Yup, I'm off to see The Palms Daddy... Seth Harwood!  He's a writer (and podcaster) of crime fiction and is on a book tour for his first book...  "Jack Wakes Up".  He'll be in Philly, which isn't TOO terribly far from Washington DC, so I'm headed up there with a co-worker (he'll be on his brand new Triumph Rocket III Classic, which he picked up last weekend) and maybe my friend Rob (he's still waffling).  It'd be cool if Rob can pull the trip off, but no biggie if he can't.  It'll still be better than two days at the office.

We'll be cruising up there on Wednesday to catch Seth's reading at Robin's Book Store, then we'll probably do a bit of bar hopping and just chill out with The Palms Daddy.  Then we roll back in Thursday.  I spent some time this weekend getting Blue Bayou (my Yamaha FJR1300) back in shape and she's purring like a kitten.  A big angry 1300 cc kitten, but purring none-the-less. :)  All of my electrical gremlins from the last major trip have been vanquished, she's got clean oil and fluids and she's loaded to go.  Can't wait to get some gears stretched out on the way. ;)  It'll be interesting to see how quick the Rocket is...  I've never ridden with my co-worker, but he seems like a reasonable guy.  I'll let him set the pace.  I just hope he doesn't think his 2300 cc hunk of British iron can hold a candle to Blue.  :)