Where Is He?

So where has he been you are asking?

Well I have been a little busy with a little 2nd job extra work and a little fun busy.

The fun busy was a week long visit by older son Stacey. I really enjoyed the visit with the exception of losing at rummy.

Yes, my kids know how to play rummy as well as most other card games and board games.

Even though the television had already been invented when our kids were growing up and our house had one, we actually sat down as a family and played a variety of card and board games.

Fortunately for the wife Vicki and I, that tradition is still carried on whenever we get together with either or both of the boys.

Son Stacey has been in the market for a motorcycle for some time now but has not been able to find the exact one he was looking for in Reno.

He had his eye out for a good clean used Harley Davidson Nightster and so while in Vegas he figured he would see what was out there.

He located one in Hurricane Utah that had all the makings of what he was looking for so he and I drove there only to be shined on by the seller so that trip was a bust.

The other thing the son Stacey needed to do was take the "Riders Edge" course to get the education about riding a motorcycle. Also, when you complete it you are passed for a motorcycle license with the DMV so no test is required, you just have to go to the DMV and wait several hours to have an actual one issued.

The 4 day class in Reno never worked with his work schedule so on the off chance he might get right into a class here in Vegas, he made a call and started the class the next day.

The Stars were partially aligned and now all he needed to do was find a nice used bike. He gave up on the idea of finding one here in Vegas and had resolved himself to keep looking in Reno.

As a random what-have-you-got-to-lose idea, I made a call to the owner of the Harley dealerships here in Vegas and the one in Saint George and told him what Stacey was looking for.

The stars aligned into the proper alignment and Stacey was soon the proud owner of a brand new Harley Davidson Nightster.

The only problem was son Stacey had flown to Vegas for the visit and completed the purchase on the same Monday he was boarding the plane for Reno.

OK I know this story of why I have been so busy took a little turn, but I had to give you a little background of why I was fun busy. He let me help, you know, or well, I kinda forced my help on him I guess.

OK so envision this, it is Monday, son Stacey owns a motorcycle, he flies back to Reno to return to work and his new motorcycle is still at the dealer.

So here's the dilemma, son Stacey has just been on vacation so getting more time right now is not the best idea. The dealer wants the bike picked up to relieve the responsibility of protecting and storing it. So as any dad would do, Tuesday I left job #1 a little early and loaded the new bike in my truck prior to going to my job #2 and brought it home.

Can you feel his pain yet?

Now back to my story. So here I am working the night shift til midnight gazing across the way at this brand new Nightster sitting in the back of my truck and I am contemplating how son Stacey and his brand new shiny motorcycle will be reunited.

As with any dad, one does not like to see their child sad so I concocted a somewhat brilliant idea that I ran by the wife Vicki Wednesday morning.

The wife Vicki agreed it was a brilliant idea - not somewhat brilliant, but rather a very brilliant idea and she suggested I go for it.

So Wednesday I knocked off job #1 at noon and by 12:30 I was on the road to Reno to reunite son Stacey with his Harley.

If any of my readers have made the trip from Vegas to Reno you know it is a long boring drive.

So imagine how boring it must be for the Nevada Highway patrol out there with no excitement until you get the glimpse of a nice new black Harley Davidson in the back of a pick up truck.

Surely you would want a closer look right?

I'm not sure how the Highway Patrolman could see since he was going the opposite direction as I was and he would have to see it over a hill, but as soon I crested this hill and saw him at the same time as my radar detector went off, he hit his red lights so he could take a look at that shiny black bike.

He was a real nice guy and really thought the bike was nice although he must have figured it was too classy for a guy like me to have because he asked whose it was.

While he was admiring the bike, he did mention that since he noticed on his radar gun I was a tad over the posted speed limit and since he already had me stopped, he felt obligated to write me a ticket.

I suggested either his radar gun or my speedometer was wrong and that I really didn't understand why the Highway Patrol seems to always pick on me every time I make the trip either up or back.

Did I mention he was a nice guy? Well, not nice enough to agree with me so alas I have another ticket to add to my collection.

I don't think he has any kids yet either, otherwise, when he heard my story rather than a ticket I would have gotten a high speed police escort to Reno red lights and sirens all the way.

Well that is what I would have done had I been the Highway Patrol.

Finally I arrive to my destination and get to unload the bike and see both sons Stacey and Tyler.








It was a great reunion for son Stacey and his new Nightster but I guess I was a little shaky taking the pictures as they have a little blur. Of course it may have been I was hurrying because son Stacey wanted to take a ride.

I visited with son Tyler while son Stacey took a short ride, then I said my goodbyes and headed back to Vegas.

It worked out well. I left Vegas at 12:30 P.M. Wednesday and arrived back in Vegas in the wee hours Thursday morning at 3:35 A.M., grabbed a few winks of shuteye and made it to work by 8 A.M. Round trip 904 door to door.

The good news was on the way back I had nothing in the back of the truck the highway patrol would want to see so they didn't stop me on the way home.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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