JANICE RIDES TO DFW AIRPORT 9-26-08

Friday, 9-26-08, Janice had to be at DFW airport by at 10 a.m., to catch a flight to Birmingham Alabama for a family reunion about 50 miles south of Birmingham. So, as she sent her clothes with her parents, who drove to Alabama, I told her I would take her to the DFW airport on the motorcycle (a distance of about 125 miles from here). Rodney & Vicki both rode their Harley's and went with us. This was the 2nd longest ride Janice has been on a motorcycle. Scroll down and see how it went and REMEMBER: IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PICTURE BIGGER, JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURE!




Rod & Vicki had to gas up prior to leaving Wichita Falls, so here is Janice, Rodney & Vicki at the gas pumps..We met them at 7:30 a.m.

Janice standing by Ms Clone.. Temperature was said to be 63 degrees so all I wore was a t-shirt & jeans. The wind chill at 70 mph was a lot lower and I froze my butt off until it warmed up outside.

We left Wichita Falls and our first stop was McDonald's in Decatur Texas for breakfast & coffee. Here is Rodney and Vicki at McDonald's. Vicki just parked and is removing gear.

Here is Janice, eating her last meal on terra firma. Unless the food has gotten better on aircraft, then this was her last GOOD food until she got to Alabama.

Here are me & Rodney at the McDonald's in Decatur Texas.

Here are me & Janice at Terminal (A) at DFW airport. You can tell how thrilled she is to be getting off of one death machine and fixin' to get on one with wings...I laughed when I told her that. She, on the other hand, doesn't like to fly, and did not think it was funny. I, on the other hand, have been on DC-9's, MD-80's, 747's, stretch 8's, c-141's, c-130's, uh-1's (Huey helicopters), HH53's , and puddle jumpers. Flown over the pacific to SEA and back and all over the U.S. And I was an Air Traffic Controller for 8 years..

Took a picture of the Control Tower on the other side of the Terminal, from where I dropped Janice off. I got accepted by the FAA at the same time I got accepted by the police department. I opted for the PD and after a couple of years, decided that picking the PD was a big error. However, they changed maximum age to 30 to become an FAA ATC, and I missed the cut by 4 weeks..

After leaving DFW, Rodney & I went to Joe's Crab Shack in Grapevine Texas to get back with Vicki (she didn't drive onto the airport as traffic is insane & she didn't want to get run over by the idiots there in cars, trucks & buses) The folks there think its the Indy 500. As a matter of fact, Rodney almost got run over by a moron driving a yellow cab. So anyway, we survived and met Vicki & Stacy (her daughter) at Joe's Crab Shack, a seafood restaurant. for more info, click this link: http://www.joescrabshack.com/store_front_location.php?LC=CSGV Here's Vicki & Stacy.

Vicki & Stacy at Joe's Crab Shack, Grapevine Texas

Vicki & Stacy

Rodney, Vicki & Stacy in Grapevine Texas

Rodney, Vicki & Stacy and the bikes in the background, at Joe's Crab shack

Rodney, Vicki & Stacy, out of the sun..These digital camera's are great..Not like the old 35mm SLR camera's that used film and was expense when ya screwed up..You didn't see your pictures back then until you paid for them..

Yet another of Rodney, Vicki & Stacy...

Stacy & Vicki as we await our order of Fish & Chips and calamari (fried squid).

Stacy and our waiter, Rodney..He was a lot of fun to be around.

Me, Rodney & Rodney. I think he was also the bartender and manager..

Me, Rodney & Rodney. We spent a couple hours there and had a great time. If you are in the area, you should really stop & eat there and get with Rodney. He will fix ya up & make your stay there an enjoyable one..

Stacy's husband, Mike , came to our location after Vicki called him and asked him for a name of some decent bail bond people in the area . She told him we had been at a biker bar on Harry Hines , & got into a little jam with the local bikers and now we needed a bailbondsman. He was not happy until Vicki told him where we were really at and he came and met us there. Here is Rodney, Vicki, Stacy & Mike.

The Joe's Crab Shack sign off of Tx 114 by the DFW Airport in Grapevine, Texas

We left Grapevine & headed back home to Wichita Falls. Here we are Northbound on US 287 after gassing up in Decatur Tx

Rodney & Vicki playing catchup as we go thru Decatur Tx

Still heading North on US 287

Being the law biding citizen's that we are, here is proof we were doing the speed limit..

A mirror shot of Vicki & Rodney behind me

Here is Vicki cruising North on US 287 on her Harley

Rodney having a great time as we go north, on his Harley

Another of Rodney as we enter the shade of an overpass..

Vicki & Rodney North on US 287

Last shot of the day as we near Wichita Falls. We had a great time, met some new folks and had many laughs. Janice missed a good time..But she will be back Wednesday.

Scroll down for more rides, events & posts, and don't forget to click on the "older posts" link at the bottom of EACH page for more posts, back to January 08. Until the next ride and post, ya'll be careful out there, ride safe and keep the rubber on the road...........JOHN