Danny Bishop scored a new (to him) Ducati Sport 1000 as an anniversary present from Audra (she's a KEEPER - Audra, not the bike...well, actually, they BOTH are). Angus the Westie put life in perspective by showing that what is a very expensive Italian motorcycle to us is simply shade to him.
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After a hearty breakfast at Abell's Diner, it was off to Morton's. Dave Cole brings up the rear on the Silver RT, while Tim Pugh is next on the GS. Red Sciarra's blue hack is next. Also aboard were Harold Sciarra Jr. and son, Cheryl Trossbach, Timmy Marum, Audra Bishop, and Danny Bishop. Frank Dawson and Mr. and Mrs. Crab were on four wheels, the latter because of the West Highland White Terror, Angus. More on him later.
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Audra Bishop on the way to the Morton's Open House in October, riding the Kwacker W650 and looking gooooooooood!
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What'd you think it'd be, a girl? This hottie comes to you from my buddy Mike Ward up in Wisconsin. It's a big upgrade from his old Honda Pacific Coast. I guess old age and disposable income do have their advantages!
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ST. COLUMBANUS of Bobbio, the patron saint of Motorcycling: has a feast day coming up the 23rd of November. Be sure to mark that down and observe the day appropriately. Perhaps we'll have a ride to honor this Irish/Italian Saint (sorta like our very own Red Sciarra). They're very similar: St. Columbanus fled Ireland to get away from all the lascivious women who wanted him there. He settled in Italy, where his miracle was to turn the equivalent of a six-pack into a whole kegger full of beer. I kid you not: check out the RELATED LINK below for more info (if you want a more studious version than the one below).
"The Vatican has officially endorsed an early Irish saint, Columbanus of Bobbio, as the patron saint of motorcyclists. He was born on the Carlow/Wicklow border in the year 543 ad, and died at the monastery he founded in Bobbio, in what is now Northern Italy in 615 AD, after many years of traveling around Europe. His bones still lie interred in his church there.
A handsome rugged kind of chap, he left Ireland to escape the clutches of lascivious women who were irresistibly attracted to him. According to the biography of his life written by Jonas, one of the many miracles attributed to him involved the multiplication of bread and beer, as follows:
"A while after, Columban went to the monastery of Fontaines and found sixty brethren hoeing the ground and preparing the fields for the future crop. When he saw them breaking up the clods with great labor, he said, "May the Lord prepare for you a feast, my brethren." Hearing this the attendant said, "Father, believe me, we have only two loaves and a very little beer." Columban answered, "Go and bring those." The attendant went quickly and brought the two loaves and a little beer. Columban, raising his eyes to heaven, said, "Christ Jesus, only hope of the world, do Thou, who from five loaves satisfied five thousand men in the wilderness, multiply these loaves and this drink." Wonderful faith! All were satisfied and each one drank as much as he wished. The servant carried back twice as much in fragments and twice the amount of drink. And so he knew that faith is more deserving of the divine gifts than despair, which is wont to diminish even what one has."
His Feast day is the 23rd November.
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