The Holiday's Christmas and new years passed with out a hitch. Thanks to my wife Sherrie for making these holidays special to everyone.
A new Christmas treat was Sherrie made dinner for my side of the family on Christmas eve. The food was wonderful and it was good to hang out with just Boyle's for a change. Christmas was a fun day with the morning ritual taking place of presents being ripped open. Nothing off the hook this year as far as Car or Motorcycle, goes but it was still a enjoyable exciting morning. The kids and I had Sherries ring fixed that might of been the biggest tear jerking surprise.
.New Years was quite and fun. A few family, friends, and Neighbors who are friends. Stopped by to celebrate and ring in the New Year. Nothing to exciting but, I guess when it comes to New Years parties you kind of want nothing to exciting HUH!!!!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Went to the NOEC banquet this Saturday night 12/3/2011. Got my Plaque yea I have two screwed up knees chasing this Plaque but the important thing is I earned it. That is the important thing right??? Hum that's something to ponder?
At the last race of the year I took a fall and injured myself. I went to the emergency room and was released with a copy of my ex rays and the advise to seek a orthopedic doctor.It shows my right knee cap is broken. Dan is on crotches also from this race.
10/17/2011 (Monday)
Found a doctor Nichie in Lacy Twp. He said that I should of had surgery in the first 12 to 24 hours since this injury. He Scheduled me for surgery on Thursday. My knee is broke and he is going to put it back into place.
10/18/2011 (Tuesday)
Although the x-rays showed nothing in my left leg It keeps giving out on me and Dr Nichie prescribed a MRI. 10/20/2011
Surgery was a success and the doctor gave me the results of my MRI. It appears that the Meniscus is torn. So I'm sure once this right leg is healed I'll be having the left leg repaired. I haven't been to work as of yet but I hope to have a return date when i see the Doctor on Tuesday the 25th 10/22/2011
Saturday and it's starting to get old. Looking at the sunrise through the front window knowing I should be on the beach is a little depressing 10/29/2011
Went to the doctors the other day 10/25 everything looks cool. Hopefully they won't have to do surgery on the left (good Leg). On a side note Danny went to the doctor's with me and he left with a cast on the right foot it seems he has a couple of bones cracked. 11/09/11
Yea I'm still here here sitting on the couch. I feel good hopefully when I go back to the doctor in a couple of day's he'll let me walk again. I have to say that my wife has been absolutely great to me during this whole time. Thank you my love 11/23/2011
The day before Thanksgiving and I been going to physical therapy for about a week and I'm walking slowing . I think I'm going to make it through this. :) 12/4/2011
Still here I had a fall the day after thanksgiving and it scared me. I'm walking again with crutches and hopefully the other knee is OK. 12/18/2011
Went to my companies x-mas party two days ago. I'm feeling pretty good lately. I'm taking steps with out the crutches but only a few at a time. I'll fill ya in more after my doctors appointment on the 27th 12/27/2011
He's going in to fix the ACL and some other crap that's broken in the left leg. O-well here we go for part two 1/12/2012
The Doctor MR Jason A. Nitche went in on this date and put in a ACL from a ca-diva ( A dead persons part shop. Kind of like a human junk yard. ) Fixed my MCL by stretching a piece of calf mussel where the MCL used to be. Hey at least it my own parts. Then He cleaned up the meniscus. I guess that had a little tear in it.
1/21/2012
I'm here and this shit is getting old. I went to the Doctors on Tueday 1/17/2012 and everything looks great. Wow this is one painful thing to go through.
1/31/2012
Went to the Doc's last week 1/24/2012 he took the stitches out. So I've been home for the last week waiting for this not to suck as bad. Guess what it still sucks. Hell it's only been Two and a Half weeks since major freaking surgery what the hell do you expect. 2/9/2012
Well, I been going to physical Therapy since the doctors appointment on the 24th. I'm walking around now using just one crutch and by god I'm starting to see light at the end of this tunnel. Looks like I might be better just in time for spring. 2/16/2012
Hey man I walked up the stairs today danced a little yesterday. Yea baby I'm going to make it through this. 2/24/2012
Went to see the doctor today and he's letting me go back to work. So I'm signing off the post and moving on with my life / Blog. Wow this has been a 4 month injury. See yall later yea my work is done here.
