Birds Flying Again

[RICK BIRD]

9-27-06 An Hour Before Sunset I Took My Ash For A Ride. I Could Not Take It Nomore So Me And My Frends Went To The River And Set
My Rig Up For Testing. As We Lifted The Boat Down The Rocks About 6 Feet To The Water Garland Powell And My Self Set It Up As Day Light Was Going Away I Felt A Nice Calm As I Knew I Was Going For
A Ride. Its Been Awhile And I Been Fitting With The Idea That I Was Not Going To Race Again. So To Make A Long Story Short I Got My Ride And It Was Fun And Fast I All I Heard In My Head Was The Sound Of The Water Taping The Bottom As I Rode In To The Sunset. Yes Im Alive And Fell Much Better Now Sence My Ride In Ash On The Main Channel. 9 Months After C5 C6 Replacement In My Neck, Wow Was It Fun. So I Guess I Want To Say Thanks To All That Have Given Me There Time And Words Of Encouragment In My Recovery. A Few More Test Times And I Will Race The Last Race Of The Year Yea.



Richard J Bird
Meanstreak/leftcoast Racing
83-c Fer/feh/ash

[STEVE FRENCH]

Wow,
Here's a guy that has been through a year of some of the toughest trials that can be handed a person.

Loss of a Parent
Loss of a child
Major surgery

All within one year.
All the time he has kept track of what is going on in kneel down racing through this web site. I often see him logged on.

I talked on the cell for while with Rick while on my trip to the keys in March. After hanging up I could not help but feel guilty that I was enjoying a vacation while a fellow racer was going through such a tough time..................

There are many of us who have been through such trials but usually one at a time. Rick was handed all three at once.

Enjoy the ride Brother!.........See ya out there on the water....IN MY WAKE!

19P Were ya wear'n your Uncle Sam hat?

[csh2z]

Way to go Rick. Good to hear of your improvement. It was a tough year but you made it back, and as always in good spirits. Take care of yourself & see you soon. John 2-Z

[kws]

WWWHHHAAAAWWWhhhoo
Its great to hear you are back on the water !

[racerchic3z]

Rick,
Thats great to hear! I'm glad I got the opportunity to meet you at the nationals. Its great to have people like you in the sport. Keep up all the good hard work. Maybe I'll see you in the first turn of ASH next year???

Stacy

[26V]

Rick,

It's great to hear you are back in the saddle!
26V

[Jeff Akers]

Cool !

That's great news Rick!
Look forward to seeing you race at Minden

[ryan_4z]

Way to go Birdman!! You're one tough SOB.

[AOFoffice]

Thank you world!
This is good news. And it was right about that time I was thinking a lot about you as I was listening to the CD you made for me. I listen to it all of the time and think of you often. You are a great friend and inspiration.
Connie and the Payn family

[RLR]

Birdman

Hey Rick,
Glad to hear you are back in a boat. Missed not being able to call your name at Depue this year. Glad to see that Tony did well up at the AOF Nationals this year.

Hope to see you at Depue again with that 3 holer giving everybody something to think about. I hope that all is well and give it heck.

Ray

[79-0-DMH-Ron]

Back on the water

Hey Rick.

Great to here your back on the water. Hope all goes well and kick some !@# in your next race.

Ron Wright