I bought my first Gold Wing in late Summer of 1994, a used 1977 - GL1000, that had set in a garage for over 2 years. I spent that Fall and Winter doing the forgotten maintenance on it, replacing all of the fluids, lubing all of the moving parts, replacing the rusted parts, and polishing what was left. The Governor's Run of 1995 was it's great debut, it's first offical day on the road. With well over 130,000 miles on it, it's still running strong.

In June of 1996, I joined the GWRRA. Since I lived in, or near, Bremerton, I was automatically associated with Chapter B. Even though I never took part in any of the activities, I was on their mailing and phone lists. In December of 2006, I officially joined Chapter B. Immediately after handing my application to Doug, the CD, he asked me to be the Chapter Photographer... which I accepted.

Since I joined, I have had more fun, gone more places, and have ridden more miles that I 'normally' ride during a summer.