2025: A Girl, a Motorcycle, and a Gypsy Soul

 Daytona Bike Week is incredibly spread out - it is nearly impossible to see it all in one trip! Here are a few spots GO TO spots to people and bike watch, catch some live music, and mingle with a variety of bikers from across the US! Iron Horse Saloon in Ormond Beach:  Home of David Allen Coe concerts (and others), The Wall of Death, the burnout pit, and a ton of food vendors.                       Get a mug for $20, drink free daily from 4-5pm. Don't drink and ride! 2020 - Sadly, our annual photo of my favorite Floridians didn't happen in 2021 :( The Beaver Bar: Home of Free Parking, $3 beers, live music, vendors, and rocking chairs to watch bikes go by on the US 1 Broken Spoke Saloon - Home of Miss Intent, Hairball, Sloan the Bartender, and many bike shows throughout the week My MN homie, Sloan                                     ...

 So we stopped in Macon GA on the way back home from Daytona Bike Week- quite the trip itself with Stiffy's massive slamming of the pothole that bent her front rim REAL good. When we finally found a place to park the bikes and (supposedly) sleep for the night, we called a cab to go hear live  music. We could HEAR the cab far before we identified what the sound was. The sound of metal scraping pavement repeatedly, interrupted only by a loud THUD, a squeal of grinding metal, and a driver on the phone yellin up a storm at whoever was on the other end. Then, the conglomerate of sounds came into our view - low and behold, it was our cab.  SOUND ON! (There's nothing to see - I just had the phone to capture the sound effects) (Video clip is the actual sound footage while in the cab..)  So off we go in a white crown vic, the rear end following along solely because it was still attached to the frame of the car, not because it was attached at the correct points. The right...

Leaving Daytona Bike Week we headed north towards our truck and trailer. We got a late start out of Daytona - mostly because we didn't want the sun and shenanigans to end, but also because of late nights turned into early mornings. We met the boys in town at the 'campground' they were staying at - soaking up every last ray of wonderfully warm sunshine we could before having to hit the road.  The riding in Florida is boring, at best. While there are some amazing ocean views and a handful of fun roads, the majority of Florida is kind of like Nebraska, only with nicer weather and prettier trees and flowers. No offense, Florida. Running low on energy, low on sleep, and high on adrenaline from the crazy short time spent in Florida, we were somewhat happy to get some open road ride time - versus stuck in traffic, at red lights, while holding in the clutch with the left hand, and trying to soak in all that was happening around us. Sometimes, hitting the gas and hearing the sweet s...

 Whenever you are out seeking or causing shenanigans, stay within these rules and all will be well!  "Stay out of the ditch, the hospital, and jail. If I go to jail, establish dominance quickly and have a bail money buddy waiting on the other side." Fortunately, none of those things happen - therefor, Daytona was a success!!!  Daytona Bike Week was a whirlwind of a good time, once again! It never seems like enough time and the little time spent goes way too fast.   The drive from Minneapolis to Daytona Beach is 24 hours (of just drive time). That combined with the unstable ways of Mother Nature in March in MN, Scootertrash, Stiffy, and I decided to load the bikes into a T WORD (trailer) and head to Chattanooga, where we met up with the 4 th person in our group, Miller.  But first, we made a REALLY quick stop in Nashville - we had exactly one hour to spend there before the bars closed (Yep- bars close before midnight these days in Nashville...quite a contrast to...