passing away of a treasured friend

[crutch_imp]

It's midnight here (friday) and I just read the news.
Sorry I've missed all of the private messages, been busy here.
I'm going to try to make the funeral, it's 90 minutes from here.
I'll have to jet to get there and back in order to take care of my father.
At a loss for words.
He was such a nice guy, didn't say much at the rally.
I was shocked to learn he was 71.
He was polite and reserved, but if you looked up "physics teacher" in the dictionary you'd expect to see his picture.
He was a quiet reserved gentleman when on two feet, but when he got on his bike, is other side came out, he rode with a real passion.
On our last night of the rally, Empty Sea asked us what our interests were outside of CB1100's, Physics Professor hadn't said much all week, but suddenly launched into a long passionate speech of his love for astronomy. Part of it was his plans for viewing the upcoming eclipse. It's best viewing spots, angles, arcs etc.
He was a intelligent man of many diverse interests, only one of which was riding motorcycles.
Now I think he'll have a better view of the eclipse than any of us.
crutch.