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Title: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: Texas Turnip on September 19, 2020, 06:31:50 AM
My plans were to make the Mo-Kan as Ace has been a long time friend, plus it is a mighty fine rally.

I finally get away from the Oleo Ranch at 2PM and drive my Toyota pick up to Talihena, OK. Get a motel as I can no longer camp since the wreck of 3 years ago when I had 15 broken bones. Anyway, I've had two back surgeries and am not having another as I get by good enough. I have to sleep in a recliner and usually get a good nights sleep. In the motel I could not lay flat on my back or sleep on my side. Tried sitting in the chair. Nope. So I had a restless night and a busted back. At 5 AM I decided instead of going another 400 miles to the Mo-Kan rally it was best I went home.

So y'all can call me a sissy and circumcise me with a pair of pinking shears for not making the rally.
Tex
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: delrod on September 19, 2020, 06:35:03 AM
Sorry to hear. Was looking for a visit
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: Lannis on September 19, 2020, 06:53:50 AM
Pinking shears?  OUCH!

Well then, until that old body gets around to knitting back up, looks like WE'LL come to see YOU rather than the other way round ... !

Lannis
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: Texas Turnip on September 19, 2020, 07:49:40 AM
Sorry to hear. Was looking for a visit

Doug,
I had a Alec Bradley 1600 Churchill size 7x50 Maduro cigar packed for you.
Tex
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: Guzzistajohn on September 19, 2020, 07:57:10 AM
Sorry you can't make it Ken, I had a couple of new jokes for you  :grin: :grin:  We'll give Ace & Barb a hug for you.
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: chuck peterson on September 19, 2020, 08:03:55 AM
A friend of yours, (r.i.p.) says...

“Hey, I understand such things...”


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photo by Steve Cote
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: BMCMOTO on September 19, 2020, 08:50:36 AM
I too sleep in a recliner because of back problems. I use a folding zero gravity chair when traveling on four wheels. These chairs are available at Cabela's and other outdoor type stores, Gander Mountain etc. They aren't my Lazy Boy but at least I can sleep. I am still looking for one that folds small enough to carry on bike.

Brian
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: Shorty on September 19, 2020, 10:02:46 AM
Time to buy a camper , Ken.  :wink: And a 3 wheeler or a scooter. Ain't no shame in it. Lots of us have been "cheating" for a long time. Ain't like you don't know how to haul a trailer, lol. 
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: travelingbyguzzi on September 19, 2020, 10:09:31 AM
Consider installing a recliner in the back of that Toyota and rally on!
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: John A on September 19, 2020, 11:53:50 AM
I won’t make it either, for the same reasons.  My world sure gets smaller as my ability to walk goes away so l understand how much completing such a trip would have meant.  I wish I had something wise to say but my brain doesn’t work so well either.
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: John Ulrich on September 19, 2020, 10:03:04 PM
Hey Tex,

I sure hope you can still make it over to the truck stop to make sure the "lot lizards" are wearing their - masks when making their rounds of the sleeper cabs!
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: jrt on September 19, 2020, 10:36:38 PM
Ken, you've been around long enough that you don't have make apologies. 
Respect. 
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: Tom on September 20, 2020, 01:00:32 AM
Bummer!
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: Guzzistajohn on September 20, 2020, 01:16:23 PM
Well, the MO-KAN went off great just like every year. The weather was perfect, and good time was had by all.

Doug and I did have a little excitement on the way north however (Cornelia, Mo)


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Doug went into EMT mode and I went to slow down the idiot drivers. Luckily everyone was mostly OK.

Made it home safe and sound. Those Cal-Vin's haul ass!  :thumb:
Title: Re: Mo-Kan Why I didn't make it.
Post by: Texas Turnip on September 21, 2020, 07:40:04 AM
I too sleep in a recliner because of back problems. I use a folding zero gravity chair when traveling on four wheels. These chairs are available at Cabela's and other outdoor type stores, Gander Mountain etc. They aren't my Lazy Boy but at least I can sleep. I am still looking for one that folds small enough to carry on bike.

Brian

Brian, Thanks for the tip about the chair. I've always had a tough back and it was no problem sleeping on a cement picnic table or in a ditch with a furniture pad for a sleeping bag. I drove for a company that delivered to cafes, rest etc. Sometimes I'd have a load of 40,000 plus pounds that all came off with a handcart. The company furnished a back brace. When I left the company the boss said it looks like the brace was never used. True!
Tex

JU, The lot lizards are having a rough time making a living. Parkay, she is a soft spread wants your picture as Buttercup, the high dollar spread, stole the other picture.

Tex