My next bike was a Harley!
And remarkably enough, it was the same color!
I needed a pick me up for a very bad day, and decided a Great Steak would do just that! I drove past Several local chain restaurants and remembered something I had been told about this place on Cleveland Road on the way out of town!
I pulled into Red Gables Mesquite Grill and thought the place was closed, but noticed the "Open" light was on, so I walked in the door to check.
I was greeted by Jamie Pribanic, Owner and Chef. I told him I wanted to look at the menu and would be back another time, an excuse I confess to check out the prices. After perusing the menu and talking to Jamie about most of the items, I was very impressed with his knowledge of both beef and Salmon,(my personal favorite) and his commitment to offering the BEST steak and seafood in the area! So much so that he is backing it up with a guarantee!
Jamie's daughter Athena (YES, appropriately named after the Goddess!) waited on me, I ordered the New York Strip Steak done Med Rare, baked potato and salad w/Celery Seed dressing made my Jamie himself.
The bread that was brought out was warm and tasty enough to be a meal in itself! The salad was a work of art and with olives, cherry tomatoes, sweet pepper slices, onion, croutons so fresh they did not shatter and you could actually stick a fork through them, and a perfect mix of greens. It kept me busy and happy while I waited on the steak!
The steak came out rubbed with a special pepper rub, again made by Jamie, and cooked to perfection! This is where I lack for words. After eating at Taco Bell or McDonalds you can't wait to have a mint, or brush your teeth! However, the after taste of this most excellent steak graciously lingers, and I find myself reluctant to do anything that might remove it!
I had the pleasure of meeting Jamie's son also, Joshua B. Pribanic, Executive Director of "The Erie Wire" an Online newspaper. Josh took a good close look at my Nikon D300 as we discussed camera's and photography, adding to my enjoyment of this dining experience!
Ok, you can waste your time and gas driving to Cleveland, or waste your dollars and High Volume Chain Steakhouses, but for only Two to Four dollars more than those places, you get a PERFECT Steak, Perfectly prepared, and all while enjoying the company of Jamie, Athena, and maybe you'll get lucky and meet son Josh too!
Jamie and Athena Pribanic
I ate like a KING, made new friends, and can't wait to go back to try the Salmon! See ya there?
Then stopped and had dinner with mom and then to Moose to say HI to the gang! Was just starting to mist when I put her away!
This is why I love Ohio! Wait 20 minutes and the weather will change!
Las Vegas, Nevada Harley-Davidson!
Eastern Harley-Davidson
Jess Roeder Highly regarded by Las Vegas Harley-Davidson!
His and George's one time Sponsor.
The wonderful Staff at Eastern HD!
The Great Staff at The Red Rock location!
BE SURE TO VISIT BOTH LOCATIONS!
Yea, I see how ya are Julie and Lisa!
That's why I love this bunch!
Bitter because it's the last event of this Chapter, and sweet because I was awarded this.... I was TOTALLY Blown away and surprised by this! My brother told me I was mentioned at the last meeting, but you know, there are just so may members that work so hard all year to make all the events happen!
And after having all day to enjoy this and ponder this, I finally realized that the reason it comes as such a surprise to me, is because I just enjoyed going to all the events, Documenting as much as I could, and ENJOYED this crowd of people and had so much fun doing it all that it JUST DID NOT FEEL LIKE WORK!
Many thanks to all the members of Huron River HOG!
And I did share this award with the Lovely and Wonderful, Hard working Linda Rowles! She was Great to work with all year as was the whole group of Officers, Volunteers and Members! Thanks again everyone! This club will ride again!
This Photographer Position DOES have it's perks! Meet Courtney, this is one of my all time favorite Wallpaper Shots! Gonna make a Poster out of this one!
And this is Nikki, they were bot working at Shifters for the Rolling Bike Night event.
Ok, time to ride! See ya'all Later!
Plans change! Will post the details here soon!
Ok, decided at work I was NOT gonna waste a perfectly good weekend of riding weather, after all, this is OHIO and the weather changes by the MINUTE! I rushed right home after work and packed up, made a few stops on the way out of town and pulled out of Norwalk 6 pm sharp! Planned on doing St. Rt. 60 from Ashland to Marietta, but when I got to Rt. 224, I remembered I'd ridden 60 to Loudonville quite a bit lately. SO, too Rt. 13 all the way to Historical Rt. 40 and was gonna grab Rt. 60 at Zanesville. Pulled over there to put cold gear on, yea, them holllers and valleys get cool after dark (9:30 PM by then) A local and fellow rider walking by asked where I was headed. He was adamant Rt. 60 was very unsafe for rider's after dark due to an early Deer run this year, said they are everywhere after dark! So I took Rt. 40 22 miles over to 77 and shot 41 miles to Marietta. Was in my room by 10:50 pm. 
Had a GREAT Pizza there, and while I waited for it in the bar met a great bunch of guys there for a wedding. A guy named Johnson sitting right on the corner with me actually went to Appalachian Univ. in Mars Hill N.C., which is my favorite place in the world! Talked allot and exchanged business cards! He's gonna check out my pictures on the web when he gets back to Upstate N.Y.
Anyway, up early and on the road by 8:45, ok, maybe not so early, but hit the Triple Nickel by 9:00 AM and 222 miles on the trip O.D., made it about 20 miles when I felt a "Snap" as I clutched, got instantly sick in the stomach, about 10 to 15 shifts later the big snap! YEP! On the Nickel with NO clutch cable! Rode about another 10 miles shifting without the clutch until I hit a little berg called Chesterhill at Rt. 377. Had to hit the KILL switch as it was a blind intersection at a main highway, and I had NO IDEA which direction to the nearest H.D. Dealership, and did NOT want to ride further from my S.O.S. repair center. Of course there was NO cell service, but a very nice local invited me to use his phone, and after calling 3 dealers found one in Zanesville with the part I needed. He said the truck was out, and he'd call back when it came in to find out where I was and that I was about an HOUR away from them! did the math, and that would make it a VERY LONG WAIT AND DAY AND TOTAL DOWN TIME FOR THIS BREAK! So, told the man when they called back to tell them I was gonna limp it there!
