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Meeting Pelicans on the road.
I am woefully lazy about taking photos when the good moments arise, but I got to hang with several CA Pelicans last week, three of whom I'd not met before. I just returned today from a 2k mile bike trip through CA over the last week.
Last Wednesday I met Denis aka Speeder for lunch in LA. I had met him before, as I always give a shout to the LA guys when I'm in town. Denis took me for a very spirited ride in his 996 along Mulholland and showed me around Larchmont, which I had never ever heard of before. Really enjoyed it. BTW, we ran into Jack Olsen's wife there while standing on the sidewalk. Small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it. That night I ended up in Santa Monica, where Nostatic (with whom I've hung out many times) came to meet me and Porsche-O-Phile made the ride on his bike up from Long Beach to hang with us. Very cool. We had a great meal, lots of bike and gun banter, just an all around good time. The next morning I rode up to Santa Barbara for some meetings and then over to see Dan Byers, who unnecessarily treated me to a much-appreciated, super Mexican lunch. Then we went for a nice ride in his awesome '71 Targa. Man, I hadn't been in a "real" Porsche in probably two years. What a rush that car was. Dan is a true mensch. I did manage to get a shot of his car and my bike.  I must have left Santa Barbara just before the fires started because we saw no smoke at all and the fires were all over the news when I sat down at the bar in Atascadero with Billyboy about 2.5 hrs. later. Billyboy is also a great, salt-of-the-Earth kinda guy. How many of you guys have ever hung out with a commercial fisherman? Bill catches and then sells live fish to Asian markets in CA. As my wife and I eat this stuff at least once a week, it was especially cool to meet a guy who goes and gets the fish for us. Great hanging with Bill and I suspect he may flee to AZ soon and join the Pelicans here. Unfortunately, I passed within close range of many other Pelicans over the next few days, but was with other friends and/or on a tight schedule. I rode up Hwy. 1 through Big Sur to see a friend in Mountain View.  Sunday I rushed to Sacramento for an early Monday meeting, which was cancelled at the last minute. My next meeting stood me up and the next two were ok. Then I hightailed it to Bakersfield for the night and home today. Once to Needles, CA, I got off the hwy. and took back roads all the way home. Just unreal scenery and great riding roads. I was doing between 90-100 for a lot of the way and didn't stop for photos. At one point in Rt. 60 in AZ I was doing 100mph, thinking I was moving pretty fast when four F-16 screamed past me at under 1000 ft. and several times my speed. Sooooo awesome. I had a warm fuzzy feeling until I heard my radar detector chirp a few miles later. But I made it home ticketless, saddle sore and a few friends richer. Come visit in AZ!
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Wow, sounds fun. Well done not getting a ticket too Rick.
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What I've been saying. You can curse someone all you want on line, but when you meet them it's very different. I've met a lot of great Pelicans.
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Rick, sorry I missed you. I actually had a busy schedule and my bird was ill. Let me (us) know when you come through again and I'll come out and meet you.
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Nice trip. Sorry I missed you too.
Next time for sure.
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I consider the people I've met through this forum to be my closest friends.
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11-18-2008, 11:05 PM
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Guys, its time for another Pelican meeting! Vegas or ????
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11-19-2008, 03:19 AM
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Yeah, we've been throwing around another Vegas UPM for a while now. Who's in?
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I've always enjoyed my Pelican meetings. You SoCal guys though, you have it good. Not many around my part of the country. I either have to sell them a car (Paul - Seahawk) or meet them at a salvage yard (Denis - Speeder).
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Count me in on the UPM!! What no pics of any Pelicans ?? ( especially the elusive MRS JACK OLSEN ?? )
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I was trying to meet a fellow Pelican the other day but he wouldn't have it. I saw a Pelican sticker on his Ducati in my rear view and I'm sure he saw mine on the back of the work van. Anyway when he pulled up along side I moved over to say hi and he wigged out and slammed on his brakes. Then he tried the other side so I moved over so I could hear him but he just took off like I was on fire or something. Weird dude, maybe the sticker was from a previous owner?
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Rick,
It was great being able to take a little time away from the office. Getting to meet another Pelican is always good. I am glad you made it home and enjoyed your trip. Thursday night all the way thru the weekend was a little busy with the fire. My house is out side the Santa Barbara area but my office had a front row seat as it were. Several customer and close friends lost their homes. Many projects we are/were invloved with are also now gone. Hugh, You are correct. I have yet to meet a Pelican that I could not have a beer with. Lots of great people on this board who are very passionate about a many things. To any one ever in the Santa Barbara area, my office is right by the beach and I can usually make time given a few days advance notice to have lunch, dinner, beers or whatever. If you ever just need a rest stop and some good coffee we have that also. Open invite.
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Dan, glad you're ok.
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I'm headed to China in a month for about a month. And Vegas is kinda cold in the winter. But anytime after end of Jan. is open for me.
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Only Porsche
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