Les occasions de randonnées sont comptées.

Encore une belle petite randonnée de moto avec les Boyz ce soir. On se rencontre à 6h00PM à un Tim Horton, on prend un p'tit café et 6h30PM les moteurs sont en marche et on roule. Ça fait deux randonnées du jeudi que je suis chef de route. Je choisi toujours une route sinueuse le long de la rivière Rouge au sud de la ville. C'est généralement une distance de 60 à 80 km pour les randonnées de soir la semaine. Les fins de semaines, nos distances sont plus autours de 200km par jours.

J'aime bien ces rencontres, ça change le mal de place puis les gars sont différents de ceux avec qui je travail à tous les jours. En tout cas on découvre le Manitoba rurale et c'est intéressant.

A+

Chuck

Tweaked my bike exhausts

I was wondering how I could get the nice rumble of a Vance & Hines or Cobra exhausts without dropping $600 on my bike. Well I found the secret online. Drill out the baffle from the back of the exhaust and voilà. All it cost me was a 1 1/4 inch hole bit with a 12 inch extension for my drill and it was done. The rumble is deep at low revs but loud and throaty at high revs. I know the decibel level is still within limits but around cops I still keep it low.

I like the sound of my new bike and so far no apparent loss of power or fuel consumption. A few putt putts when I coast to a stop but that was happening before it just was quieter.

Salut.

Encore!

Ce n'était pas seulement que de la chance lorsque j'ai joué 79 lundi dernier. J'ai joué 78 aujourd'hui dans un tournoi du commandant de la base sur le terrain de Carman. Nous étions 96 golfeurs, il faisait froid et un vent de 25 à 30 kmh. Le parcour est seulement 5773 vgs, par 71 avec une slope de 109 et un rating de 67.8 mais il fallait quand même bien jouer pour briser 80. J'étais à 39 sur les premiers 9 trous mais nous avions commencé en shot gun donc du 16ième trous au 6ième. Et 39 sur les 9 derniers trous. Sur la carte c'est 36 front et 42 back mais je suis conscient que le 39 et 39 est plus réaliste. J'ai terminé 4ième derrière deux 73 et un 74.

Le pire dans tous ça c'est que l'hiver sera super long et qu'au printemps ma game ne sera pas aussi bonne.

Salut.

I finally broke 80.

We played QuarryOaks golf course in Steinbach Manitoba. It was 5672 yds (whites) par 72 with a slope of 122 and a rating of 70. It was an 0800 round, the temperature was 5 degC and the sun was out but clouds were rolling in. Doug Chess, Alex Lloyd, Sam Marcotte and yours truly. I shot 41 on the front with wet greens and a little bit of wind. The worst was the temperature and the fact that my back was stiff for a few holes. Double bogey, par, bogey, bogey was my start. 5 x bogeys and a Birdie after nine. The back nine was a lot windier and the sun was gone (temp 12DegC). 3 x bogeys and one Birdie on the back for a 38. I still have a grin on my face because I came close a few times in the last two years but ended up with an 80. This time, I finished 18 with a bogey for a 79.

QuarryOaks is one of the most difficult courses for me because you need to drive very good and put with the right weight (greens are stinking fast). I did all that today and was rewarded. This brought my handicap down from 15.1 to 14. Now I need to know if I can do this again, and again, and again... I'm playing Meadows tomorrow and I've never played it so we'll see.

Salut!

Chuck

Ride for Dad Cross Country tour rolls into Wing

Major Charles Halikas, Deputy Commandant of the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Studies, leads a group of military members on the 2010 Ride for Dad Cross Country Tour as it passes through Winnipeg and the Wing. (Photo: Sgt B Mcleod)

17 WING WINNIPEG, Man. � Gleaming chrome and a crescendo of revving engines signaled the arrival of the 2010 Motorcycle Ride for Dad at 17 Wing Winnipeg on Wednesday, the 18^th of August.

Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) motorcycle officers plus support vehicles escorted approximately forty motorcycles as they thundered north on Wihuri Road and into the Wing Recreation Centre complex parking lot where the riders thanked the Wing, WPS, and the sponsors of the Ride for Dad for their assistance and support.

Master of Ceremonies Wayne Rostad of CBC television�s On the Road Again fame enthusiastically informed the assembled riders, media, and spectators about the goals of the tour. The Ride for Dad Tour began when Gary Jens of Ottawa lost a close friend to prostate cancer. The tour now promotes awareness and raises money for two causes, prostate cancer and the Military Families Fund and General (Retired) Rick Hillier is one of the co-chairs of the Ride.

Colonel Yvan Boilard, 17 Wing Commander, gave a short welcoming speech to the tour, followed by Winnipeg Police Chief Keith McCaskill, and various sponsors. Mr. Rostad thanked the Wing Commander for providing the beautiful sunny weather in Winnipeg.

Following the ceremony and a brief lunch, the riders departed the Wing for their next stop on their cross-country odyssey, Brandon.