Open Road Biker

Sorry about the lack of posts but I have been in Afghanistan. I don’t know when I will be able to post on a reguler basis again, hell I sure aint ridin’! Take it easy and keep the shiny side up and I will write when I can.

Well I got a new tattoo, my first to be exact. Tell me what you think. The symbol under the Eagle is the combat patch that I wear. Later on I will get a scroll, or banner under it that reads OIF 1, 1st BN 12th INF Regt. Click on it and it will make the picture bigger.

The funny looking specks are from the ointment.

I guess I am not too PC but there it is, Merry Christmas! Enjoy the holidays and wish all of you out there the best for the new year. Thanks for visiting Open Road Biker and I will have stories of my Christmas ride up this week over on my other site www.openroadbiker.net

See yall then.

Well the site has been up for one year as of about a week ago. It is not a real popular site but I do have a few regular visitors and I really appreciate you (you know who you are). I am still working on trying to provide you with regular articles and I hope the coming year will be much better. I want this site to be a great resource for all of the people out there who love to ride. I also need you to help make this a great community of riders, head on over to the forums and join and start topics and talk to each other, ask questions, and spread the word. There is also a place to upload all of your photos.

This year I had one contest and while it didn’t have many people join I am sure it will show a few people with a whole lot of miles. I may do another at the beginning of next year but I am going to have to pay the bills for this years contest first. That is another reason I need you to tell others about the site, the more visitors that I can get on here, the better I can make the site for you.

Last year at this time I had thought up what I thought would be a good name for a website. I had no idea how to build a website or even get started. I had a few guys who helped me out with a lot of information and technical help. The first guy was Dave over at 3D addiCt, he was a very big help from schooling me on hosting, where to get my domain name, to helping get the site up and running. He spent probably 48 or more man hours helping me with the site all for free. If you need help with graphics or websites head on over and hit him up. I am sure he will be affordable and do a great job.

The other guys that helped me out were Crash and ItsLasher over at BlazingPC. They both gave me great advice on the site, products to use, and just a lot of general setup stuff. If you need help with your computer or tech stuff just head on over there and ask them a question in the forums. I am sure they will welcome you.

One more guy that I would like to mention is a guy the call formed. He is a Marine that designed some of the graphics for the site. While they weren’t free they were cheap and he did a great job.

I also want to mention all of the guys and gals from SHAPE HDC, you will always be my brothers and sisters and I can’t wait to ride with you all again.

I just want to thank those guys and all of you that visit the site, without you this site would not be around or would have cost me a whole lot more than it did. I have probably spent a thousand hours this year working on the site, and while I will not be able to put as much time in this year (deployment coming up) it will be a better site.

Rochefort is a beer that I have always enjoyed. It has a great taste and is very enjoyable down to the last drop but to my disgust the heat has obviously got to this bottle. When I poured it up it had no head at all and the alcohol flavor is very strong. This isn’t how the beer usually is (I have had plenty of them). So I am going to go ahead and tell you a little about the beer but I am not going to do a full review of it because even though I know it is a great beer I need the beer here to taste to give you some of the finer details. I will tell you this, it is one of the better bBelgians that I had drank. Before finding this beer Chimay had been my favorite. Once I tried Rochefort though I had found a new favorite. It has a spicy, almost pepery taste that is a little sweet and it has a great finish. It is brewed in the Trappist tradition by monks in the the Abbey of St-Remy, in the southern part of Belgium. It was founded in 1230, and sometime around 1595 the monks began to brew beer. The beer is 9.2% ABV and is the “green cap” or Brown (bruin) variety. Here is a link to the Rochefort web site. If you will look at the glass you will see that it has the Rochefort name on it. My co-workers gave me that and a few other beer glasses and some beer to fill them with as my going away gift when I left Belgium (what a great bunch of co-workers!). I wish I could finish the review, I will when I can order another one from a few of the importers around. Until next time, enjoy your beer and please don’t drink and ride. I also want to thank everyone that visits Open Road Biker. It has now been around for a year. I hope we have another great year.