{"id":215,"date":"2008-11-01T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=215"},"modified":"2019-03-08T06:20:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T11:20:01","slug":"odd-but-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=215","title":{"rendered":"Odd But Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SQzgm5-uf2I\/AAAAAAAAA1s\/fiH19qXyGWY\/s1600-h\/Punkin2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 177px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SQzgm5-uf2I\/AAAAAAAAA1s\/fiH19qXyGWY\/s400\/Punkin2.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263829023492833122\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">It was a beautiful day today in Maryland and nearby Delaware.  I took a motorcycle ride to Bridgeville, Delaware, which was about 110 miles (177km) away, on the other side of the Chesapeake Bay.  The morning started out quite chilly, so I wore my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/gone\/wescobrown.html\">tall brown custom Wesco Harness boots<\/a>, jeans, and my thick biker chaps and, of course, my warm leather jacket over a t-shirt and sweatshirt.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for going to Bridgeville was to watch the World Championship &#8220;Punkin Chunkin&#8221; contest.<\/span><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SQzkl4GQzkI\/AAAAAAAAA10\/XfAUpuwVgy0\/s1600-h\/Punkin1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SQzkl4GQzkI\/AAAAAAAAA10\/XfAUpuwVgy0\/s320\/Punkin1.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263833403854212674\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">  At first I thought it was just a silly affair, but I see that lots of people take it very seriously.  They spend all year manufacturing what they call &#8220;machines,&#8221; which are large air cannons.  And I mean <b>LARGE!<\/b>  Some of the cannons were more than 50&#8242; (15m) long!  One-at-a-time, a team would load their cannon with a pumpkin, and charge it up to fire the pumpkin across a large field.  The winner, which will be announced tomorrow at the conclusion of this three-day event, is the team that fires a pumpkin the greatest distance.  Today, one team fired a pumpkin over 4,200 feet! (1,280m)!<\/p>\n<p>By early afternoon, the temperatures reached 75\u00b0F (24\u00b0C).  That is quite unusual weather for this time of year in Maryland.  It made for a delightful ride over the Bay Bridge and back, along Maryland&#8217;s uncrowded highways.  A beautiful day, a beautiful ride, great friends, interesting destination.  What more could you ask?<\/p>\n<p>Well, today would have been perfect if my partner could have been with me, but alas, his disability prevents him from riding with me.  I missed him a lot as my passenger.  But when I got home, he and I sat in the forest behind our house to watch the sun drop slowly toward the horizon, and I told him all about it.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  wear your boots, ride your ride, and enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a beautiful day today in Maryland and nearby Delaware. I took a motorcycle ride to Bridgeville, Delaware, which was about 110 miles (177km) away, on the other side of the Chesapeake Bay. 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