Hoofin' for Loot

Fiserv's Human Resources dept is sponsoring a fun "wellness" program. Basically we created teams of 5 employees and we all get a pedometer to track how many steps we walk during the week. Winning teams and individuals on a weekly basis get prizes and stuff.

Soooo, I have upped my normal daily walks to 6-8 miles/day, depending on the day. Thank the sweet Lord I have my little XM portable radio and/or an mp3 player to pass the time as I wander around aimlessly for 2-3 hours/night. :=) I am trying to keep up with a fella here named Jay who I hear has been walking 4 miles in the morning and 4 miles at night (update 6/30/07...I finished with 139,000+ steps for the week. I estimate I walked somewhere between 65 and 75 miles last week)

One of the nice benefits of being out walking so much in the evening is I am getting to know some of my neighbors, folks I often just said "hi" to as I walked by I now chat with more and sometimes even walk with them for a while. There are a lot of really nice people in my neighborhood :=)

FF

I saw the Fantastic Four:Rise of the Silver Surfer today. Some really cool special effects and a pretty entertaining movie. Really cool surround sound effects in the theater. I liked it. I want to see Evan Almighty maybe next. Here's a shot of the Silver Surfer encountering the Human Torch.

In October I am thinking of maybe riding my motorcycle to Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama to see vintage motorcycle racing and the Barber museum.

A few more beach pics from today

Beach day...

Took a vacation day today to get some chores done and then relax a little at the beach. Got up early this morning and got my mowing done and then went to New Smyrna beach for a walk. I like the sound of the ocean, Here are a few pics (click them to make them full size)

The Keys '07 in pics

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Getting ready for Key West

Today I spent a little time putting a mount on the Breva to hold my radar detector should I decide to take it on the trip to Key West next weekend. I also mounted my larger windscreen and the 45 liter tailbag.

Here's a couple shots of the Breva with the bigger windshield in place and all the hard bags and my new radar mount :=) .....hot in my garage! can you see the temp on the Breva's LCD display?

Along with the two 29 liter sidecases I have a lot of room to haul stuff on the bike. When the Subaru lease expires in January 2009 I may just go car-less for a while and have only the Guzzi. We'll see...that's a long way off.

Anyway, myself and a couple guys from work and a friend of one of the guys at work are heading down on the motorcycles to Key West on Saturday June 16th, returning Monday, June 18th. It'll be Andrew on his 2007 Triumph Tiger , Bob on his 2006 Harley Davidson Heritage Softail, Rob on his 2003 Kawasaki Vulcan 800(that's Rob's son in the pic) and me on the 2006 Moto Guzzi Breva

The trip down there is about 420 miles from Lake Mary, FL where we will meet Saturday a.m. (the Fiserv building). We will likely take Interstate 4 down to the Florida Turnpike and around Miami to Hwy 1 all the way to Key West.

On Saturday night we are staying at a (hopefully) neat place right in the heart of downtown Key West called Eden House. We'll spend Saturday evening roaming around downtown Key West, seeing some of the famous sights and stopping at some of the famous drinking holes I am sure.

Sunday we'll spend the day meandering back up the keys, stopping to explore a little bit here and there and spending the night in Islamorada. We'll be staying at a very low key (pardon the pun) place called the Key Lantern Motel

Monday we'll head back towards Orlando. I am really looking forward to the trip. These are good fellas to ride with. I have not been able to take a long ride yet (over 250 miles) on the Breva since I got it in December and am looking forward to testing her out on a trip of decent length and getting some more miles on her (only about 6,000 so far)

Wet weekend coming.....

Well, we are finally going to get some measurable rain here tonight and this weekend. This is a shot of weather radar at about 5:20 p.m. today (Friday 6/1) and all this stuff is moving due north! I live about where the red dot is. Just got done mowing...in the nick of time!