Today is the day!

After almost three years of talking to my very good friend Sharon - we finally get to meet in person. Sharon and I have been motorcycle buddies and more since we first started to ride motorcycles. We met on the About.Com beginning motorcycle forum (motorcycles.about.com). I will post pics and words after this weekend. I'm so excited, I'm leaving in about an hour and half.

My bags finally did come in and I installed them myself. I have taken two trips with them and have to say they make motorcycle travel much better. The bags do widen the back end of the bike but that is not a bad thing - it does give you more real-estate in the eyes of the cagers behind you. I plan to add some lights to them but I just have to wait for the cash to roll in for that.

My top box is in Rochester and that will be coming home next week. That will be installed for my trip to West Virginia the following week.

On the Guitar front - that is going well. Ross gave me some songs to play and they are the Carter method of Wildwood Flower. I'm playing it using my fingers instead of a pick. I just like the soft mellow sounds of fingerstyle versus flatpicking. Ross gave me some tips on how to play the rhythm using my fingers to complement the soft mellow tone. It's not the same method that Maybelle used but it works for me and it sounds good. Once I get this song down pat I'll make a recording. Ross also recommended a good book for me to work on rhythm practice - Melodic Rhythms for Guitar from Berklee Press. I have good rhythm but working with sheet music I need a lot of work to read the notes and keep in time. This is a good book to practice that with - it's been slow going but is getting better.