ITs getting cold....

Friday night , cold windy, had to ride , was driven, did 35 miles no choice is was a sanity issue.

Saturday , beautiful day did 45 miles,  toured Audubon, Uptown, Canal, the Quarter, City Park,

Lakefront, sunshiny, relaxing, got home in time to take Marie to chew on beef at Golden Corral

then took mom, Marie, sister, and granddaughter to the same places I rode today to see Christmas lights.

Plus we went at Lafanierre 2 blocks from my house and paid 3 dollar to see the lights I can see out my back door. Sunday only rode 10 miles , listened to the saints game  on the mp player, got home for the exciting finish. Someone has a big ass to keep pulling these games out of it. I'm not a big football fan but I'll watch or listen to the Saints if their winning. .  Found a new food to energy while riding , it's a fruit roll up called a FOOT.  Packs a sugary punch., I can't believe they let kids eat this stuff.  Injury report, Hip stopped hurting, wrist is the same, stiff neck is tuff till I hit the muscle relaxer,(pill). Yes Virgina I believe in better living through chemistry. In tv westerns no matter what ailment a victim had, whether is was yellow fever or a gunshot wound the doctor ordered hot water, everyone to leave the room , put a hot compress on the victims forehead and says , "we;ll have to wait to see how he is in the morning".  No pills,no operation, no salves, no syrups, no powders, just a compress on the forehead. Amazing,  If your happened to live in Northfork where the rifleman lived, John Mccane, you got to see this every week, outstanding citizen, father, role model , managed to kill someone with his fancy  rifle every week, That's 52 people a year. Mass Murder. 

The Lone Ranger never killed anyone, he shot their gun out of their hand and didn't even hurt their hand.

Roy Rogers shot people but always a graze wound nothing serious.  Matt Dillon gave then a shot to the gut with no bloodshed and the man who was a hired killer "Paladin" killed less than anybody.

The Lone Ranger owned a silver mine, that's why he didn't have to work and where his silver bullets came from.   He wore the mask so the bad Rangers that shot him wouldn't recognize him when he met up with them again, Never Happened, He and Tonto were childhood friends and Tonto saved him after the attack by the bad Rangers.  Kemosabe means  "good scout".

The Long Ranger was the cleanest cowboy in the west, he was impeccable , never a spec of dirt on his skin tight britches.       Whats all this have to do with bike riding,.  When you bike riding you think alot. These are some of the things you think of.

No I didn't see any of them this time but who knows what up the road (rode).

gary on the fringe.........

 

 

My request for more bathrooms was answered.

Crew  Boat with outhouse

pelican

Pelicans

Start of the Mr Bingo Parade onn Canal St.

Mr BINGO

Old Sealtest Creamery.

Old DH Holmes Decorated

DH Holmes on Canal st Decorated

Lafanierre at a distance.

Me and My old Buddy Ignatius Riley

A lighted Christmas tree DUH.

Lights at lafanierre.

Lombardi Trophy at Lafinerre

fat assed Snowman.

Christmas Toy Soldier

The  corner of Galvez, Canal , and Tonti, all gone. note you can see St Josephs and Deutches Haus

reviewing stand on canal for the Bingo Parade.

Living the Lunatic Fringe.

Riding amidst darknest dregs up my primal fears.  Headlight shows whats in front of me , the rear and flanks belong to the unknown. Skyward, stars lighten the inside of your confused cortex, fears of your flanks remain, scanning dark tree line shadows harbor menaces, what evil lurks amid darkness?  I ride faster driven by fear of the dark outside and inside me . My Mp3 is playing  my favorite OCD song,  'Until Sleeps" by "Metallica"., if your not familiar with Metallica , don't be, your better not knowing the taste of apples of darkness.  A song of internal torture until the affliction sleeps,  in reality the victim must get sleep to hide from the affliction but can't because the  affliction never sleeps and the victim is the affliction.  OCD condition , eats at your gut, nerves, and sanity slowly, methodically. You are the condition so you can't stop it., its ingrained in every thought and feeling and emotion you express. It's all about internal fear real or unreal, it exist..  The music's succinct  , clear, loud,, and pumps into each ear , it meets in the middle of your brain, it becomes you , you are the music , you are the ride,  you become part of the darkness, the shadows, the fear, the anxiety, the ride marches on.  Next player is Rob Zombie, his song is " Vampire",    not for the squeamish,  but not as bad as "Insane Clown Posse" or "Slipnot:"  when you  listen to a "Slipnnot" blood spues out the speakers and demons circle the room .  I put a link to "Until it Sleeps" then took it off,scared the hell out of me, then found one with just the lyrics.   Prior to becoming a country superstar Kenny Rogers sang with the group the "1st Edition", their only hit I know is "What Condition my Condition was in " , or I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in, he trips on a cloud,  watches himself going out as he goes in  ,  lost his soul in a deep dark hole then followed it in. Louis Carrol would have been proud of him.
Who hasn't met the Hookah smoking Caterpillar at least once in their life, "he's in your head" according to "Grace Slick",  along with all the chilling bits of horror that control those of us that think just a little too much.
The darkness turns to blackness, I'm led by courage and determination, straining to see , the moving shadows, the rustling branches, the sounds that permeate the music, frogs croaking, crickets chirping,  gators squeaking, zombies grunting, chubracabra's snarling and 50 foot rattle snakes coiled, rattling and posed to strike if you don't pass fast enough. The night ,the night,  darkest and deepest emotion we can live in the real world. Riding at night is emotional , risky, and an adrenalin rush, so raise the volume on the music to block it out, it only heightens the stress. Next song, "Blackest Day " by "Joanne Taylor" how ironic.
Can't get enough of that blues guitar. It tears me, jerks my soul, beats on my senses. I have to fight to keep from losing my heart. Faster, faster,  got to get home to the safety of the light, this ride has stopped but it's never over. Each day's an adventure, if it's only mine, don't know what your missing. "Jimmie Loves Marianne" what a finish. 2nd  link below "Lunatic Fringe"by "Red Rider".
later.
gary
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JVcbVeMnt8
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMXNySE--68&feature=related

pictures if the Marigny and Carondelet , incld St Charles, Magazine and Prytania

Store front on Frenchmman

On a building on Poydras and Carondelet
rennisance with the word school bus on it???  

Our lady of Good Counsel School

Our lady of Good Counsel Church

Our Lady of Good Counsel School

No open times listed ..

Let see a skinny wheel biker ride in this.

To the River the hard way.

Mountain Gorilla Nest.

Goes with  the previous Pic.

If your not a dog in City park this is where you pee. Dogs have a multimillion
dollar park , with sprinklers, seats, and dog crap everywhere.