Charleston was next on our itinerary, full of southern charm and hospitality. We stayed at James Island County Park the night before, just outside the city. It was a great site with a good trail for some power walking around the fishing lake and swamp areas. The only downside, with swamp come mosquitoes and within 5 minutes of arriving they were feasting on English blood. The site provided a bus into Charleston for a small fee and it was great not to have to manoeuvre the RV around small roads - a downside to driving your house. Into Charleston and once [View Full Entry]

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Over the last year and half my wife has complained about the little 7 ½ inch seat on the back of the Shadow. So I went out on a quest to find a replacement seat to provide her comfort and enable her to take longer rides with me and Thumper. I checked out Mustang seats, Russell’s and even companies that would rebuild the Honda seat that came with the Shadow. All the seats I found were, in my opinion, way out of the price point I had set for the Shadow. If I had a Goldwing or a large touring bike [View Full Entry]

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On Sunday 09-27-09, after church, I decided to finally check out the motorcycle after getting it back earlier in the week from Honda of Sumter. There were a few things that I still had to do and I worked on them little by little all week long. The main thing that had to be done was rebuilding the mount for the XM radio. I used Testors glue to glue the plastic pieces back together. It reminded me of all the model airplanes I built when I was younger. I also had to reinstall my Hella FF50 driving lights. I found a [View Full Entry]

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It is time for our first conference call Family Reunion Meeting: Sept 29th, 2009 time 930pm call in number 1 605 715-4900 access code 178751 Be Mindful of Your Surroundings Call from a quiet location. You can use your self mute button as well Turn off the ringer of a multi-line phone or any other phone in the room. All long distance calls are on each caller. Most cell phones make free long distance calls. Have fun. http://www.visitmyrtlebeach.com/ 1. We will discuss places to go for our family Reunion . As well as when to have it. - Any one who [View Full Entry]

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September 15th 2009 Hang on a second! Taking you back a couple of weeks, I woke up one Wednesday morning at the glorious Mountain Light Sanctuary. It was my intention to drive back across the Great Smokey Mountains, which I last explored rapidly in the dark on my way to the Sanctuary. Betty Boy packed, I was ready for an adventurous trip down to Atlanta. I worked my way down to Asheville, making a serious of very rapid U-turns trying to follow the confusing road signs. At one point I was driving on the I-40, and highways 19, 23 and 74 [View Full Entry]

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On 09-12-09 Cindy (wife) and I left Eastover, SC and headed to Chapin, SC for a little BBQ with members of MTF (Motorcycle Tourer's Forum). We road in Cindy’s Explorer because the Shadow is still getting repaired from the little spill I took on Garners Ferry Road a few weeks back. You would think that with the thousands of Shadows Honda has built over the years that the side engine case would not have to be placed on backorder. So it felt more like we were on the motorcycle I turned off the air conditioner in the truck and road with [View Full Entry]

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Life is not always about the big things such as big trips. Small trips can be just as much fun. Now that I have joined the adult world with a real job, meaning it pays in dollars and has health insurance, I don't have time to travel. However, with tons of new friends and reconnecting with old ones I find my life to be very full and exciting. I am learning to appreciate the small things. With a three-day weekend I was able to take a day trip with my Allie, Lisa and Gabe to Huntington Beach. Known for Atalaya, the [View Full Entry]

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A picture tells a thousand words. You may be disturbed You may be amused You may think what on earth are they doing Two words ROLLER DERBY There is something unbelievably fun about girls roller skating round in circles trying to knock eachother over and then at the end of it having a big party to celebrate together a win or a loss. It helps when one of the girls is your mates girlfriends so you dont seem like too much of a obsessed crazed fan. Needless to say we had a blast at the bout and also down town after [View Full Entry]

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Waves - real waves at last. Unfortunatley in thse parts it takes a Hurricane/Cyclone to track off the coast as Bill did for there to be real waves. As you can see Bill tracked perfectly to not only provide great sized waves (the bouys peaked at 12 feet at 18 seconds) but it was coupled with perfect off-shore winds to seal the deal. And to top it off it peaked on Saturday morning allowing a good solid all day surf to take place both Saturday and Sunday. almost forgot what noodle arms and rashed tummies felt like. 30+ air and water [View Full Entry]

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Sunday 08-23-09 I got off of work early and headed off to see the start of the 2009 Iron Butt Rally. I pulled out of the driveway in Eastover, SC at 4:00 p.m. and headed out for Spartanburg, SC. This is the first time I have taken a trip using my newly added XM radio and Garmin Street Pilot GPS. The XM radio was a great addition. The time flew by with the addition of music and sports. The Garmin was a different story. Betty, the voice from the GPS, was talking my head off. I wanted to take Shop Rd. [View Full Entry]

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