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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Go (to) Dallas!


OK, time to get back to trips and sightings....dust is collecting on Southern Comfort, isn't it? Sorry, y'all, for the lack of updates, but I don't want the Southern Comfort blog to become a Facebook-style diary, with daily entries announcing exciting things, like that I just ate a bagel while stuck in traffic.

So what's new? Hell, I just went to Texas, THAT's what's new! I fired up the Harley and.....OK, I really didn't. I flew down. Only had four days to get down and back, so a ride was out of the question, though I sure need to do that one of these days. I'll put that on the Bucket List.
 
Texas was a trip during which I tried to mix fun with family business. I'll say this about the family business stuff: it's one big fucking pain in the ass, but it's what folks do, right? You take care of stuff for family (and some friends too!) who can't help themselves. I love my Aunt Annie, who's 98!, who needed some help, and off I went.


BUT!

You can't do business 24/7, can you, so I zoomed down the Fort Worth Stockyards on Saturday night to see how real working cowboys played. I needed to make sure I hadn't lost touch with my roots.










I also treated myself to a ticket to see the Dallas Cowboys play in that squeaky-new Cowboys stadium. Now I'm here to tell ya, that is one incredible place. It's like a spaceship inside, holds 90,000+ people, and the damn thing is totally air conditioned. I also hear that with the roof and both ends open, it's a lot like an outdoor stadium. And someone told me it costs a cool $1million a day to operate that place, so they hold all sorts of events there besides football. If they start Cheerleader Wrestling, I'm getting a season ticket.









And the crowd outside was, to say the least, equally interesting. Here's a few shots from outside, in the parking lots. Tailgating and partying took on a whole new meaning........




And yeah, I got around the area a little. Fantastic place to spend money. Parking cost anywhere from 30 to 150 bucks...Beers were 8.50, and even the Cokes I was drinking were $6.00. All in all, it was great fun, even though the Cowboys lost to Tennessee.

So enjoy the pix. There's more if I ever get around to uploading them.

Cowboy


Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Commercial Break

OK, folks, I'm going a little off course with the blog, but I wanted to share some information about a place I found out about last week. While visiting friends, I met Frank and Juliana, who were really cool people.

So here's Frank,



...and here's Juliana
















...and this is their back yard. really.



..and on another day.


So how's that!?! Doesn't look anything like that in Alexandria, that's for sure. Frank and Juliana are the owners of Devils Tower Lodge in Wyoming.

So what the hell has that got to do with Southern Comfort? Fair question. They noticed I was riding, and of course I got to talking about my summer adventures, so they asked if I'd been to Sturgis, SD for the annual event. I told them John and I (and a gang of others) wanted to ride out west in 2012, if not in 2011, so the wheels started turning. They let me know I'd be able to stay at their place and ride over! Said that they always fill up with bikers who attend Sturgis, which is a little more than an hour's ride east.

And Frank, who's also a climbing instructor, said he take me to the top of Devil's Tower. Now those who know me well also know that Frank hasn't got a snowball's chance in Hell of getting me to climb a ladder, much less that big-ass rock, but I sure would like to visit the area and stay at the lodge. I also figured I'd share the link with friends, so here 'tis. If you call, tell them Cowboy sent ya. They'll know who I am.

www.devilstowerlodge.com

Cowboy

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Rolling in it

Breaking News:

Just checked and the total income from Southern Comfort has reached the staggering sum of $0.54. Who would have thought there would be that kind of money on the line from just writing about my motorcycle adventures? Actually, who would have thought there would be any money at all?!?! That wasn't part of the plan.

Anyway, I'll spend the day perusing catalogs and websites, trying to decide how to spend it all. And contemplating retirement.

Cowboy