Pac-a-Mac!
Published: 13th February 2008
Author: Billy MacKenzie
Billy packs his travel bags as he scoots from France to Belgium and then to Florida
From my skiing trip to France I took a ***tty trip to
Belgium before heading to sunny Florida, things are flat out right now in preparation
for the season ahead but it's going really well this time around – no broken
bones so far (touch wood)!
I've been out here a week and I haven’t even thought of home once – I ain’t missing it at all! While I was writing this I heard there’s snow all over the UK at the moment. Rather you guys than me – I could get used to this American lifestyle.
The tracks here are lovely and you can ride for as long as you want for $25 – that’s like 12 pound 50! There are no 20 minute sessions either and no big or small groups – everyone just goes out together and it works well. People in Britain are too scared it seems – it’s like there are rules for breathing in Britain! You can’t do anything there without getting into trouble - it ***ses me right off! Everyone should relax! William says RELAX!
Another thing I like out here is that you can pass in any lane! So when you have some woman in front of you in the outside lane doing 70mph you can undertake her at 120 – perfect!
On my days off I have been getting all tourist and I've already been to Universal Studios, Sea World and Wet n’ Wild! The last time I was at Wet n’ Wild was like over 10 years ago – the place just looks miniature now. It’s a bit of a let down because I was well excited about going again – I seem to remember the lazy river being massive but now I can get around it in under a minute! It sucks.
After we left Wet n’ Wild we went to the sky diving simulator thingy with the big turbine – now that was cool! If only they had one of them at the gym because they’re so good for core fitness!
The riding is going amazing too and the Honda is just feeling so awesome. I'm riding five days a week and normally when I ride that much I get bored of it but every day I’ve been out has been a blast and I'm always learning something new. I'm out here with my mate Keith – he rides the TTs at home – and Prince Charming (Neil Prince).
I rode a 40 minute moto with my iPod on the other day and it was wicked! When I first started off I couldn’t even hear the bike but sure enough the bumps and jumps made the ear phones come loose and all I had was an echo of Kings of Leon but it was still cool. Eventually though my iPod came loose and I had to pull over at the 35 minute mark to give it to Princey.
I told Bry about it on a text message and the reply I got was 'yeah well I've been on an hour and a half cycle today with my iPod and all I could hear was wind and a bass line!' - I thought that was pretty funny.
I went to Disney yesterday and I got my picture taken with Goofy, Chip (or maybe Dale) and Woody from Toy Story! I wanted more but it seems they didn’t want their pictures taken with me – just the kids. Today I'm off to the Epcot center because I'm a total geek for space stuff – I love all that.
There are so many awesome cars over here and I love the pick-up trucks the most! Well actually they are the only cool ones apart from the occasional mustang – they’re all fuel guzzling monsters and you will never find a 1.6 litre car over here that’s for sure! The fuel prices are unreal – three dollars a gallon! A gallon is four and a half litres and you get two dollars to every pound so you do the math – it’s cheap like the budgie.
Sorry there aren't more funny stories but it’s all work, work, work at the moment and I'll have something for you next time. Check out my Myspace for pictures - www.myspace.com/billymac211