missed Steve Rothstein, unfortunately. Good, free motorcycle parking right in front of the George R. Brown Convention Center and it was fully lined up with nice machinery. Kawasaki had a display inside that was mainly ATVs but they did have their 2000cc cruiser in the display area. Got lots of nice comments on the old /5 and had a long chat with some old guy who had ridden down from NW Arkansas for the convention on his Roadstar, but was now lost because he didn't remember where he had parked it. Dude, this is the big city, you've got to pay attention to that kind of thing! With the mandatory mc content taken care of, all i can say is: guns, guns, guns, guns, guns, reloaders, guns, guns, guns, knives, guns, guns, guns, old guns, new guns, guns guns guns...well you get the idea. todays highlights for me: two operational gatling guns owned by someone out in Kerrville. Really brilliantly designed machines to see up close and study the operation. 6 inch pattern at 300 yards and obviously mechanically very reliable once you saw the mechanism. nice booth with all kinds of artifacts from Custer/Little Big Horn several companies nice laser targeting optics for my AR as well as other weapons. i could have dropped some serious coin in a hurry. one company offers infrared laser for nite scope use, said they were being field used in the mideast with great success. how about ,000.00 for a competition pellet rifle? gorgeous piece of machinery, infinitely adjustable to fit the shooter. very nice hydraulically driven automated shotgun shell reloader, ca'tn justify it, but it was sweet. "Gunny" from whatever that tv show on militaria he does on the Discovery/History channel was there signing autographs. a Chevey Avalanche 4X4 with all the plastic parts inside and out done up in a pretty nice camoflage pattern was on display and for sale; ,000.00. i'll pass. Some nice leather working booths were there too, western gunbelts and such with nice tooling. i need to go back and see what they have in more detail. Tom Delay was the keynote speaker tonight and there was a sizable demonstration against him going on when I left. didn't see any anti-gun protests. Probably go back again tomorrow and see if there aren't some end of show deals to be had. I know i'm leaving out a lot and maybe if Steve made it and chimes in with his impressions we can compare notes.