Had the company picnic which really isn't a company picnic. It's really just the owners giving the people a break on a Friday and feeding everybody and there's beers also. It's kind of cool that they do this for us a few times a year.Then Saturday we went to seaside to watch Jessica marching in the parade.Sunday was apple picking I managed to get a little riding in and did some much needed repairs on the KLR and the ZRX. The KLR got a new old shock and the ZRX got a ghetto fan switch. Wait I might have the days all mixed up because I took off Monday and went apple picking Monday o-well what ever I'm not rewriting this. Peace out a fun relaxing weekend it was and that's good enough for me.
Friday was a nice relaxing night. Me and Sherrie went to the high school to watch Jessica in the half time show. She really enjoys being in the squad. Then we went and had (I know your not going to believe this) ONE DRINK at water street. I guess that's why I was able to wake up early enough to go watch the Sunrise at the shore. It was a little cloudy but the Sun rose on time either way. It's nice when you have to depend on nobody being late to ruin your date with the sun. If she's scheduled to be there ow she's there. I think I just prepped the motorcycle for Sunday's race the rest of Saturday. I some how managed this ritual as some type of man right on race weekend.
Sunday was the best day of the week the 8th race of the year was taken place at the Cumberland Fair Grounds. We raced this venue one other time at the beginin of the season so I was comfortable as to what to expect so I thought. It turned out the race was a mud feast. I got a great start and was running second the whole infield of the race track. I was quite happy with this even know I dropped back to finish 18th out of the 36th people in the senior class. My friend from my Job Doug Zeibro also races and I beat him and that made me happy along with beating Tony. I considered the day a success. All The Pictures
Friday night was spent at the South Toms River High School watching Jessica perform the half time show with the marching band. It was fun I'm proud of her and it was a social event. I seen half a Dozen people I knew there. Which I find pretty amazing considering I go through great lengths to avoid most people. Low and behold there was people there that I actually liked to converse with.
Went for a little ride Sunday with Dan, Tony, Rod and myself. Nothing spectacular just out for a little practise before next weeks race. Wait there is something worth commenting on. I'm putting a new tube in Dan's tire and I notice the tire is completely shot from riding the last race on a flat. Wow I need about 80 bucks for a new tire. Then my friend pulls up and hands me 100 beans he owes me. Thank you almighty motorcycle gods.
Off to the races we go again. I'm really enjoying myself this year racing with my son Dan and all the guys Matt,Joe,Rod. Keith and Kenny on occasion and now Tony joined in on the fun as well as Bobby. The race went good I got 19th place out of 39 riders which isn't the best result I have achieved but I felt like I rode good. The most important thing and I'm not going to lie is I beat Tony :) Today is Tuesday and I'm still very sore from the race. I guess your suppose to push it during the races. My friend Matt had a get off that resulted in him losing many positions in the last lap. He looks like he might of twisted his knee. We'll keep our fingers crossed that he'll be able to make the last two races. Here are the numbers and the pictures.
Went doing some dirt bike riding on Saturday and that was fun as usual. Then even know I had many opportunities to do cool stuff with my friends I elected to have a day just to chill out. I'm not very good at not having any plans. I was freaking bored out of my mind and it got worse as the day dragged on. I will never have a day with no plans. Next free day I have no chores I'm finding some buddies to go riding with.
Monday (Labor day) My Mom Dan and myself went to Monmouth park to bet on the ponies. We went up into the club house which was really cool. You sit up there have lunch and a drink and place your bets all day. A really nice time I hit a couple of races and dam near almost broke even by days end.
Yea we were suppose to get a blazing hurricane this weekend. I cancelled the trip to see a motocross race in Massachusetts Moto338 (Ronnie and Matt were the only guys to brave the storm) But that's another story all to its self. The storm was suppose to be at its strongest around Sunday at 6.
