yesterday and today

Well yesterday we hung around the Harley Dealership I got a new front tire and an oil change, Mark and Carl also got an oil change. After the oil change and stuff we got everyone together and got on the train to downtown New York. We got off the train at Grand Central Station, wondered down to Time Square, poked around there and then down to China Town, had some real Chinese food, roast duck with dumplings some sweet sour lo mien, a couple rounds of beer the six of us had a good time. The other six went to little Italy and had pasta. After dinner things got a little interesting, we had Rosemarie wonder down canal street, for those of you know what I am talking about it was pretty funny, she was nervous, scared and excited all in one, and not a bad bargainer at all.
We were back into little Italy and met up with the other six. Oh by the way we gave Carl free rein to use the camera it was his day, well some pretty good pictures and some I don't think I'll post. Back to the storey, we found a little pub, had two Guinness, and were getting to head back to the train we wanted an early night because we had to be up at 6:30 am. After the to drinks the waitress comes out and says this NY resident had just bought us a round. Believe it or not but we told the waitress we couldn't do it and who was the person and we would just thank them for their thought and head out. Waitress said she had left but put the drinks on here card.

Well from there things went sideways, people started finding out we were Canadians who had rode our Harley's from BC to participate in the memorial and support the bothers and sister as well as the families of that tragic day. Hugs pats on the back and needless to say free booze. There was twelve of us they were buying drinks for. Pretty soon the eight o'clock leave time was now ten. We then found out the bar we were at was, the filming location for the Soprano's apparently seven season, that did explain the made men standing around glaring at us cause we were clogging up there little bar. Oh ya another twist to this is these guys in suits come up the street walking beside these vehicles, they clear all the people off the streets so the suburbans can get through. In the one burb was Rhianna, don't know if that is suppose to be cool or not but hey she drove by.

Oh ya pretty soon ten was now twelve and we had to leave, much to the disappointment of the locals, by the time we got the train home and had to catch a cab to the hotel it was three, remember the six thirty start time. Huh we were gonna be tired.

Today we got up f>:"*&ing early, cranky maybe a little, we mustered and organized the bike into thier respective district and off we went well it wasn't that easy it took a couple hours to get it togehter, out we went onto the turn pike to Jeresy. The cops said they stopped counting the bike at just over 3700 and that the train was just over seven miles long. Two mishaps in the train a couple bikes crashed into each other in both mishaps. The police had most of the eighty mile highway blocked off so there were no cars on the route until we got into the city. On the way in it was moving people standing on overpass, firetrucks, ladder trucks and a couple bronto's were all out in display and waving at us, thanking us for our supporting them and thier city. Riding in the city people were lined on the streets, fireman, kids and thier families all waving cheering and clapping for us. When we arrived at the memorial site, it was quiet not a whole lot of talking, somber faces and just erry quiet. After a few moments of quiet reflectivness the members began milling about and talking amongst each other. The main question seem to be" what were you doing at that moment", Everyone could still remember what they were doing,








" Alway Remember, Never Forget"