Stelvy fetch update

Just a brief update....I did go fetch my Stelvio last weekend. Rode around north Georgia on some awesome roads Sundee afternoon with my pal Rob.

Left 4:00 a.m. Mondee from Rob's place about 30 minutes north of Atlanta. I think it was about 500 miles home. Got home 11:45 a.m. Turn n burn down I-75 to I-10 to I-95 to I-4. Even time for a Waffle House breakfast stop. Bike ran perfectly. Great to have her back :-)

Operation Stelvy-Fetch

Well I leave Sunday a.m. bright and early on a metal bird from Daytona Beach to Atlanta (via Charlotte) on my way to fetch my 2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio.

Stelvy has been in a shop in north Georgia for a number of weeks having a warranty issue attended to. Why north Georgia you ask? Well, Rider's Hill is the only shop anywhere remotely near me that I would trust the bike with. The head mechanic's nickname is GuzziSteve if that gives you any clue.

So I should arrive in Atlanta around 11 a.m. where my good pal Rob will pick me up at the airport and drive me up to Rider's Hill, maybe an hour north?

The plan is then for Rob and I to ride around Sunday afternoon in the north Georgia mountains.

Monday I plan to hit the road early and cover the ~510 miles home to Deland aboard the Stelvio.

I don't want to just turn n burn on the interstate highways the whole way so I am hoping to take some more scenic state highways home.

Here's to everything working out as planned :)

Not your ordinary dinner

At least not for me. Tonight I had dinner with a friend at a place called the Ravenous Pig. This place is owned by the pair of chefs that prepare the meals.

The menu is rather small but everything on it looks fantastic! Here's a link to the dinner MENU

We ended up getting two items and sampling from each of them.

The first was Shrimp and Grits. Local royal red shrimp, c & d mill grits, green tomato chutney and chorizo oil. Absolutely FANTASTIC!

The second item was Colorado Lamb Leg. Served with a vidalia onion purée, potato gratin, baby artichoke & roasted tomato ragú. This was quite good, though my piece of lamb was kind of sinewy and tough to cut. But all was very flavorful.

For dessert was a bing cherry-brown butter tart, crème fraiche ice cream and pecan brittle.

Great evening out. Beats the heck out of the bowl of cereal I was going to have :-)

Casa G

Just a few pics of Casa G. Note the lack of wall hangings :) Less for me to repair when I move :)

This shows most of the house, incl. guest room, office, living and dining rooms and kitchen. Not my master bedroom as I had a massive pile of unfolded laundry and it was just not picture-worthy :)

Where I spend a big portion of my life

In a high-walled cubicle in Lake Mary, FL. This is where I live over 1/3 of my day.

Stelvio update

I heard today from the mechanic working on my 2009 Moto Guzzi Stelvio that it SHOULD be ready by this upcoming weekend.

He told me almost everything is back together and he is just waiting for a couple manifold gaskets and a bolt to finish the job.

So my challenge is how do I get up there to get the bike and get it back home.

My preference is to just buy an airline ticket to Atlanta airport and then somehow make my way to the motorcycle shop, which is about 75 miles north of Atlanta airport. Then I could just ride the bike back home.

I may just have to rent a truck to get the bike and haul it home. Still up in the air, but no matter what I will be really glad when it is home.

Bumming about at Matanzas Inlet

I spent several hours Saturday at Matanzas Inlet, a location on Florida's east coast where the ocean meets the inter-coastal waterway.

The beach is really neat there, with large portions of it made up of coarsely crush shells. A really great beach!