A Day With Lamont

[BajaRon]

I spent this last Friday with Lamont. I know he means a lot to all of us. I am reporting here for all who care about him.

It was a very good day. He drove me around in his race ready Mustang GT. It was the royal treatment and he went way beyond anything that I might have expected. First, we went to see Jesus at Christ of the Ozarks. It was quite impressive. I hope to go back someday when I have more time.

Christ of the Ozarks

The Christ of the Ozarks memorial statue is 7-stories tall and is located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas on the grounds of The Great Passion Play.

www.greatpassionplay.org

Then we drove to the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It was begun as a hotel/restaurant. But has been various other things since then. Lamont said the pizza was the best, and it turned out he was right! We had their version of Meat Lovers. He made me eat 3 pieces!

Built in 1886, it cost nearly $300,000 at the time, which would be $103,396,595 today. Somebody had some very deep pockets!

The Crescent Hotel: History of The Most Haunted Hotel in America - Somewhere In Arkansas

The Crescent Hotel is the most haunted hotel in America. You will want to visit not only for the ghosts, but also for beauty, views, and fun.

somewhereinarkansas.com

Thank you, Lamont, for a day I will not forget. We are all praying that you will get better, my friend.

Ron (bajaron)

 

[TicketBait]

Awesome Ron, thanks for sharing!

 

[Lamonster]

I spent this last Friday with Lamont. I know he means a lot to all of us. I am reporting here for all who care about him.

It was a very good day. He drove me around in his race ready Mustang GT. It was the royal treatment and he went way beyond anything that I might have expected. First, we went to see Jesus at Christ of the Ozarks. It was quite impressive. I hope to go back someday when I have more time.

Christ of the Ozarks

The Christ of the Ozarks memorial statue is 7-stories tall and is located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas on the grounds of The Great Passion Play.

www.greatpassionplay.org

Then we drove to the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It was begun as a hotel/restaurant. But has been various other things since then. Lamont said the pizza was the best, and it turned out he was right! We had their version of Meat Lovers. He made me eat 3 pieces!

Built in 1886, it cost nearly $300.000.00 at the time. Which would be $103,396,595.00 today. Somebody had some very deep pockets!

The Crescent Hotel: History of The Most Haunted Hotel in America - Somewhere In Arkansas

The Crescent Hotel is the most haunted hotel in America. You will want to visit not only for the ghosts, but also for beauty, views, and fun.

somewhereinarkansas.com

Thank you, Lamont, for a day I will not forget. We are all praying that you will get better, my friend.

Ron (bajaron)

I just now saw this. Thanks again for riding all the way out to the shop just to see me. We've been friends since 1980 when I first met you and built a log splitter for you. That was the start of Noah's Arc Welding. You were a big part of that.
We have a million stories we could share. If you recall I was the risk taker. You had to make sure I liked the bike before you bought one.
I bought a Valkyrie then you bought a Valkyrie. I bought a M109R then you bought a M109R. I bought a Spyder GS then you bought a Spyder GS. We've put thousands of miles on all these bikes together. Looking at some of the old pics I have jogged my memory. What a wild ride it has been Bro. Glad to got to visit be before I go home. Your effort was noted. Love you

 

[BajaRon]

There is nothing in this world that I would even think of trading for our memories. Watching you almost get run over when you ran that red light on the freeway overpass with your M109R pulling a trailer. That was a long ride and I think we were in Zombie mode. How you managed to dodge all that cross traffic, Brake, slide sideways with a trailer, then accelerate into that tiny gap between vehicles. If I'd have been able to video that people would say it was AI for sure. No one would believe it was real. And ll I could do was sit helplessly and watch.

That was an amazing log splitter. We both learned a lot with that project. We won't talk about the VW BajaBug project...

I get grief about the turkey on the kitchen counter being photoshopped every time someone sees it. But we know it was all real. And it really doesn't matter if no one else believes us. We were there. We lived it. They can't take that away from us.

I'm praying that you stick around. But that may be a selfish wish.