yeehastephen
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Lord knows I'm not ten foot tall and bullet proof anymore. And I know we don't live forever.
But by-God the passing of friends is really starting to get too me. I think none more so lately than the passing of The Ear Plug Guy.
I hit the Top of the Rockies rally again this year and really missed "Arizona Al" Schibi's ear plug making setup under his favorite shade tree.
Forever, I looked forward to seeing Al at the Paonia rally, hanging with him all weekend, and helping him run the local convenience store out of Coors Light. (we actually did that 4 years ago with the help of some of his other friends too)
He didn't attend a couple of years ago when he got ill... (ALS), last year's rally got COVID cancelled... and this year, well, he's just gone.
Am I weird? Every time I walked by "his" spot, I kept looking over. I knew he wasn't there, but I looked anyway.
Ugh. I borrowed a laptop, printed off some pictures from the Net, stripped off some Gorilla tape and plastered a makeshift memorial to the fence in front of that shade tree.
I miss that "Yeeha!" yell across the gravel parking lot at the www.bmwsporttouring.com bi-annual Torrey rally. I miss that "Yeeha!" yell across the sea of tents at the Sipapu and Paonia camping rallies. I miss that grin and the annual "Hey buddy, how's Miss Vicki?" questionnaire.
Damn. I was really feeling it this weekend.
Hey buddy, RIP ....
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But by-God the passing of friends is really starting to get too me. I think none more so lately than the passing of The Ear Plug Guy.
I hit the Top of the Rockies rally again this year and really missed "Arizona Al" Schibi's ear plug making setup under his favorite shade tree.
Forever, I looked forward to seeing Al at the Paonia rally, hanging with him all weekend, and helping him run the local convenience store out of Coors Light. (we actually did that 4 years ago with the help of some of his other friends too)
He didn't attend a couple of years ago when he got ill... (ALS), last year's rally got COVID cancelled... and this year, well, he's just gone.
Am I weird? Every time I walked by "his" spot, I kept looking over. I knew he wasn't there, but I looked anyway.
Ugh. I borrowed a laptop, printed off some pictures from the Net, stripped off some Gorilla tape and plastered a makeshift memorial to the fence in front of that shade tree.
I miss that "Yeeha!" yell across the gravel parking lot at the www.bmwsporttouring.com bi-annual Torrey rally. I miss that "Yeeha!" yell across the sea of tents at the Sipapu and Paonia camping rallies. I miss that grin and the annual "Hey buddy, how's Miss Vicki?" questionnaire.
Damn. I was really feeling it this weekend.
Hey buddy, RIP ....
SS