I just found out another person I know,,, and who had also become friends with a fellow "Moonshiner" down in Texas died...
Dave Handley grew up in the Casey area,,, and "Runner/Barb" from the MTF site had started a friendship and she discovered that Dave was from Casey!!! She told him about being in Casey and the Moonshine Run and they had a great laugh over that!!!
Barb just let me know about Handleys death and thoughts of Dave came streaming back to me as the news hit Barb,,, just like I was hit last year when I found out about Jackpine Savage/David...
This is my Vent/Post over on the MTF site...
http://forums.delphiforums.com/mctourer/messages/?msg=27315.1
I still think of Jackpine often and miss him...
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Good Lord!!!
I had just Sunday asked some Handleys if they were related to Dave and they were... They told me about him and the relation swears I had talked to him as he was the same age as my sisters,,, and the relation had even hinted had a crush on my 1 sister... They were even going to bring me a picture of him so as to "Clear the Fog" and see if I remembered him...
We stood and talked about him the same,,, day,,, he died... 8^(
I am very saddened by this and it seems in the last couple of years I have known many friends/riders that are no longer of this earth... I started to write down the list of people but,,, I am not sure I have it in me right now to type out the names of people I was friends with,,, knew,,, admired... The thing is,,, this MTF community knows the names,,, and carries the memory along with me on most of the names on the list I have...
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I am very sorry this hit you like this Barb... I know last year I was to meet "Jackpine Savage/Dave Kruger in Galena at a RTE as I was leaving for the West Coast and he had just returned from the West Coast... We had talked about maps and roads to hit and he and I were very excited to meet up in Galena... I knew him from Moonshine and the ST-Owners.com site... When he didn't show I was VERY,,, disappointed but did not think all to much about it as the temp had drove a few away when it was almost 100 degrees that day...
I left for the West Coast without Daves maps he so much wanted to give me,,, and me without knowing he was killed days before...
https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16317
Days later I stood on the stone wall at Sunrise on the summitt at Glacier in the parking lot alone looking out at that beautiful valley in front of me as the sun rose... I had a prayer for all the riders/friends who had passed on,,, and I verbaly said,,, "They Now Ride With Me"... It was a magical morning at Glacier alone,,, as the sun rose and I proclaimed to absolutely no one in the parking lot but still I said it loudly,,,
"This Will,,, Be The Best Day Of My Life"!!!
Less than 4 hours later I laid unconscious as the convertible backed out in front of me and I had hit pea gravel and flipped my bike outside Eureka Montana... 8^(
We really can not figure out why,,, things happen,,, and why they happen when they do... The only thing I know is,,, to chesish the days you have,,, even if it is only 1 day... And you know,,, maybe that day outside Eureka was the best I could have had...
Live Every Moment,,, Love Every Day Because,,, Before You Know it,,, Your Precious Time Slips away...
I now know I have to go back to Glacier,,, again,,, and stand on that exact spot on the wall,,, and add 2 more "Daves" to my list,,, and also add 2 more that now,,, ride with me...
Sorry to vent but,,, I needed too...
Terry "They will ride with me" Hammond