Well its Sunday and Bike Week ends at 6 pm today. The constant 24/7 rumble of FatBoys, Choppers, XLCH's, ElectraGlides and Heritage Soft Tails will subside tonight. I swear you can her the baa-badda baa-badda..ALL NIGHT AND DAY. They say in the local paper that during this week there are in excess of 200,000 motorcycles here in Daytona.... all within 5 square miles..... MY GOD. I went to Publix Mkt last Thursday and they had shut down Ridgewood Avenue .. ( The MAJOR street in Daytona/HollyHill ) for a concert by David Allan Coe.. There must have been over 20,000 Harleys just parked in the street and everybody was rocking.
Now don't get me wrong... I like bike week but since I only own a moped, I really don't get into the leather and noise and partying like all these 1 week a year warriors do. It's great for local businesses.. I mean there is a tee-shirt stand , tattoo parlor, bikini bike wash or instant BBQ set up on every single street corner. Its so funny.. at the start of the week all the t-shirt stands say "BIKE WEEK - T-SHIRTS" ... and their 15-20 bux a piece.. by Wed they say BIKE WEEK - T-SHIRTS 3-$20 . and by today (the last day) they all have duct tape or magic marker signs that say.... T-SHIRTS 6 - $20 !!!! What a deal !!! Gee you could polish your car with them.
Friday my friends Joyce and Oby Walker from Port Orange came by on his big ol' Yamaha and we went to the Iron Horse Saloon just outside of town in Ormond Beach for a look-see at the Bike Week festivities. We had some BBQ and beers and walked around... it was fun, but nice to get home after....
Well this is the LAST full week of vacay coming up.. We leave on Tuesday 3/16 for the trip back to reality and work.... BOO. Have a great week.. We'll talk again....
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