Still Wandering

This morning finds me crammed into one of those big aluminum tubes with a hundred or more fellow travelers, all trying to escape the Minnesota cold. For me, the trip ends in Mt. Dora, a nice little Florida city roughly half way between Orlando and Daytona. The allure of Mt. Dora is a certain collector of old Triumphs, a number of which I hope to photograph for the 2011 Classic Triumph Calendar. And just up the street so to speak, is the slightly larger city of Deland, home to the J. Wood & Company’s Vintage Bike Auction, held from March 5 to 7.

In addition to the bike shoots, there are a couple of motorcycle people I need to see while I’m here, and of course there are all those biker bars on Main Street. Thoughts of Main Street remind me of the first time I attended Bike Week more years ago than I care to admit. Suffice to say I recall taking arty pics of the rowdy bikers at night with a Nikon camera equipped with Tri-X film (makes me wonder where those prints are?).

Would I rather be on a motorcycle? Yes, but on the other hand, I’d rather attend Bike Week on 4-wheels than not at all.

Who’s Workin?
It seems business owners large and small spend a fair amount of time complaining about their employees. Not me. No, because while I wander the world, Krista is busy processing all those orders that come in off the web site – and probably sipping a chocolate martini at lunch. Hey, as long as the books go out I don’t care.

Our first musical instrument book demonstrates the fact that you can build a very nice acoustic guitar at home.

And Jacki is thrashing away trying to finish two more of our spring books. Book number one is Guitar Assembly Basics, originally intended to be a fall of 2009 book, we finally have the book nearly ready for the printer. Book number two is another long-delayed title, How to Air Condition Your Hot Rod. I’m pleased to say both will be in stock (advance copies) by mid-April.

So order early and order often. Somebody’s got to pay my tab at Lollypops. Not to mention the Vodka bill from the local liquor store.

If you’d rather be cool in your hot rod, than cool on stage with a guitar, we bring you this new how to book.