The reports of MNFJR05's demise are vastly lacking in fact and evidence. It's been quite a while since I have posted or even clicked around this place. Just like coming back home from a long trip away. Hopefully I will have something useful to contribute here in the future. I am going to have to talk to management to see if I can get my handle changed here as I was able to reach escape velocity from People's Socialist Gulag of Minnesota and Dear Leader Tim Jong Walz on the 17th of December. Free at last, finally free at last!
My absence of the past few years has been related to myriad of causes, namely family and building our Ark on the Colorado Plateau in the Great State of Utah! Riding will become a 11 month and possible year-round riding activity for me. 30 years of planning, saving and building have allowed us to build our retirement home where we wake up to fabulous views every morning. I have attached a couple of pics below. To all my forum friends I hope you look me up whenever you are in Moab. I shall keep a few cold ones in the cooler at all times for guests.
In my absence from the Forum I have become a grandfather to Oliver, lost my mother, watched my son(some of you may remember Jack at NAFO in Montrose) graduate from IA State as an Mech. Engineer, start his own company and at the same time begin work for P&G. Linda and I feel blessed that we were able to go 2 for 2 on raising our kids. Anybody knowing be personally knows that was a tall order for me...not so much my wife.
I am still riding my 2013.5 as the events of life have seriously impacted my riding recently and I have not piled up the miles on it recently. Still under 100K miles...so a little service and I am good to go. With no plans at present I look forward to days of riding this summer. I am finally in part of the country that has been tugging at my soul since my first trip out here as a kid on family vacation. I look forward to being active on the forum and seeing many of you at events around the country once again.
I'm back!
My absence of the past few years has been related to myriad of causes, namely family and building our Ark on the Colorado Plateau in the Great State of Utah! Riding will become a 11 month and possible year-round riding activity for me. 30 years of planning, saving and building have allowed us to build our retirement home where we wake up to fabulous views every morning. I have attached a couple of pics below. To all my forum friends I hope you look me up whenever you are in Moab. I shall keep a few cold ones in the cooler at all times for guests.
In my absence from the Forum I have become a grandfather to Oliver, lost my mother, watched my son(some of you may remember Jack at NAFO in Montrose) graduate from IA State as an Mech. Engineer, start his own company and at the same time begin work for P&G. Linda and I feel blessed that we were able to go 2 for 2 on raising our kids. Anybody knowing be personally knows that was a tall order for me...not so much my wife.
I am still riding my 2013.5 as the events of life have seriously impacted my riding recently and I have not piled up the miles on it recently. Still under 100K miles...so a little service and I am good to go. With no plans at present I look forward to days of riding this summer. I am finally in part of the country that has been tugging at my soul since my first trip out here as a kid on family vacation. I look forward to being active on the forum and seeing many of you at events around the country once again.
I'm back!
