{"id":1451,"date":"2007-09-17T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T03:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltdrivebetty.com\/wyzwmnsworld\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2010-09-29T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T01:28:07","slug":"the-port-alberni-toy-run-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/?p=1451","title":{"rendered":"The Port Alberni Toy Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

the Toy Run was this past weekend<\/strong><\/span>
traditionally it’s the season closer for us….<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
once again I wasn’t able to ride….<\/strong><\/span>
it’s a wing thing (still in a sling thing)<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
so I drove up and met my friends at the arena<\/strong><\/span>
they told me that there was well over 1000 bikes<\/strong><\/span>
in the parade <\/strong><\/span>
<\/span><\/strong>
(later it was confirmed for me <\/span>
by the Toy Run Committee<\/span>
that they start counting when bikes arrive <\/span>
on the road to the staging area<\/span>
and they stop precisely at 12 noon <\/span>
– so it has nothing to do with registrations)<\/span>
but I digress….<\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
we stayed at the arena for about an hour <\/strong><\/span>
and then headed over to our motel<\/strong><\/span>
(we stay at a little motel on the strip <\/strong><\/span>
that loves us)<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
the motel is in 2 pieces <\/strong><\/span>
and the set up affords the parking lot <\/strong><\/span>
to become a courtyard<\/strong><\/span>
a party courtyard….<\/strong><\/span>
the motel supplies us with tables and chairs<\/strong><\/span>
and locks the gate so no one can mess with our rides<\/strong><\/span>
when we aren’t there…..<\/strong><\/span>
(we shuttle to and from the dance)<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
so there we are imbibing in beverages<\/strong><\/span>
and laughing like fools<\/strong><\/span>
and I look up to spot a new couple in our midst<\/strong><\/span>
my friend Kaz met them next door at the motel beside us<\/strong><\/span>
and invited them to join us….<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
I look at them and realize <\/strong><\/span>
with a big ole shock<\/strong><\/span>
that the woman<\/strong><\/span>
is my ex-blister in law<\/strong><\/span>
aka the bitch that ruined my bother’s life<\/strong><\/span>
for about 17 years<\/strong><\/span>
and if that’s not enough…<\/strong><\/span>
she hasn’t talked to their teen aged son<\/strong><\/span>
in 3 years cos he chose to live with his dad (my bother)<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
I am completely gobsmacked to see her there<\/strong><\/span>
cos I got 17 years of looking down her nose at me<\/strong><\/span>
for being a biker<\/strong><\/span>
calling me names and inferring that being a rider<\/span><\/strong>
made me inferior or stupid….<\/span><\/strong>
<\/span><\/strong>
yup…she’s definitely not one of my<\/span><\/strong>
favorite people….<\/span><\/strong>
<\/strong><\/span>
it occurs to me almost immediately <\/strong><\/span>
that should I not want to become <\/strong><\/span>
the damn floor show of the weekend<\/strong><\/span>
I’d best stop imbibing<\/strong><\/span>
<\/span><\/strong>
cos I really truly do have one or two<\/strong><\/span>
little teeny weeny points <\/strong><\/span>
I’d like to put across to this woman<\/strong><\/span>
(and I’d likely with the back of my hand <\/strong><\/span>
if I continue to drink)<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
so I pointedly ignored her….<\/strong><\/span>
no small feat in a group of 30-40 people<\/strong><\/span>
but hey<\/strong><\/span>
I R an Artiste!<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
later….when I went in for a shower <\/strong><\/span>
to prepare for the evening ahead<\/strong><\/span>
I sent the bother (who was in Calgary at the time)<\/strong><\/span>
a text message: <\/strong><\/span>
“here I am in Alberni partying with the bikers <\/strong><\/span>
and guess who’s here?”<\/strong><\/span>
<\/span><\/strong>
he replies: “”Dallas?” (who is a friend of ours <\/strong><\/span>
that’s been MIA from Port Alberni for 4 years)<\/strong><\/span>
<\/span><\/strong>
I reply: “no the blonde princess….<\/strong><\/span>
partying with the bikers”<\/strong><\/span>
<\/span><\/strong>
he replies: “divorce final, open season, <\/strong><\/span>
send in the big guns”<\/strong><\/span>
<\/span><\/strong>
I reply: “don’t need big guns….<\/strong><\/span>
I’m drinking alcohol…..<\/strong><\/span>
will call for bail!”<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
and that was one of the high points of my evening<\/strong><\/span>
well that and the water pressure<\/span><\/strong>
but that’s another story LoL<\/span><\/strong>
<\/strong><\/span>
as always….the truest high point <\/strong><\/span>
was being anywhere with my friends<\/strong><\/span>
my family….<\/strong><\/span>
the people that mean so much to me<\/span><\/strong>
that I can trust to not intentionally hurt me<\/span><\/strong>
who care for me when the chips are down….<\/span><\/strong>
them people…<\/span><\/strong>
ya know?<\/span><\/strong>
<\/strong><\/span>
I love ’em all<\/strong><\/span>
even when if they act dumb LoL<\/strong><\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>
anyway….when I was speaking <\/strong><\/span>
to the guy from the Toy Run Committee<\/strong><\/span>
I suggested that he should have <\/span><\/strong>
an award for the person<\/span><\/strong>
who’d had to drive <\/span><\/strong>
as opposed to ride the most often over the years<\/span><\/strong>
(this being my 3rd yr in a row and all)<\/span><\/strong>
<\/span><\/strong>
it was pouring at the time….<\/span><\/strong>
he suggested that maybe<\/span><\/strong>
most riders wouldn’t be feeling very sorry for me<\/span><\/strong>
as I got in the car and drove home in the rain<\/span><\/strong>
<\/span><\/strong>
ya think?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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