Just wanted to add a few picts of Chuck. Sure had a great time riding with him throughout the years. He really was a great guy, I'm going to miss him.
We spent three weeks together last October riding around Mexico. He had heard of a cool town on the southern coast of Mexico that he wanted to check out, so we did.
Hanging at our palapa in Mazunta
Chilling at the beach smoking a stogie
He looked for this meal at almost every restaurant we stopped at and finally found it in Tulum. It's a whole fish with the head still on it. We laughed about how it was staring back at him
Somewhere around San Christobal he lost his yellow tented sunglasses and had to buy this goofy pair. It was that or nothing. I laughed every time he put them on!
He bought from the local street people every chance that he could. Here he bought fresh strawberries while we were enjoying a really good cup of coffee
This place was serving some type of shrimp soup in a shot glass. We had to try it!
Chuck was all about "life experiences". We planned a few scuba diving excursions on this trip. He talked me into my first cave dive at Dos Ojos and also my first ocean dive which he said should be a night dive. I was really stressing on the night dive, especially since I'd never dove in the ocean before. He told me "don't worry about it, you'll be fine" "If anything goes wrong I'll be there". I think his ranger training made him fearless and he enjoyed showing others how to deal with their fears. When we were out on the boat in the black of night the dive masters asked us all about our dive experience, they (and the other divers) thought I was nuts to do a night dive as my first. Chuck just looked at me and grinned, he said "you'll be alright" with a **** eating grin on his face. Jumping into that black abyss and experiencing all that comes with a night dive was one of the most exciting things I've ever done. Didn't get any night picts but here's a few from the next day in Cozumel
Looking through old pictures I kept running across picts of Chuck working on everyone else's bikes. He was always willing to lend a hand. Sure bailed me out on a few occasions
Helping JT put the fire out
Blazing Saddles Raw Movie - YouTube
Just some random picts
Riding down the road we came upon a place where a local strung body parts from a goat all over the place.
Chuck had to get a pict of that
On one trip to Mexico Chuck decided to buy a fresh pineapple to cut up for an evening snack
Instituto De Idiomas, he said that he was a graduate
Sure gonna miss having him around, I like to think that he's still out there exploring the mountains.