THE WEEKEND OF BEFORE 10/11/11
Took me until now to share what few people know about that weekend before Bruce's tradgic accident that took him from us. For many years prior I religiously attended a Biker event in Brooksville FL at the sertoma young camp campgrounds. put on by the Hillsborough county abate called "Spooks and Scoots". A 3 day memorial run and gathering of bikers to celebrate and remember the lives of Lost brothers and sisters. Bruce had never been to it and badly wanted to go. So we left Friday and camped out there. Saturday night they had the usual activities, a ceremony carrying two coffins to the stage with a man and woman killed by a careless cage driver. Once on the stage they step out with wings and speak to each about the accident that took their lives. Then get back in and are carried off. Bruce wandered away during this and I spotted him standing against a vendors booth watching alone off to the left part of the stage, then as it ended I looked and he was gone. I walked back to the camp site and he was there. He was sitting by the fire quietly and obviously moved by the ceremony but I convinced him to walk back up to the stage area because the band was ready to play for the usual "death dance" that always followed the ceremony and some people would wear masks and dress up in Halloween type costumes. I always dressed as a witch but this year I was a witch in mourning with a black veil on my witches hat which I thought was appropriate for a memorial. We even danced our first and last dance to a slow song! I have that picture. Following the death dance was the usual uncut "beauty contest" on the stage which he definitely enjoyed a lot! Later back at the camp site we were all sitting around the fire talking about our lost loved ones and Bruce interrupted the conversation and said.. HEY IF I DIE TOMORROW I DON'T EVEN HAVE DRESS BLUES TO BE BURIED IN! I shrugged it off and said, don't talk about that, you're not going anywhere. That was Saturday nite. His accident happened that Monday afternoon after he left my house around 230. My sister was visiting from new York for family support after losing her son to an overdose and finding him in his room the morning of August 30th 2011 and he left so I could spend time with her. We stayed up late calling hospital s police and everyone because he never called me when he got home Monday which was very wierd and not like him. She had to tell me he was gone when I woke up Tuesday morning after she got the call from my brother Jack. She sat me down on the couch and put both hands on my face and said look at me. Bruce is gone. I won't go into my reaction but to this day I'm haunted by his words Saturday night. He knew.