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Sunday, September 27, 2015
Lot's of Food !!! Very little family
He talked motorcycles and riding, and seems to be doing quite well.
Sometimes you just need a little challenge
I decided, after a day of watching the house settle, that I needed to get out. I backed Charlene out and went for a ride up through Ledyard and North Stonington. Cruising down Shewville road and catching up with a cage, I decided to hook a left onto Wolf Neck rd. As I passed the vineyard, I ran into ground fog, (A curious term, since all fog is on the ground or over water, if it were higher it would be a cloud). Anyway, it was unusual in that the fog was pretty tick but it was low, it was over the headlight but didn't quite reach the windshield, for a moment or two is was like the motorcycle was submerged, the headlight diffused and a bow wave was washing over the fairing. Like I said, it didn't last long and as I approached the small drop for the bridge over Whitford brook, I was totally immersed in the cloud.
As I crossed the small bridge I felt the front tire dig in, as if it went from rolling to plowing. The entire bike was drifting sideways. It turns out, someone in the Department of Traffic had decided that what Wolf Neck road needed was a good dose of loose gravel, I hit it right in the center lane berm. For a few seconds it was a little washy, and limited visibility. Once the fog cleared and I approached Lantern Hill road, I could see they spread the gravel right across the intersection and continued up Wolf Neck, I opted for Lantern Hill road.
Don't get the wrong idea, I have driven in loose stone before, often a lot deeper than this was, but there are usually signs out letting you know what you are heading for, and I have never hit it before in fog.
A new experience.
As I crossed the small bridge I felt the front tire dig in, as if it went from rolling to plowing. The entire bike was drifting sideways. It turns out, someone in the Department of Traffic had decided that what Wolf Neck road needed was a good dose of loose gravel, I hit it right in the center lane berm. For a few seconds it was a little washy, and limited visibility. Once the fog cleared and I approached Lantern Hill road, I could see they spread the gravel right across the intersection and continued up Wolf Neck, I opted for Lantern Hill road.
Don't get the wrong idea, I have driven in loose stone before, often a lot deeper than this was, but there are usually signs out letting you know what you are heading for, and I have never hit it before in fog.
A new experience.
For any WWII history buffs out there
I was just looking through some copies of Life Magazine from 1945 and came across two short tidbits.
New years eve, '44/'45 a gentleman named Paul Stachowiak joined a bunch of other people celebrating the new year in the Chicago area. He ended up at a private residence and a New Years eve party. As the night went on, everyone was partying and he grew a little intoxicated, he started bragging that he was free and that he had escaped. Not everyone at this party was totally inebriated and one person started to listen, after asking around he found that no one had invited Mr. Stachowiak, they all thought someone else had. A quick call to the Police and Mr. Stachowiak was escorted back to his temporary home, a POW camp in near by Rockford. Seems he was one of over 378,000 German POWs held in America along with over 51,000 Italians and 5,000 Japanese.
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The next day, January 1st, 1945, across the Atlantic in Occupied Italy, someone had the idea that what the Americans there needed was a Bowl Game. So 25,000 GI's from the Fifth Army and Twelfth Army Air Force, along with WACS and Army Nurses flooded into Florence's Berta Stadium for the "Spaghetti Bowl". Teams were made up of men from both forces and while everyone had hotdogs and watched the game, P-38's flew overhead as CAP in case the Luftwaffe decided to interrupt the party. They never showed and the game went on without a hitch.
(No Score reported)
New years eve, '44/'45 a gentleman named Paul Stachowiak joined a bunch of other people celebrating the new year in the Chicago area. He ended up at a private residence and a New Years eve party. As the night went on, everyone was partying and he grew a little intoxicated, he started bragging that he was free and that he had escaped. Not everyone at this party was totally inebriated and one person started to listen, after asking around he found that no one had invited Mr. Stachowiak, they all thought someone else had. A quick call to the Police and Mr. Stachowiak was escorted back to his temporary home, a POW camp in near by Rockford. Seems he was one of over 378,000 German POWs held in America along with over 51,000 Italians and 5,000 Japanese.
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The next day, January 1st, 1945, across the Atlantic in Occupied Italy, someone had the idea that what the Americans there needed was a Bowl Game. So 25,000 GI's from the Fifth Army and Twelfth Army Air Force, along with WACS and Army Nurses flooded into Florence's Berta Stadium for the "Spaghetti Bowl". Teams were made up of men from both forces and while everyone had hotdogs and watched the game, P-38's flew overhead as CAP in case the Luftwaffe decided to interrupt the party. They never showed and the game went on without a hitch.
(No Score reported)
Revolutionary War
I'm Sure you've heard of the Boston Massacre, and The Battle of Lexington and Concord, and probably Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, and Yorktown.
But how about...
The Burning of New London, Ct
The Battle of Groton Heights
The point is, this entire area (New England, New York, New Jersey) is loaded with history, and not just the war of Independence, You also have the War of 1812, The French and Indian wars. Plus just local history, The rivers spawned commerce and Industry. Mills, Ports, Shipping, Whaling, Sealing, Fishing. There was ship building, glass-works, tannery's, rope-walks, Barrel making (Coopers) and the list goes on and on.
