Beirut memorial run

 Doc george and davo

 side view of memorial.

 the front facing the street.

 we were invited to attend the memorial service/run hosted by the ARMED FORCES MC. in jacksonville nc. so wade, and puddin headed out on sat, and i followed on sunday mornin on the road glide, made it to the armed forces mc. club house, had a shot of white lightin, said some hellos and we were off.
it was a quiet ceramony, mostly just a moment of silence and to reflect on that day 29 years ago.
oct 23rd 1983, while most were still sleeping in their racks, a peice of shit member of hesbollah, drove a truck full of explosives into the front of the marine barracks in beirut, killing 241 marines, 18 navy and 3 army
29 years ago, and it seems like yesterday. we ride for those who cant! we partied in their honor ! we will never forget those lost that day, SEMPER FI!
REST IN PEACE>

 we then visited the new veit nam wall next door.

 all the names are on these glass panels , wow! great gob, and long over due.
to all the veit nam area vets reading this blog, welcome home.

 off to the V bar, the oldest bar in jacksoneville nc, for beer and pizza.
then to the black sheep compound for more beer and to check out the knuckle progress,
gator has a wheel like this hes wanting to use some day, and what davo did was relace it to a star hub with drum break. awsome fuckin rim now!!!!

 my old seat off of mush mouth , the 56 pan shovel that pat has now.
we also put my bars on, i think they are bad ass, but it up to davo if he runs em. (i love this seat )

 my nephew pauly goined us , he had the day of from his unit , 2/8 weapons, so he got to meet the blacksheep and was made to feel right at home.

 tam cooked another fuckin awsome meal!! chickin parm, salad, pasta, garlic bread!
i think this pic of pauly grubbin says it all! she is the best! and makes a bad ass PBJ sandwhich too!!

 the party continued with me. davo, shoprag, keith and tam, and pig? cant remember??
anyway choo.choo davos shop catapiller is a well known drunk, here is choo choo after swimming through its second puddle of PBR, he was so skint back we thought he died when he rolled over and stopped movin!

 davo got him a lil bed nade up and insured everyonr choo choo just had to sleep it off,

 no shit 30 min later and choo choo is up and runnin again, seems to do thids all the time at the shop.

 and right back for another beer! but davo cut him off, that was some funny shit to see.

 ride home solo from j.ville was nice, saw this field of cotton and it reminded me of better days so i stopped and took some pics.just livin in the past i guess? still nice to think of those days.

 and rock from tenn. sent me more pics of the pan im tryin to get, its now in tenn. and i need to get this deal done

EXCEPT! davo pointed out to me that this is no 59 left case! it got a alt. set up! like cone shovels! wtf? must be some restamped s&s or flathead power case... who knows . i will call in the am and see whats what,
D/S wild bill is jonesen for this thing, will see?????
ttyl, were is my beer??