Independence Day

Well, for the sake of being politically incorrect, July 4th is the day we mark as the celebration for OUR COUNTRY'S FREEDOM(Yes, Capital Letters). I said politically incorrect because July 4th is our INDEPENDENCE DAY. Get use to the Idea! It is July 4th every year but it is called INDEPENDENCE DAY. You wouldn't call Christmas Day December 25th! or Thanksgiving day the fourth Thursday of November. C'mon stop worrying about offending someone and say it right. I will be celebrating OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY on Monday July 4th.
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Memorial Day Weekend 2011

I am looking forward to my time off this coming Memorial Day weekend. I will be leaving the Adirondack Mountains and making my first travel to the Green Mountain State to attend Vermont Thunder, which is put on by Vietnam veterans to honor the fallen soldiers from that state and others. They will honor those who are MIA and always welcome anyone who wants to attend. There is a ceremony at the beginning of the run and one at the end in Enosburg Falls, VT. This will be year five for me. I will return home for the night and will be over in Plattsburgh, NY for the ceremony at the park/wall there. This will be year four there for me. Disabled American Vets Chapter 179 puts on this ceremony and being some of the best people I know, I email and talk with them often. I try to support both groups knowing how much time and effort they put in for these great causes. Remember awareness of veterans is always important.
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Time to

Time to Ride! Geez, it has been a bit again since I last entered something here. This past month there has been snow, lots of rain (and I mean lootttss of rain), and today the sun has made an appearance. I have ridden a few days over the last couple weeks. So far the start to my riding season has been a little slow, but it will get here fast enough. I have been looking at some new areas to ride since moving farther west into the mountains of NY. Old Forge, NY is now with an easy riding distance and, of course, Lake George, NY is still within easy reach. Now that the rain is slowly going away I hope the water will recede in a hurry back into the normal paths of flow. I have some footage of Route 3 near Tupper Lake, NY (about 40 mins from Lake Placid, our Olympic Village) and will be posting it up on the site.
We have change the email address to vooch470@hotmail.com instead of using news@motorcyclenewengland.com due to the original server has a issue with paying attention to complaints from use site tenders. Anyways it is Time to Ride!
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Riding the arm chair

I have looked at the weather outside today and found it comfortable enough to ride. The downside is the roads still have a touch of ice and plenty of road dirt. It is almost riding season the Adirondacks, Green and the White Mountains of the Northeast and Lower parts of Canada. This time of the year it can be all four seasons in 24 hours so riding can be both cumbersome and exciting all in one. My destination was class today and the parking lot is on top of a hill. Other than about a mile strip of road the day was nice, but upon arrival to class the hill was icy and muddy, making my decision to have driven my truck turned out to be the right one. So as I check out the forecast for the next many days, temps are up and down, snow, rain and sun to come. In the mean time I will be riding the arm chair.
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Halfway

Halfway through February is Valentines Day and our minds turn to decisions on what to get the special person in our lives. Groundhog day has come and gone and thinking of the groundhog that was rudely pulled out of it's hole and shown to everyone, roughly shoved back into it's warm day, I would be wishing snow fell on you, too. I think winter is over Halfway done now, spring is just around the corner and the bikes need a start. Now, back to finding the person in my life gift for Valentines Day, I am Galway there.

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1/1/11

Living in the Northeast part of the US doesn't give us a long riding season. I was able to start mine today. It was a short ride as the roads are still holding a thin layer of ice or whatever is keeping it slick. I was able to get a short ride in today, gassed up and smiled some.

The STAR 363of Plattsburgh, NY has a new president this year. Larry has stepped down after 6 years and I am sure his leadership will be missed. Larry, who is a salesman at the local shop, was honored with a plaque and I am sure some words of harassment in good humor. Thanks Larry for being one of the first to deal with this website. I am looking for many more years of riding along side you and the group.

I have heard Bud has taken over leadership, but as of this writing it is really unknown that is true. Good luck on all. Bud is the webmaster for the STAR 363 site and I have attended rides put on by this group and enjoy them greatly.

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Ugh!

I get to look out of the garage windows as I sit on my ride and see the snow here in the northeast part of the US. Riding in the Adirondacks, NY and the Green Mountains, Vt, you realize how short or long our season can be. I say short because some years it rains or winters stays a little longer than necessary, and long because of the winter staying a little longer than necessary. This past season I was able to ride almost every day from May until halfway through November this year. I was able to start riding regularly in April this year, but did not take my March ride as past many years. My March ride usually takes place around my daughter's birthday, its a whole week of warm weather we often get here. This past year I was still moving and working a lot of hours. I am still holding out for my Christmas Eve ride before really calling it quits for a couple months. Ugh!
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