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The Starke Bike Fest seems to change each year for some reason. This year they had a bar inside the fair grounds building. That was cool, but you had to pay $5 for a mixed drink. The drink was real small & the amount of liquor in the drink was smaller.They need to delete that scene.OK now that we are past the negative stuff let’s get to the good & fun things. Jimmy Van Zant was pretty good with some of his original songs. Blackfoot was as always, rockin the place.I was having a tatoo done by Tattoodio when they came on stage. Great music to get a tat by. By the way, Tattoodio does great work with good prices. Kevin did my work for me and I am very happy with it.

Only, try not to get a tat on the inside of your arm up by your pit. It ain’t fun at all. We hung out at the Red Dog Saloon on Saturday morning & met a lot of people coming in to town ready for a drink. The Red Dog has been there for quite a while.Ms Shirley runs a good place to have a good cold beverage. If you stop it say hello to Red Dog. He is all healed up from being attacked by 3 other dogs .I quess dogs gang up on dogs just like people do. Anyway, the dogs that jumped on him included a Jack Russell that tried to bite his penis off. "That’s got to hurt, even if your a dog."We also found a couple more places to visit while we were there.

One was right down town called the Madison St. Bar.This is a locals bar. Chapdawg found out the hard way that you don’t want to ask anyone that hangs out there if "they want to go camping". The next place is about 15 miles east down hwy 100. This place is called the Howling Wolf. The only thing that was howling when we ware there was chapdawg. We did meet some brothers there who liked Chapdawgs pipes.(the ones on his bike, No they did not want to go camping) All the events at the Bike Fest were pretty much the same except for the Rat’s Hole being there. They held a couple bike shows. One more thing I have got to tell you about is when you go to breakfast in Starke, only order 1 order of ham for the whole table. Every place in that town gives you a killer piece of ham. No, I don’t know why. Anyway, we got wet on the way back for about 5 miles, and the rest of the way was dry. The only reason it was dry, was because we saw the rain and pulled into a bar.That’s a good way to stay dry. Starke is a fun time any way you look at it. If you have not been there yet, go to the next event. I have been to all of them so far. I hope to continue going too. If you want to ride with me and the Chapdawg, just let me or him know. I can’t leave out DonV, he rode with us too. Don’t forget about the ham & let’s go to the next Starke Bike Fest.
Till later.. Ride Safe & Often, Charlie W.

Operation Yellow Bow at Castaways
June 7th Operation Yellow Bow did it again at the Castaways on hwy19 just north of Crystal River. This was a big event & I only made it up there for one day. Things were going real good when I arrived with Chapdawg.The wet T-shirt contest was just over and the band was going strong.By the way, they really had some good bands for the whole weekend.They were giving away stuff left & right too.The vendors were all set up and doing pretty good selling their wares.I know it was not a full moon that weekend, but it should have been. People were just having too much fun.This event was for our troops,just like all of the OYB events. Char has done an above average job putting these events together.So have all the people that are involved helping her.Please try and attend these events if you can. It is for a great cause.The Castaways has remodled & the place looks great. You don’t have to step up when you go in the mens room any more.I still stepped up for some reason. Turtle,Pirate & The Big Ragoo did the Emceeing and a lot of the Scootergoods staff were present for the event.I was unable to get all the results from the event, but will let you all know next time or when I find out what they were. Well, it was getting late, so me & the Chapdawg headed south. Chapdawg in search of his house and me looking for my recliner again. Till next time.. Ride Safe& Often, Charlie W.