I worked it up to the intersection in gear on the starter, then when clear put in 2nd gear and pulled out using starter and hit the throttle about 1/4 of the way and after neck snapping jerks it started and I was ON THE ROAD again! Rode quite a way to Rt. 78 and on a major downhill slope hit the kill switch again and flagged down the big truck that had been following me for directions to Zanesville. The checked and had Cell service, so called Fink's H.D. for detailed instrucions how to get there, was still about 30 miles out. So got up 78 to Rt. 60!, through 2 lighted intersections without having to hit the kill switch, and rode the wonderful scenic Rt. 60 all the way to the first light in Zanesville, where I had to turn left, yea, right! Light DID NOT cooperate this time and in a 5 lane intersection did not want to sit in the middle trying to start in gear, so went left of center into the oncoming lane, down the birm and turned through the intersection w/flashers on and everyone looking at me like F***ing Bikers think they own the road! Made it to within eyesight of the dealer and was such a busy intersection, picture Sandusky at the mall! So two guys say me trying to get it started and into the intersection and ran over to help, with a little push at the right time got that baby down to the dealershiip!
Anyway, Fink's H.D. was GREAT! Fast and efficient! Walked across the street for some food while I waited and spent the usual on T-shirts for friends and such. Got back on the road at 2:55 pm with 295 miles on the Trip odometer. Grabbed Rt. 60 and rode it to 224 to 13 to HOME! I was home by 6 pm with 428 miles on the trip od. for this impromptu road trip! Home in time to unload, and hit Milan Melon Festival for Jim's Pizza Box TACO'S!!! Bought a total of over 36 taco's, about a third of those are in my fridge for the lunches the rest of the week! 
This is Jimmy with his little girl! I think I helped with her college fund this weekend!
As long as it's going for a good cause Jimmy and Pizza Box Crew!
How Many David's can you see here?
Yea, this is all I packed for an overnight ride!
Very cool old barn just miles before the cable snapped...
Told him we'd have to hit the road 0500 Tues. morning and he still said YES!
Hit the road and rode hard to the last Service Plaza in Ohio on 80. Stopped there to warm up, get breakfast and gas up. Never got warm, headed out and stopped somewhere in Pa. for 2nd fill-up, and finally got warm. That was about 1000 hrs. Rode hard some more and arrived at York Pa. at 1 pm sharp just in time for the 1:15 Tour.
The tour this time of year is abbreviated, as they are making the 2010 models and won't let you near them, but we toured the stamping, chroming, painting and lots of misc. areas and did manage to catch a glimps of a New Electra Glide from a distance. Then of course each spent the obligatory $$$ in the visitor center gift shop!
Time to hit the road at 3 pm, headed down Rt. 30 west toward Gettysburg, hungry and thirsty. Rode almost all the way when we saw a German Tavern/Restaurant and wheeled in ready for some good German Grub! ALAS! Don't serve betweet 3 and 5 pm! What's up with THAT? (A word about Pennsylvania Hospitality here. There IS NONE! Not once on this trip did anyone act interested in talking, being nice, or just plain courteous!)
Ok, now on down the road to Battlefield H.D. where once again we were snubbed. The Parts counter guy was very nice I will say that, and I only spent $3 there! On down the road to the first Motel, forget which one, but got a room, checked in, unloaded the bikes, splashed water on the faces and headed out (About 5 pm) for Food! Mike is great to take along on trips like this, as he can find the coolest things to do (Although he flew right by Hooters in York!) and we wound up having dinner at the Dobbin's House Tavern. It was built in 1776, used as a school, and is now a very nice albeit EXPENSIVE restaurant!
Where, we were again mostly snubbed because we were in our jeans and H.D. T's and the rest of the people were all gussied up like sissy tourist's! I KNOWWWW! Anyway, I was sure the waitress was just staying in Character (It's funny how when your on the road, a woman in a long paisley dress can still look HOT!) Anyhow, we splurged here, I ordered a Smoked Salmon appetizer with Capers, cream cheese and crackers. Then ordered Lamb Chops done medium. All of it was awesome! Mike on the other hand may have found this fine restaurant, and I thank him for that BUT...He lacked imagination on his selection and went with the Prime Rib. Awesome that it was!
We then took a little walk and just across the street was the National Cemetery, so we strolled in just a little before we saddled up and I led us back the the well chilled room! It was about 8:30 by now, and both of us running on about 3 hours sleep the night before, so we CRASHED hard!
Got up early the next morning, packed up, had a quick breakfast at the motel and headed out for the Cemetery again to tour it on foot!
This place is an awesome place to learn about history! And it is a very sobering place to visit! This sign sets the tone as you enter:
Long story short, we went to the Visitor Center, hit the book store and resource center. Then rode out to take more pictures of where the 55th Ohio Infantry took their stand.
Then off to downtown to eat at Lincoln's Diner. I had Grilled Salmon on a Greek Salad and, I think Mike had Gruel. Anyway, hit the road about 1 PM. took a slightly different route back so we could experience some good Philadelphia Rush Hour traffic and made it home threatened with rain but unscathed, about 9:30 PM with a total of 902.5 miles on the trip odometer!
As much as I hate being Repetitive:
Screw It, Lets Ride!