We all made the best of a wet weekend by playing in the water and rain as much as possible. Me and Dan went up and rode the dirt bikes on the parkway because it was closed to traffic. Then me and Jessica and Dan went riding the little bikes. It was 100 % more fun then when me and Dan went out on the big bikes. I think both of us truly miss riding with Jessica and Sherrie. We use to have a blast riding and when Jessica decides to go out with us me and Dan really treasure it. It just doesn't happen as often as we both wished. The hurricane was not as exciting as I thought it was going to be. You'll see some picture on the picture link of me and the boys shooting some pool as that was the extent of our hurricane party.
All the boys went out riding. I'm writing this about a week and a half later but I can honestly say it was a good ride with little drama. Little drama is a good thing in my world.
After I wrote this I get up to get a drink of water. I think crap my foot is still sore and swollen from my contact with the stump in the fire cuts that day I went riding with all the boys. See it's freaking always something. Life's bruises sure do heal a lot slower as the hair get thinner.
Then you went weee the wooo and you landed here I seen it all
We were all scheduled to ride this Sunday at 11am. The rain came and came hard all morning long. I was texting the boys and telling everyone I was riding no matter what. Well everyone seemed to be backing out and it was just me and Dan in the garage contemplating the ride. If everyone backed out and we're the only ones left should we ride in this mess or call it a day and go play monopoly. (Humm as we both muddled something about if we even owned a board game) Then the call comes in from Tony saying, "he's on his way and he has his rained gear". "Suit up Dan we're going riding" I tell him.
The rain seemed doable and off we went into the trail. Dan and Tony take off and as the puddle splashing commenced I knew it was going to be a different kind of ride today. The ride was short lived as Dan hit a rock in the trail which caused a day ending crash. We picked up Dan and the YZ and limped our way back to the house to hand Dan over to his Mom for further analysis. It was determined that a emergency room visit was in order and Tony and I were giving the go to continue the ride. We rejoiced and took off. The day was filled with a lot of fun splashing and sand blasting and all went well for the rest of the afternoon. Bruised ribs was the prognosis a painful injury but the boy will ride again
The worst funniest time I had was this weekend 8/6/2011. Yea that’s an oxymoron. Me and Keith drove his camper with a trailer in tow with our beloved motorcycles in the back. Both of us felt the need to take our KLR’s with us up to the mountains for the 13th running of the Quarry run dual sport. The big Kawasaki’s proved a good ride to go into town for pizza on Friday night but after riding the first half an hour on the dual sport Saturday we came to the quick conclusion that this was no place for our trusted over weight thumpers and our more agile husqvarna are going to be our bike of choice for this event.
The quarry run was some kind of abuse chamber that the club members seemed proud of taking us flat landers on.Showing us what terrain real manly men ride their motorcycles on. There was up hills that were just littered with motorcycle and frustrated riders attempting the rocky climb. There was down hills that were more of a stream then a trail and every conceivable challenged they could muster up to throw our way.
Ha, who am I kidding? I had a blast and a weekend that I want to tell and brag to everyone who is willing to listen.
Keith had 4 of his friends from NYC that he knows from the road racing at NJMP meet us in Hancock NY.Two of them road just Saturday Patrick and Marko and Ilya and Demian rode both days. They all had different levels of ability and it was a blast to meet and ride with such nice people.
Tubing down the Delaware was just what the doctor ordered to end a vacation. Jake , Teresa and their son Me and Sherrie and our two ( Jessica and Dan) The Bopp's and Katie Bopp. It was a lot of fun I have been conoeing down the Delaware before but I never just floated in a tube. It was a blast I always enjoy myself when hanging with the Bopps. You have got to love Ronnie's care free attitude. Check out all the pic's here.