Mike’s Pub Triathlon 2008

On a nice Saturday morning,I met my bro Chapdawg at Mikes Friendly Pub for the 2nd triathalon. Now Chapdawg had been training real hard for this event ever since the last one that was held a couple months earlier. Oh, we came in first place in that one. I mean we won every event with flying colors.Now this is no regular triathalon. You are not swimming,riding bikes,and running. The contest consists of playing 2 games of horseshoes,bowling 2 games,& playing 3 games of billards 1st event was horseshoes where we won the 1st game & lost the second one.I will have to admit, Chapdawg made most of the points. Next we went bowling.Have you ever seen So,our 1st event was horseshoes where we where we won the 1st game & lost the second one.I will have to admit,Chapdawg made most of the points. Next we went bowling.Have you ever seen a bunch of bikers bowling? That is quite a site to see.Anyway, we got our butts kicked in that event big time. The last event was our best. We shot pool like the champions that we were suppossed to be. The only thing was that sible now. Chapdawg only made 4 balls out of all 3 games. So much for the training in that area.Anyway, nobody beat our record for a perfect score that day. There were 2 ties for first & second place. We ended up in 4th place after the roll of the dice that was the tie breaker.To sum it all up, this is a lot of fun. If you did not make it to this triathalon, please don’t miss the next one. They will be having another one very soon, so don’t miss out.Chapdawg felt so bad about coming in 4th that he emediatly went into hard training for the next one. Stop by Mike’s Friendly Pub as soon as you can and check out the upcoming events. They always have something going on there. Well, I know I need to find my recliner as soon as possible now. Ride Safe & Often Charlie W.

You know, April is a nice month to ride to Georgia, so 17 friends of mine and yours truly headed that way on friday morning. The weather was great with a nice spring morning. We headed up hwy 19 to hwy 121 that took us through Williston to Gainsville & I 75.From there it was all 75 till we reached our exit about 122 miles into Georgia. There is really not much around Unidela Georgia where Angel City is located. There is one motel & a couple truck stops, with a place to eat & shower. Angel City is about 1 mile away from 75. These folks have about 400 acres where they built a little town that looks like an old western town on TV. You know, like gunsmoke, & all the old western shows. The town is complete with old tin roofs, wooden sidewalks, hitching posts. & 4 saloons with swinging doors. You can bring your cage or your camper, but you can’t ride anything around the city but a motorcycle. The events start on thursday, and end on sunday. Ticket prices are $45 for all 4 days, plus $5 a night to camp. (that’s primitive camping) The beer is only $2 . The hard stuff is $5 a drink no matter what kind of hard stuff it is. From rot-gut to top shelf, it’s still $5 a drink, so drink the good stuff if you are going to drink the hard stuff. The bands start at about noon till early in the morning .They have some really good bands for you to listen to also. I almost forgot to mention that you can have a camp fire if you want one. They have a big pile of wood to use, but you will need a chain saw to cut it up into smaller sizes for the fire. Vendors are all located in the stores in Angel City, & set up on the grass too. The prices are about the same as anywhere else. The event shirts are only $13. They have plenty of places to eat, and a general store where you can buy some supplies if you forgot something. The folks Chris & I rode up there with had been there before, so they knew what was going on most of the time. This is a laid back place where you can have all the fun you want, or you can relax all you want. I did a little of both. This is an adult event. You can bring anything you want to drink or eat. All they ask is that you don’t bring anything in glass. They do mean this too. If they catch you with glass, they will ask you to leave. If you have some booze in a glass container, just pour it in a plastic bottle and take that with you.Bring your beer in a can. (I know beer in a can sucks any more) There is plenty of security at Angel City to take care of any problems. You might not see them, but believe me, they are there & watching. The main thing is to have a good time, listen to the bands, relax,shop,etc. They have 3 events each year.They have 3 events each year. The next one is in October. I will be going up there for that one for sure. If you want to check it out on the computer, just go to angelcityrally.com. That will give you all the information you need as far as dates for the event, vendor set up fees,prices for tickets, & usually the bands that will be there. I have been to a lot of biker events, but this is one of the best that I have had the pleasure to attend. I did miss Chapdawg though. He could not go to this one. Everything went great on the trip up, but when we were leaving the campgrounds, one of our brothers laid his bagger down in some of that good ole Georgia clay. He was ok except for a little pride issue. He did take some of that clay home with him though. Oh, the bike was fine too. If you want to make that trip with me this fall, email me at harley2455@hotmail.com and let me know you want to ride with us. Well, its time to hit the old recliner. Till next time................Ride Safe & Often,Charlie W.