November and December 2009

With the temp's in the 20's during the day and 0 at night, Jim's been having a tough time keeping the fifth wheel thawed out. Poor guy! Went home to Baker after the motorcycle show to find everything frozen solid. The heat tape just couldn't keep up with the freezing temp's and him not being there for a few days to thaw stuff out on a daily basis.

We had a great time at the motorcycle show - spent the night with one of Jim's high school buddy's on Friday night and met up with a couple of friends on Saturday at the show. The drive to and from Seattle was uneventful. The roads were clear both ways and we only got lost a little bit, as opposed to way lost in bad neighborhoods kind of lost. Sat on the bikes and made "vroom vroom" noises so we didn't feel so bad missing out on riding this winter. It didn't help much though!

Jim has a new project. He traded one of his motorcycles - a V65 Honda Magna - for a 1964 Ford pickup. The pickup runs well and is now named Ol' Yeller. Jim's going to paint her John Deere yellow (of course) and white. But, not wanting to be short one bike he bought a Yamaha Virago. I think we have 9 or 10 bikes now....two project Fords....my Mustang....his Fairlane.....plus our daily drivers.....and a Toyota Camry station wagon for sale. Almost sounds like the 12 days of Christmas song.

We spent Thanksgiving in California with Jim's Dad and family. Jim got to tease and torture the nephew's. The niece wasn't quite ready for him, but next year, watch out! In his bid for favorite uncle, he grabbed a carton of ice cream and some spoons and sat on the living room floor with Lucas (the youngest nephew) and ate right out of the carton. Joshua needed his in a bowl.

Thanksgiving - 2009 - in San Jose, CA with Jim's Dad and family



Jim's nephew's and niece





1st Birthday Party



Proud Papa of a 1 year old



Brewing beer and fixing bikes




Jim's "new" truck. Traded a V65 Magna for it.



Motorcycle show in Seattle, 2009

It's Like Christmas...

We got the last of our stuff out of our storage trailer - everything except my Mustang and Jim's Fairlane. It'll be like Christmas when we start unpacking! Now we need to start working on our next 5....or 10....or 15 year plan. Who knows what's next for the Devlin's...............

Eastern Oregon Disorganized Ride 2009

On the weekend of September 19th, several of us got together for a disorganized ride. We had no plan, just a place to meet. We had eleven people, counting Jim and I.

Some of our friends in Baker City were kind enough to let us barbeque at their house and some of our other friends who live nearby came to visit also.

We rode a little over 200 miles on Saturday. The majority of the ride was on twisty roads. On Sunday, Jim and I and a friend from town rode part of the way with Brian, adding a little over 200 miles to the weekend total.

This is the route we rode on Saturday:

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September 8, 2009

Charlie, the hell hound:


Can you see me now?


This is what a bike looks like that has run out of gas on the side of the road:


We went to a wedding reception in Surrey, BC on Sept. 5. We left Sunnyside at 9 a.m. and got there between 3:30 and 4:00. We spent about an hour at the border crossing due to all the traffic.

On Sunday, we went to Richard's house in Abbotsford, BC. Had a great time with Richard and his wife, ate authentic Korean food, and met their son and dogs. On Monday, Richard escorted us part of the way home, in the rain and mid-40 degree temp's. We crossed at a little crossing called Nighthawk. The small border crossings are much better than the larger ones. We were through in about 5 minutes. We were in a hurry to get home so we could get Charlie from the kennel. We were trying to make it on minimal stops. Well.....that backfired on us. I ran out of gas about 2 miles from Soap Lake. Jim had to run into town and get some gas for me. When I made it to the gas station I told Jim to go ahead and go without me. I still needed to take a bathroom break and we were running out of time. Jim took off and beat me home by about 15-20 minutes. He made it in time to pick up the hound dog.

We had a great weekend, even though we did spend part of it riding in the rain and the cold and running out of gas. We got to see quite a few friends we haven't seen in a while and we got to make new friends along the way.

Here it is, September already!

A Pictorial Update:

Last weekend of August: Jim and Penny go dirt biking in the Eastern Oregon hills near Baker City:









The wild kitty we adopted many months ago is starting to get a little friendlier, and Buddy has a buddy:





Penny gets a new haircut that works curly and straight, and has to get glasses.







Jim and Penny go to Colorado the end of June to help in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.




Charlie is growing up:

Our Day at the Races

We spent the weekend at the World Superbike races at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. It was SO COOL!!!!!!!! Jim and I and a friend from Canada rode from Baker City to Peyson, UT on Friday where we stayed with Jim's cousin and his family. It was great getting to spend time with them and getting to know them better. On Saturday morning we rode to Tooele and watched the races, then back to Peyson for the night, where we were joined by two more friends from Baker City. On Sunday morning we all rode back to the races. After the races Jim and I and Richard started our ride back to Baker City. We rode about 1800 miles for the weekend. A great time was had by all.

Great Day Riding

Went for a short ride today around the area. Stumbled upon an old car show in Moxee, WA, then had a lunch break in Zillah.

What happens when boys go out to play.....