Last Updated: Tuesday, June 02, 2009
In Memory of Allen Johnston
Peter Fountain’s pictures are outlined in RED:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=9qlckitr.8t0cycf7&x=0&y=-ba0lh8&localeid=en_US
http://www.peterfountainphotography.com
Papaboop’s pictures are outlined in BLUE:
http://papaboop.smugmug.com/gallery/8206853_2WhrP#536333023_F4uC6
As posted on RMH:
dp
sed May 13th 2009:
> We lost our friend Agua today to an auto accident in Oklahoma.
We met September 24, 1999 on the
3rd Vermort Run.
We became brothers instantly.
We rode tens of thousands of miles together.
I never felt safer than when Agua was leading.
I was privileged to know he felt the same way.
Every ride was an adventure.
Every ride was better than the last.
There was nothing he wouldn't try.
There was nothing he couldn't take.
He hated rain gear.
He was the Wasserkopf.
He was the Zoomie Asshole.
He was a true Southern Gentleman.
He was a good father.
He loved wrenching.
He loved riding fast.
He loved riding slow.
He loved riding in the mountains.
He loved riding in the deserts.
He loved good beer.
He loved bear hugs.
He loved guns.
He loved East Tennessee.
He loved the Vols.
He loved his family.
He loved Diane.
He loved me.
I loved him.
He's gone,
and I'm so fucking angry
and I'm so sad
and I'm so lost.
Banker & I left Sunday to head to Tennessee to do whatever we could.
We stopped at the Becker’s in North Carolina and then on to the Cabin
in South Carolina on Monday so we could be with the Patriot Guard
contingent that was escorting Allen from the airport in Charlotte to Tennessee.
On a recommendation by Bill Becker, we stopped in downtown Pittsboro, NC for breakfast.
Becker gave the Bacon Waffle a thumb’s up… so did I. Banker went for the Smothered Hash Browns.
At the Cabin… the groundhog sunning himself.
Meeting the Patriot Guard in Charlotte, NC
Notice from the Patriot Guard Forum
http://www.patriotguard.org/Forums/tabid/61/postid/1155140/view/topic/Default.aspx
This is how BMW riders make friends with Harley riders.
At the airport getting ready to escort Allen to Tennessee.
MPGs
Escort from the Charlotte Airport to Tennessee.
Gas stop on I-26 in Henderson, NC
Interview with the Road Captain John Landmine Collins, from the Patriot Guard
Leaving gas stop in Henderson.
At the Comfort Inn, in Johnson City, TN (Rude Olf and Ghost’s Vector)
Weaver Funeral Home
630 Locust Street
Bristol, TN 37620
Patriot Guard standing watch.
Len, Wild Flower, Ghost, Papaboop
Banker, Wild Flower, Ghost
TL, Sue, Android
Len, Banker
Mitch, Linder
Linder got carded by Flipper. Pete, Banker Papaboop
Andriod, Ghost, Laurel, Mitch
Android, Ghost, Laurel, Mitch, Wild Flower, Len Linder, Pete, Banker, Papaboop
Android in Hotel Parking Lot – Banker, Android, TL, Sue, Chuck
(not pictured, Larry from East TN, Mitch, Ghost)
Papaboop lead with his rental car.
Dave (Dukes Sheep), Steve Mather – Wild Flower, Dave (Dukes Sheep), Steve Mather, TL
Diane, Laurel, Linder
Back in South Carolina
Banker, Chuck, Ghost at the main part of Lake Robinson
At the Becker’s in North Carolina
Ghost and Becker looking for loose change from Chuck
Banker’s seen Deliverance, he thinks it’s some kind of “Southern Mating Event”
Ghost is pointing to his preference to the “Southern Mating Event”.
Chuck, Laurel, Banker, Becker, Ghost
On our way to MAMMARY, Ghost thought it was time to clean his bike.
He normally only uses brushless car washes… but this *is* North Carolina,
and you have to take what you can get.
He didn’t even tip the ‘custodian’.
