Slimefest - the dry version

I met Hoppy and Patty in the a.m. on Thursday at the local water hole and we were off (I was anticipating official recognition as a slug - tho have been in the trench we call "Orygun" all my life) anyhow...off we went on a pleasant trip up through St Helens to Longview and up I5. I was impressed with Hoppy's ability to not let the line of traffic behind us impede his 53 mph pace (later Patty told me he had no speedometer - just kidding Hoppy!)

Earlier that morning I had lied to get outta work,…being a Forester, I could look the fella's I work with straight in the eye and tell em I was headed for a tough day working in the woods...then race like hell to get to my putt and bail to meet Hoppy (...Hey, I figure it was all in preparation for the lying I was expecting to participate in should I make it all the way to the slimefest!) Anyhow, there we were cruising up I5 when I look over and see two pickups with everyone I even THOught of working with - flipping me the mighty one fingered salute....heh heh heh...working? - bad break suckers!

So We ramble into a rest area where I'm standing next to the bikes and Hoppy's truck...and this guy comes rumbling in on a really decent knuck - looking meaner than shit, pulls up and says " where tha fuck is that Hoppy!"...I'm hoping this is Snarl cause otherwise I figure theres going to be a gunfight...it was himself - I had a smoke and Snarl had a beer - had a great time BS'ing there for a while but everyone was ready to get - so I headed south back to work and they headed north to Slimefest.

As I ride away I'm thinking "hey - I got a BS number coming...and all this shit about "slime oozing" was bull shit - this was a nice crowd"...obviously having lived in the slime all my life had made me oblivious to it - cause I no-sooner got that thought out - and looked in my mirror and couldn't even see the car behind me for all the smoke rolling off my bike!

Fuck! - (I'm thinking slime ????) I pulled over and soon discovered a goo all over my pipes...kinda freaked me out a little - but I soon realized that some dumb fucker (me) hadn't put the oil cap on all the way and ....yada yada yada - Spent the next 4 hours getting oil and a new cap when I coulda been soaking suds outta pie pans with the rest of the SLUGS! Looking forward meeting the rest of the brethren at the next tho

Came home drank excessively - but still wondering about that slime incident...

Schroede