Weird Science? 2 Foot Tall Bird Lands In Middle of Daytona Speedway Traffic Jam!
Daytona Speedway? Bird uses cage as launch pad?
A sight to behold in the bright sunshine of yesterday afternoon, hundreds of bikes/cars in the immediate vicinity, 10 lanes wide, a two foot tall Florida White Egret landed right on top of the roof of a red imported car, not 50 feet from us, the driver never noticing that hundreds of people were yelling, pointing, & staring at his roof! The drunken bird (see previous DWF {drunk while flying} blog), landed, and kind of rocked back n forth for the couple minutes it took the traffic light to change, then ambled off afeather when we got rollin', probably headed for the nearest tall palm tree to snatch a few more fermented berries. At a buck a beer, ABM should be so lucky, but I had a space heater last night, so we can call it even. Never pack away the camera. I never seen anything like this before. That bird had to be smashed.
Bottom Line:
Basket sunburn cases aside, we've see bikers with a healthy glow. Bright sun will do that to ya. This may have been the coldest Daytona Spring Bike Week in 30 years, but the bikers took it in stride, riding to their favorite dives & hanging out, it's what we do best. Vendors with stuff like leathers, chaps, headgear, anything to keep you warm did a killer business. Hot Leathers was nearly sold out of some stuff. Food vendors selling "comfort" food like chops, legs, seafood, and sausage did well too. Prices of souveniur stuff like tee shirts actually went back up after the middle of the week, before dropping this weekend.
60 degrees and sunny over 80 degrees and rainy? Sorry. Got to go with the sunshine!
A sight to behold in the bright sunshine of yesterday afternoon, hundreds of bikes/cars in the immediate vicinity, 10 lanes wide, a two foot tall Florida White Egret landed right on top of the roof of a red imported car, not 50 feet from us, the driver never noticing that hundreds of people were yelling, pointing, & staring at his roof! The drunken bird (see previous DWF {drunk while flying} blog), landed, and kind of rocked back n forth for the couple minutes it took the traffic light to change, then ambled off afeather when we got rollin', probably headed for the nearest tall palm tree to snatch a few more fermented berries. At a buck a beer, ABM should be so lucky, but I had a space heater last night, so we can call it even. Never pack away the camera. I never seen anything like this before. That bird had to be smashed.
Bottom Line:
Basket sunburn cases aside, we've see bikers with a healthy glow. Bright sun will do that to ya. This may have been the coldest Daytona Spring Bike Week in 30 years, but the bikers took it in stride, riding to their favorite dives & hanging out, it's what we do best. Vendors with stuff like leathers, chaps, headgear, anything to keep you warm did a killer business. Hot Leathers was nearly sold out of some stuff. Food vendors selling "comfort" food like chops, legs, seafood, and sausage did well too. Prices of souveniur stuff like tee shirts actually went back up after the middle of the week, before dropping this weekend.
60 degrees and sunny over 80 degrees and rainy? Sorry. Got to go with the sunshine!
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