Galveston here we come!

DATELINE PORKCHOPS ICEHOUSE, POINTBLANK, TEXAS --- This would be the sheik, his military wife and a knife borrowed from a neighboring vendor. This Halloween rally was held in at a really nice multi-acre roadhouse and campground near the massive Lake Livingston, but the turnout was small. That's OK, though! We sold a tire and did some other work and made the nut, barely. I spent a hunk of time being chased by bees - odd, considering I wear nothing of scent - but the plus side was a lot of good marketing for us for Lone Star Rally in Galveston and Three Sisters in Camp Wood.

We met some great folks here. Rick and Susan are from Oklahoma and they sell really nice leather and other merchandise (I bought a great throw blanket). Deb, Harley Riding Woman who has been talking with us online via OFOPOS (Old Farts on Pieces of Shit), came out and she did very well seling and sewing patches and was wonderful about pitching what we do. She had so much fun she decided to come to Gavelston with all of us.

I pushed Don into buying a cool pumpkin chimi-ha-ha fireplace before we got here so evening visiting took place at our camp. Susan and I got talked into the wet T-shirt contest (yes, we had been getting loose) and she won! There were 20 year olds with thousand dollar boob jobs and my 53 year new friend won! Everyone in the bar signed her shirt, including two cops who showed up to visit a small situation.

We have left Porkchops as a group and officially become a canivale carivan. We currently reside in a nice campground a few miles from a giant ferry that we will all board and float to Galveston. The crossing is free and the boat men tell me our 23,000 pound, 60-foot rig will be no problem. We are a group that is Dings Custom Cycle, Deb the patch goddess and seamstress and Rick and Susan, leather and all things extrodinnarie. Rick is a great cook who made exceptional burrittos this morning. Another fellow Tim, who does his own drawings, also spent time at camp.

The Gulf is but a mere few hundred feet away. Our hearts go to the east coast folks who weather the storm.
 More soon,...Hol, Ding, Bob and Thumper