My goodness over a hundred pictures for a 3 hour tubing trip LOL I am a Japanese tourist
Just got back from the family vacation. (WARNING no motorcycle will be seen here) The first day Saturday Dan and myself went fishing with some work associates. The kind of people you talk to on the phone but never see in person. Well one of these associates invited me and Dan to go fishing. I can't even tell you how much fun we had. We fished and laughed and really had a great time. Yea, I don't want to brag but here's me winning the biggest fish caught. Here are the rest of the pictures from the fishing trip.
Sunday we awoke to start the rest of the Boyle vacation first stop was ocean city Maryland. We had a good time there. I think the funniest part was Dan almost getting arrested at the Dew Tour. He sneaks into the Dew Tour then we ( His Parents) Get a phone call saying we're (We) being the Ocean city Police are going to arrest your son. It seems he jumped into a area he wasn't suppose to be in. (Just look at the video here).
Then we're off to Williams burg, Bush Gardens, and some water park in the area. The water park was easily the funniest part of the trip. Maybe because the temperature was into the 90's might of had something to do with that. We took a bunch of pictures and video. My favorite picture of the trip has got to be me and Jessica both taking A picture of each other getting ready to take a picture.
We made a trip on the way home to Luray Caverns. I really enjoyed this part of the trip. I wish we could of all enjoyed skyline drive on the way home but looking at the mountains is something I must realize is a Jay thing. So we took the more direct route home from the caverns and was home by midnight driving strait threw.
Dan had poison Ivy through out this whole trip. Never let it ruin the trip but wow was that a case of bad poison Ivy. If your that interested here are the rest of the pictures.
Last weekend 7/10/2011 was race weekend up in Berkshire NY. The ride up was a pleasant experience. Matt was in his truck and Dan and me were in our pick-up. We left around Noonish and headed up with no sense of urgency, We made a couple pit stops just to stretch and to get a cup of coffee. My type of traveling no hurries no worries.
Rod and Joe Lasko met us up there and we had a BBQ that Dan cooked. That boy can cook a steak. Then we just hung out drank a couple of cold ones and laughed for a few hours.
Check out how happy I am getting my plaque :)
Sunday was race day and it was a challenging course the NEOC set up for us. We all made it out with out any injuries or major breakdowns. Everyone did very well you can check here for the numbers. The high lite of the trip was I finally broke into the top ten and received a plaque. I have been 11th twice and have been becoming the butt of all plaque jokes. Well with that monkey off my back I can’t wait for the next race in Sept.
Samantha graduated high school so there was a shin dig up in fair lawn that require my presence. I decided to make a little trip out of this opportunity and took the street bike my beloved ZRX1200 up north. My route was simple, to head west cross the Delaware river by Washington’s crossing then up route 32 which follows the Delaware river. Cross back into NJ by Easton PA / Philipsburg NJ then pick up 519 north till it runs into 521. Then I was just too mossy along taking back roads west then south until I ran into 23. From there I took 513 up to 511 till I hit a road named skyline rd. That ran into 208 then down to Fairlawn. I did about 120 miles in 6.5 hours of taking it easy snapping pictures and stopping for an amazing breakfast sandwich. Then it was just chilling out by the pool drinking a couple and staying up way to late.
Sunday morning was a commute ride down the parkway home and nothing to write home about. In fact it was miserable and next time I think I’ll not stay up so late and make it a epic ride home as well. All the pictures here
This was really a fun weekend. First was Jessica's dance recital. I always enjoy watching her perform. I was having camera issues and instead of missing her dance while trying to refigure the camera I said, "the hell with it" and just enjoyed the dance. Then to celebrate we went to Seaside and visited Jessica's friends Kellyann and Nichole. I really had a nice day. Sunday was Fathers day. I woke up and took my doggies for a walk in the woods.Then me and Dan decided to go Canoeing. We put our canoe in where we usually take it out ( Western Blvd.) and decided to see if we could go all the way to the bay. It was quite easily done but next time we'll take a electric motor with us and try to make it to the bay then back up the Toms River.
Monday I played hookie and Dan and I went down to Melville so he could take his motorcycle lessons from Rick Lafferty's School. That was really cool and Fun. Dan learned a lot as well as myself. We'll see if this produces and better results in our harescramble races next month.
