The Journey begins! (Click on any pix to enlarge.)

Note the links above. This page is 'Genesis' (beginning). My next post is Exodus, get it?...




Here are my two buddies, Bob & Frank. I'm sure gonna miss them and am very thankful that Betty & Sheldon are taking care of them. They live on a boat and I think Betty was wanting to get some dry land time. I think I'll miss a few other people two as I plan on being gone for a few months.

My motorcycle is a 2005 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000... that's actually 2053cc or 125 cubic inches. Its big & heavy but handles wonderfully once moving over 5mph. It has a huge load capacity, especially since I mounted a Goodyear car tire on the rear wheel! But it gets excellent gas mileage, 45 or better on the road. Its been nicnamed the 'Rogue' by the internet owners group and so it was with great delight that I was able to get this picture. There's a story to go with this, but that's for another time.



My sister lives with a real creep! No, I'm not talking about Mike, I'm refering to Tequilla, the creature in this picture. He's a 'house' pet... not a 'cage' pet. I spent the 1st night of my journey at Lira's home on a mattress on the floor, and was woken up about 6am by Tequilla crawling under the matress. He is so big and powerful that the mattress was heaving up beneath me. Here I've pulled back the mattress to get the picture... and then moved to the couch to try to get some sleep.