Looking Back 87/07

Before this year is over, I would like to mention something sort of unique to me. It was this year.... 20 years ago....that someone I miss dearly would do something that forever changed my life.

It was 1987 and I was over at a friends house when I got the call that I believe has put me where I am today. At the time I was kinda interested in BMX bicycles and the freestyle tricks you could do with these bikes. Freestyle BMX was very popular at this time but I really didn't care about popularity. What I cared about was my longing for this image, I could only dream of.
Saturday morning around 11am.... Dad called me and said it was time to come home. I wanted to hang out a little longer but as he proceeded to tell me his thoughts of taking me to the Honda shop to get my first dirt bike.... you better believe I was burning rubber to get home after I heard those words. I think it only took me about 5 minutes to get home... heck I probably even set the world record for pedaling a bicycle during that time but I could've cared less about anything except getting to the Honda shop. I don't know what sparked Dad into buying me a dirt bike but he basically formatted my life that day. So we headed up and came back with a brand new 1987 Honda XR 100. The first thing I done when I got home was cut a trail around the house.
After the first 2 bikes broke from torture, I had to give it a little rest but after I was out of high school, I bought another bike and I've had one ever since.

As I look back into the yesteryear's, I can remember going to sleep at night with my mind flooded with thoughts of riding a dirt bike. Wondering if I would ever get to ride a wheelie, jump a hill or whatever I wanted to do on two wheels. It's amazing isn't it... how someone can drastically change your life forever... all by putting his thoughts into action. That phone call in 1987 will be one I never forget.

In honor of Dad, I chose to run the number 87.... which comes from 1987. The year that forever changed my life.