It's the reason I ride "just 4 kicks". And it's a lot better than some other names I've been called.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

My last name is "Toye" and I'm a "boy"[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Its the nickname i was given for some reason..but its stuck for 2 yrs! and 88 is the year i was born

 

somthing like that. dont worry about it, i am on parole.

 

Lol, I have a Canadian friend and that is his answer to all the questions I ask him -- "Dun't werdy aboud it." [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

700reasons.....ride a 700 kawi and I have given my wife about that many reasons why I can not tell her what time I will be home when we hit the trails. There are no clocks when you are with good company and on the trails with the best past time ever.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

And Im one of his parole officers. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

My avatar pretty much sums it up...... I operate a Caterpillar bulldozer & belong to the Operating Engineers Local 139.

 

LOL! One of a few[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Hi Guys, I guess I’m finding this thread late after it’s originator PMed me with a request to add my handle to the list.

There’s nothing too mysterious about FloodRunner. For 19 years my wife and I have made our home in a flood plane area of the Wisconsin River. The big river is about ¼ mile wide here and the main channel runs 25’ from our front door. Our 3 acres and 160’ of river frontage is on the highest point of a one mile dead-end road. Our property rarely floods (never had water in the house) but current will occasionally cross the road between us and high ground, hence the name FloodRunner. I can coax our Polaris Ranger through about 30” of water but after that we have to boat from home to high ground a half-mile away where we park our street vehicles when the water comes up. It can make for an interesting commute back and forth to work, boating up the river in the 5:30AM darkness into the wind during a snowstorm at 17 degree temps. Our floods are usually from late March through June so we get a wide range of “weather challenges” to deal with.

Where we live is actually worse than flood plane. The Army Core of Engineers calls it a “floodway” and we’re zoned “flood storage.” Our location has made for some interesting stories over the years and spawned comments like “I always wanted to own an island, every now and then I do” and “it’s not just a home, it’s an adventure.” It’s a rustic way of life, for sure, but I’m livin’ my dream of a cabin in the woods, fishin’ out my front door and hunting out the back. There’s enough firewood here to last me forever. If it weren’t for the flooding and mosquitoes this property would be so expensive we couldn’t afford to live here. Lots of folks call me crazy, but I kind’a prefer FloodRunner.