December 8, 2005
Voni's Happy Birthday
| The day dawned
cold
and snowy, barely fit even for a dedicated snow
dog. The
temperature was 0 degrees when we got up, but slowly
inched toward a
balmy 12 degrees by 3:00 p.m. What wind there
was blew in all
directions at once, more or less canceling itself in a
display of calm
rarely
found in Kansas. |
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Voni said that
all
she wanted for her birthday was to go for a
ride. The temperature
and snow were of little consequence to
her. So......
Paul hooked
the battery charger to her F650 to warm the battery
and give it a
fighting chance to start. It didn't. Not
ones to let 37
inch handelbars and a 32 inch door stand in the way of
progress, we
maneuvered the
bike into the dining room to warm up. A hair
dryer blowing on the
carburetors and head sped the warming process
along. Once the
engine was
a bit warmer than a block of ice, the bike started
right up! |
So ... We went riding in the yard. Breaking new ground, so to speak - but nothing else.
No broken legs! No broken bike parts!
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| Voni
blazing
the trail in the snow! |
Paul
had
to test the traction too! |
| Back in the
garage,
the F650 looked a little snowy, but none the worse for
wear! |
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Through it all,
Sarge kept a watchful, if somewhat wary eye on the
goings on. He wasn't at all sure that any of this made any sense at all! Neither are we! |
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