January 10 - Wild Turkey Tavern

Another great day started with breakfast for ten at the Strawberry Palace. We then set off towards Agricola where Bill and Boyd could blow the carbon out of the Beauty and the Beast. From there, we worked our way via back roads through Lake Buffum, Babson Park, Frostproof, Avon Park and Sebring. We then headed north on 27 to the Wild Turkey Tavern. See Bill's Blog for pictures and more info.

Shortly after lunch, the group broke up into three different groups who headed for home on different routes. Boyd and I headed for Lakeland to check a couple of dealers for some saddlebags for Boyd's V-Max. I think he is getting tired of the backpack. We first stopped at Fun Bike Center then, finding nothing there, we headed for Sky Powersports. The real story about these stops, at least for me, was not the search for saddlebags. Rather, it was the change in my status. I have become used to everybody admiring and asking questions about my Wing so I was totaly unprepared for my new role as background to Boyd's V-Max. I mean, I was totally ignored, unimportant, invisible. Some confused soul did ask me once if the V-Max was mine, but my denial had not yet died in the air before he rushed to question Boyd about his machine. Now I know that this was the first 2009 V-Max that any of them had seen, but that does not excuse their total lack of interest in me or my Wing. Boyd can't even carry a change of socks on that thing! Boyd tells me that I'll have to get used to the feeling. I hope not.

Gunny