There was a time when it took months to go from New London CT to Albany New York, and troops marched it. They used trails and paths which later men widen and search new ways and built roads. Roads which were little more than a strip of dirt and rocks through the trees, roads which became mud ways when it rained. Carriages and wagons took these routes and the months were shortened to weeks. Then paved roads and highways cut through the living rock of the hills and bridges to span rivers and valleys. Many of these roads were built by horse and cart, pick and shovel, then approved upon by technology and machinery.
So here we are today, an hour and a half from New London, down the coast to Old Saybrook, up along the Connecticut River to Springfield and Holyoke, across Massachusetts into New York and up along the Hudson River to Albany, 3 1/2 hours. We sit back today all impressed with ourselves, "Got on my bike and rode to Massachusetts, New York , New Jersey and Home."
Maybe we should be less proud and more thankful to the backs that were broken and the men who lost their lives building those roads which we so easily take for granted.
Don't get me wrong, take those rides, see the different areas, find that piece of road that gives you joy to ride and share the ride with others. But just remember, all you did was ride the way, you didn't build the damn thing.
But how about...
The Burning of New London, Ct
The Battle of Groton Heights
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| Battle of Jersey |
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| Kings Mountain |
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| Battle of Saratoga |
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| Guilford Courthouse |
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| Battle of Long Island |
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| Battle of Germantown |
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| Princeton |
The point is, this entire area (New England, New York, New Jersey) is loaded with history, and not just the war of Independence, You also have the War of 1812, The French and Indian wars. Plus just local history, The rivers spawned commerce and Industry. Mills, Ports, Shipping, Whaling, Sealing, Fishing. There was ship building, glass-works, tannery's, rope-walks, Barrel making (Coopers) and the list goes on and on.
There was a time when it took months to go from New London CT to Albany New York, and troops marched it. They used trails and paths which later men widen and search new ways and built roads. Roads which were little more than a strip of dirt and rocks through the trees, roads which became mud ways when it rained. Carriages and wagons took these routes and the months were shortened to weeks. Then paved roads and highways cut through the living rock of the hills and bridges to span rivers and valleys. Many of these roads were built by horse and cart, pick and shovel, then approved upon by technology and machinery.
So here we are today, an hour and a half from New London, down the coast to Old Saybrook, up along the Connecticut River to Springfield and Holyoke, across Massachusetts into New York and up along the Hudson River to Albany, 3 1/2 hours. We sit back today all impressed with ourselves, "Got on my bike and rode to Massachusetts, New York , New Jersey and Home."
Maybe we should be less proud and more thankful to the backs that were broken and the men who lost their lives building those roads which we so easily take for granted.
Don't get me wrong, take those rides, see the different areas, find that piece of road that gives you joy to ride and share the ride with others. But just remember, all you did was ride the way, you didn't build the damn thing.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Some help with working on your motorcycle
Motorsports nation
www.motorsportnation.com
20 Excalibur Blvd, Plainfield CT 06374
860-564-4223
Motorsports Nation
www.msnwaterford.com
10 Cross Road Waterford CT. 06385
860-439-0110
New England Cycle Works
www.newenglandcycleworks.com
661 Gold Star Hwy, Groton CT 06340
860-445-8158
Columbia Motorsports
www.columbiamotorsports.com
111 CT-66 Columbia CT 06237
860-228-1900
Russ' Ocean State Harley Davidson
www.oceanstatehd.com
435 Nooseneck Hill Rd Exeter RI 02822
401-392-1162
TSI Harley Davidson
wwwtsiharleydavidson.com
398 Somers RD, Ellington, CT 06029
860-875-6663
Wagner BMW
www.wagnerbmwofshrewsbury.com
770 Boston Tpk, Shrewsbury MA 01545
888-460-7476
I hope that helps you out,
and remember, if you have a motorcycle and you want to tinker...
buy one of these (Malzone)
www.motorsportnation.com
20 Excalibur Blvd, Plainfield CT 06374
860-564-4223
Motorsports Nation
www.msnwaterford.com
10 Cross Road Waterford CT. 06385
860-439-0110
New England Cycle Works
www.newenglandcycleworks.com
661 Gold Star Hwy, Groton CT 06340
860-445-8158
Columbia Motorsports
www.columbiamotorsports.com
111 CT-66 Columbia CT 06237
860-228-1900
Russ' Ocean State Harley Davidson
www.oceanstatehd.com
435 Nooseneck Hill Rd Exeter RI 02822
401-392-1162
TSI Harley Davidson
wwwtsiharleydavidson.com
398 Somers RD, Ellington, CT 06029
860-875-6663
Wagner BMW
www.wagnerbmwofshrewsbury.com
770 Boston Tpk, Shrewsbury MA 01545
888-460-7476
I hope that helps you out,
and remember, if you have a motorcycle and you want to tinker...
buy one of these (Malzone)
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