"Ol' Rambler" near Heceta Head Lighthouse. This is just North of the Sea Lion Caves on Highway 101.

This is the last thing I remember before the wreck, and it's about 10 miles from where it happened. I saw these same pretty horses, and thought of Zmean1. But, it had just started to rain, and I was getting close to home, so decided not to stop. Evidently I was fully in control until I hit my head on the rocks, and was out for almost an hour before the EMT's go t there. A prison guard passing by gave me mouth to mouth to get me breathing after getting the mud and gravel out of my mouth. That was 1 year and 3 hours from the time I took this picture today. There is one more of the accident site..This is the last I'll ever post of the incident, but it was sort of a hard day not to remember. Of course, I had all the happy memories of the trip and Maggie Valley.

You may want to click to enlarge this. From what I was told, I hit an oil slick just before the area of rocks about half way through the curve. I was only going the speed limit according to witnesses and the police. (I still don't remember any of this). The bike threw me off when it left the road, and we both hit the rocks, bounced and ended up about half way back onto the pavement.

This nice little 883 Sportster is for sale. I made an offer, but I doubt if the owner will accept. Maybe if no one comes along with more cash, it will be mine. Would be nice to haul behind the 5 wheel and bring it to Arizona next winter. Needs tires and a good going over, but it has possibilities.

Mac Guy, Grumpa, and Guy. These 2 rode down from the Seattle area yesterday so Guy could install airboxes and some other things to their bikes. SCP has always done a lot of business with VROC. Probably the most things I miss about selling is losing contact with a lot of customers, whose company I always enjoyed.

Steve Lacewell, the 2nd owner of Sherm's Cycle Products, with his new Barney Bike! A very clean 1999 Kawasaki Concours.

Sherm's Cycle Products. This is the 4th location since the business has been in Oregon. My shop was on Highway 101 in Coos Bay. Steve Lacewell moved it to a large commercial shop in Reedsport. Ham Dutcher moved it up to the Seattle area in Washington, and now Guy Mobbley has it here at this location in Reedsport. This is Steve on the Concours for the test ride before closing the deal.

Steve Lacewell with Robin. It was nice to have a ride and vist with them today. We went up to Florence, Oregon where the 100th Rhododendren Festival is just starting. There are already a lot of bikes and people in town. We'll go back up there tomorrow with some more friends, and take in some of the activities. "The Wall" is there on display, and well as several motorycle "stuff" vendors. The main street in Old Town is closed to all vehicles except motorcycles from now until Sunday afternoon. It will look like a "mini Sturgis" on Saturday.

These cute little ducks were in one of the MANY tourist traps in Florence. Myrtlewook with typical Oregon "Oil Skins".

This is Maus, who belongs to Mouse. She pretty much knew how to get her way . We enjoyed our babysitting duties while Mouse was in the hospital for the last few days. She was on the VROC Goat Rope Tour, and had an ulcer than needed to be repaired, so we had the pleasure of their company here in Coos Bay.

There was a heavy dew last night. This ground cover was in a nice little courtyard that had wooden benches where you could sit in the sun and watch the boats on the Siuslaw River. I liked the dew drops.

Mother's Day Lunch at the Outback in Salem, Oregon. We added our friend Ruth to the group. Ruth is a long time friend of "the gang", she's an RN at Sacred Heart Hospitol in Eugene.

Bob and Daisy, Sherm and Julie. Big Bad Bikers!

Ronda and Bob Whaley, members of "our gang". They moved to Lyons, OR, where Bob is the foreman in a machine shop that takes care of 6 lumber mills. 7 weeks ago yesterday he had a quadruple bypass. he's been back to work for a week already! Bob's pretty tough . Ronda is just pretty.....

In South Salem, Oregon, we had to stop for a Goose Crossing. These Canadian Honkers took their sweet time. A large family, this only about half of them strolling across the street.

Duck, Oysters, clams, muscles, ribs, couple kinds of shrimp, and some Teriaki Chicken. Yum Yum. No bread or sweets or fruit....

Preston, Karen, Pat, Ronda and Bob. I had just got off the phone with Skid, checking on the NASCAR race. He told me it was in a holding state, waiting for the track to dry out. Guess we'll be able to see some of it on Sunday.

A fine Oyster at the Tin Tin.

Had a nice morning ride up the coast and East on Hwy 38 out of Reedsport to the City of Elkton. You can see almost the entire City in this picture. I was on the way to meet SAG and Chuck from Eugene for lunch. On the way I met up with a couple on a Gold Wing from Grants Pass, so they joined up for food and visiting. First new Wing I've seen with the Navigational package,,,Wow! Really nice. We had a good lunch, then I picked up an Espresso Roll to bring home for Pat, and I returned to a chilly, windy day in Coos Bay.

One of our favorite places to eat, and now it has WiFi too! Best Pastry in the area, and all the food there is excellent!

Dean Creek pastures. Don't know how many of these are bulls, they had lost their horns by now I think.

Pat..on our 32nd Anniversary. We're at the beach. Julie wanted to swim across this little stream, but we were afraid of losing her . It's been a beautiful day here on the coast.

A warm day in Coos Bay. We took the Grandkids and Daughter Angie to Sunset Bay. Preston and Karen went too, and a couple of Angies friends showed up. She is visiting us for a few days, they live in Bend, over in Central Oregon. Oh.......who's the bathing beauty?

Sherm & Nathan. Both the Grandkids had a ride Saturday afternoon.

Sherm and Jonathan. He's 6, won't be long before he's old enough for his own bike!

Preston and Mini. There were several little rubber boats going out into the bay. It looked like fun.

Nathan and Karen. She's just one of the kids!

Nathan and Jon. Tide is out, they had a good time digging around in the tide pools.

Jonathan poking in a tide pool. They found hermet crabs, jelly fish, some little eels, a couple bright green minnows, and a few other grubby things.

Preston checking out the scenery............

Not exactly a "short ride". This was the Sunday I left Maggie Valley last year. Made good time from North Carolina to Oregon...3 days. On the forth day, an oil slick, less than 50 miles from home, sort of ruined my trip. But, it's a new year, with a different bike, and all is well!

On the way home, we stopped in Bandon by the Sea to look around at some of the tourist stuff. This is inside the General Store. We also visited the Cranberry Sweets, but were too busy checking the samples that I forgot to take pictures. Pat is in the back, then Fred, Karen, and Preston. It was a chilly day, but fun. We had lunch at the Crazy Norwegian in Port Orford. Good food! I had a shrimp melt on sourdough with Pepper Jack cheese..Yummmmmy!

The wind is blowing about 40 knots, but Karen still had to go to the water's edge to check the tide pools. For a change, she didn't come back soaked............

Pat by ol' Rambler. The harbor in Port Orford isn't very well protected from the open sea, so the boats are hauled and placed in cradles when they are in port for more than just a short stay in good weather. The Salmon season opens this week, so these boats will be very busy for awhile. Most are line trollers. In other times, they made a lot of money. Because of Government regulations, many owners have lost their boats, and many more are on the edge of bankrupcy. They are hoping for a good season this year.

Seagull on a "Sea Stack" as Karen called the large rocks off shore. This in in the harbor of Port Orford, Oregon

Flygirl (Leasa Mays) stopped by last week. She's on a few day trip to see the Redwoods and some places in Northern California. She's on a different bike again. She's a real serious rider!

This is Julie, our trusty "guard dawg"

Spring is in the air! The flowers are starting to pop out. Even the little white ducks are enjoying the sunshine.

Pat, Preston and Fred. Fred bought my 900....sure is a good looking bike!