toad!  Maybe she would have given me rides on her broom - or clobbered me with it because I was a pest. 

One thing I know that made this book so awesome, was the watercolour and pen ink drawings!  They were spooky and fun!

Anyway, the story goes like this.  A mother takes her little son, Nicky, to New England to find a place to start a little tea shop.  They get suckered into a broken-down house. 

When they arrive, Nicky lights a fire in the fireplace and an old black witch falls down the chimney, lands with a plump and begins yelling at Nicky for catching her broom on fire.

Anyway, to make a long story short, the witch finally surrenders to the fact that her home now belongs to Nicky and his mom and eventually helps her in the kitchen when the tea shop opens and on her off days heckled visitors from her attic bedroom window. 

My favourite part of the book?  Near the end two burglars sneak in and try to steal money from the tea shop....Old Black Witch turned them into green and brown toads.  LOL!!!!  I LOVE IT!

A quick peek in!

Hey guys!  I'm having a wonderful holiday!  Been scootering on non-rainy days. Went to Lake Alma a few days ago. It's about an hour away. That was fun.

I've also been playing video games on my pc: RISK, Ravenhearst and Pirates of the Atlantic. 

I worked a little on my comic book script today.  It's not coming along the way I'd like, but that's ok. 

Other than game play, I've barely had my pc on and loving it!  : )

Anyway!  I'm outa here.  I'll be back Sunday or Monday.  I have a few fun posts I want to do on my favourite books through the years, beginning with the "Old Black Witch," and I've took lots of pics of my trip to Lake Alma and my scooter.  : )

Catch ya later and have a great week everyone!  : )

Cool cartoon to begin the week!

Find more videos like this on Channel Frederator RAW

quickie before Shabbos

Man, what a wasted week.  I had so much I wanted to do, mainly keep up with blogs and blogging.  It was number one on my list for the week.  Naturally, I got nailed with a headache and still have it, but not as bad.

I'm also 9 pages behind in Script Frenzy, thanks to headache. ugh

Anyway, I've got a few comical cat stories to write up next week. And, I took pics of my scooter and stuff. 

Meanwhile, I pulled off a new post at Squibbler.  There's a Boor in the White House.  Read the first comment someone posted.  It's hilarious.  I can't believe people think the Queen asked for an ipod.  Obviously they have no idea of what the Queen is.  The Queen asks for nothing.

Anyway,  Have a great weekend!

Quick update

Sorry no posts past couple days.  I've got one of my migraines again. *weep*

Anyway, back to bed. Hope everyone's having a better week than I am.  :]