A Shaky Beginning

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“This blog was written two days ago, Friday, March 2, just as the nor’easter hit and caused a blackout that lasted over 35 hours.”

My motorcycle adventure began today with a rather shaky start.  Keyboard Motorcycle Trucking Co. picked up my Indian Roadmaster, for shipment to New Orleans where I start my ride March 16th right on time, and that was good.  However, today is one of the worst weather days Riverside CT has had in months.

I have obsessed about this day for weeks, in a good way, so I was all over the weather situation and had the sense to move the pick-up location to an underpass where we could all stay out of the rain.  I dropped my Indian off last night, in good weather, covered it and added caution tape so no one would hit it.

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The underpass on Ferris Dr., Old Greenwich, CT
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My Indian Parked
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And wrapped with Caution tape

I went to bed last evening with the well being of my Indian on my mind.

I woke up this morning, as forecast, to a truly horrendous day.  A hard nor’easter had moved in bringing winds up to 60 mph, rain, flooding, and sleet.

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Rain, Sleet, and Flooding

Now to wait for the Keyboard 18-wheeler to show up, and it did with the very capable Melvin at the wheel.

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Uncovered and waiting for pick up
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Keyboard Trucking shows up – Barely fitting under the Bridge – Whew!

 

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Melvin getting the Motorcycle Dolly
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Placing the Indian on the Dolly

 

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My man Melvin Gotter’ Done

 

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All ready to be loaded
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On the truck
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Covered back up and ready to head to NOLA
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Saying Good By until March 16
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Paul Kramer’s award-winning and distinguished career is characterized by a long track record of building high-performance sales and marketing communication organizations. He brings a high-energy, enthusiastic approach to marketing that is contagious and produces results. His expertise is a unique blend of creativity, technical marketing analysis, and a keen business sense for strategic positioning. He has worked with some of the world's greatest communication companies, including Grey Advertising, Bates Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, D.L. Ryan Companies and Epsilon. He is skilled in all areas of marketing from both the agency and client side of the business. He is especially strong in strategic planning, global marketing, national brand & account management, marketing communications, licensing and business development. In addition, he has a solid thirty plus year management foundation with accomplishments in P&L management, intellectual property, forming and maintaining strategic alliances and building business. Mr. Kramer has documented successes in companies from $10 Million to $100 Million in size, with industries ranging from automotive, restaurant to consumer packaged goods and durable goods. He brings an unusually strong multi-product, multi-market background. The beneficiaries of his marketing acumen include Johnson & Johnson, M&M Mars, Cadbury, Toyota, The Stanley Works, Timex, Wal*Mart, Alcoa, Novartis and more. Mr. Kramer has received awards for his career accomplishments, including a Promotional Marketing Association Reggie for Global Marketing and a Promotional Marketing Association Reggie for Account Specific Marketing. Mr. Kramer is married to Catherine and has two beautiful daughters, Emma and Sarah, and his hobbies include tennis, motorcycling, and boating.

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3 thoughts on “A Shaky Beginning”

  1. PK, looks like great route and hopefully the perfect time of year to do it! So this is retirement… – TS

    Ted, wasn’t sure who Westport biker was.

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