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Date Posted: 11:41:50 07/21/04 Wed
Author: Scott Friday
Subject: Can't make it...

Howdy,

Lemme see here... Spent a few years at Alvin Community College, then a few more at Texas A&M to get an Aerospace degree, then a few more in Los Angles to get a Law degree. Nine years of higer education under my belt I decided to enter the "real world". Met my wife in '89 while co-oping for Lockheed in Clear Lake before graduating from A&M in '91. Spent two years getting the Law degree from Southwestern University School of Law. Lived through the riots and a few good sized earthquakes. Moved back to Texas in '93, took the BAR exam and got my license. Then I started working as an engineer with my Dad here in Huntsville. Got married in '95. Got into motorcycling in 99 and am horribly addicted. First kid is on the way and due Dec. 8th.

I now spend much of my time and effort organizing motorcycle rides and trips. I run a small tour company on the side, Backroad Motorcycle Tours, http://backroadmotorcycletours.com/ I also run a web forum for Texas riders called Two Wheeled Texans, http://twtex.com/ We have over 800 members. I spend a lot of time writing ride and trip reports for all the different events we do. You can see them, along with pics of my ugly mug, in the Story Telling Tire Kicking forum on the TWT site. My username is Tourmeister.

I have not kept up with a single person from our graduating class. Terrible, I know. But reading over that long list of names on this site really brought back memories. I have no clue what I've done with the senior yearbook so I can't look up the faces. I've always been bad with names but seldom forget a face and need help connecting the two. Isn't the memory the first thing to go??

Unfortunately, I only found out about the reunion this week. I will be leading a large group ride out into East Texas starting Saturday morning and will not be back until late that evening. I've tried to think of a way to make it but I just can't back out and leave everyone hanging.

I still live in Huntsville with Beth. Her folks live in Alvin so we get down there several times a year. Amazingly, I have never run into anyone from high school in all the times I've been down there running around town. Not long ago, I spent a few minutes wandering around the campus after hours. I scarcely recognized a thing. Most of the old familiar buildings have been torn down and replaced. It is much the same with the town. Nothing makes you feel disconnected from your roots more than revisiting them and seeing how much everything has changed.

I hope everyone has a great time. I truly wish I could join you to hear about all the things you undoubtedly have been through in the last twenty years. It blows my mind to think many of you have kids in high school!! I'm still trying to decide want I want to do when I grow up?!

So... has anyone else noticed that the years seem to be getting shorter and going by faster and faster...?

Feel free to drop me a note at scott@sfriday.com

Adios,
Scott Friday

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