Labor Day Weekend_2014 There is a reason educators have a three day weekend only two weeks after school starts and this educator doesn’t mind admitting that my new job is kicking my ass. I needed time in the saddle to gain a fresh perspective that only the ‘thumpthumpthump’ of my Harley Davidson and the wind in my face can provide. I planned a trip for ‘somewhere I’ve never been,’ and as my niece Kiley likes to say, ‘Gee Aunt Debi, you’ve been everywhere.’ I remind her no, ‘but its on my list!’ Paul has not cruised too many Florida backroads so any direction I take him is fine (which is yet another reason we get along so well). I chose the interior of Florida because I just didn’t want to spend half the weekend sitting in beach traffic and decided I had never spend too much time in and around Ocala. The other draw was the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing; both Paul and I are race fans - consider it the need for speed - and I have driven by the museum a thousand times i
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