latin lupe lu: Thank you for your kind words. Glad you find something useful here. Be safe out on the road.

I don’t know if I am alone in this but I have on more than one occasion wondered how I would react to news like you describe from a physician. I’ve come to believe there is no way to predict. I know how I hope I would react but watching my parents and others has shown me unexpected strengths and weakness. Right now all I can do is try and be understanding and supportive when the opportunity presents itself.

I like to believe that I am doing today what I would do tomorrow after such news. At least within my physical abilities and those of time and money. I’m not waiting for retirement to arrive so that THEN I can start living. I’m doing what I want to do today.

It’s taken me awhile to figure that out!

I am presently unable to ride due to illness. I have ridden for over 40 years, until the diagnosis of cancer two years ago. The cancer is in remission however because I also suffer from a nasty form of Lupus, drug treatments at the cancer clinic are continuing and zapping my energy.
So motorcycle riding is out, and no scooter is big enough for me. Sat on a friend’s Burgman the other day.
My knees are so high they wouldn’t allow the handle bars to turn more
than 10 degrees in either direction. Nice machine, but for straight lines only? AAnd another friend has the loaded 250 GT Vespa, same thing, no room. Oh well, I can at least still walk.

Brent: I have to watch how much I read about the adventure of others. I can easily curl up and live vicariously.

rickrusselltx: I’ve read Lois on the Loose and was convinced that long, long trips do not require monstrous machines. An ego might, or requirements of comfort or performance might, but strictly speaking a trip does not.

irondad: Had I not been considering the possibilities that were demonstrated by you and Gary I may have parked the scooter in the garage all winter.

It is hard for some to understand the power of dreaming, especially in the workplace where it is so easy to gauge value by strict rulers…

orin: What a great video. It really does strike a chord with me.

conchscooter: I suppose dreamers come in a wide range of flavors from those whose dreams are merely pleasant diversions to those whose lives are driven by them. Desperation adds another ingredient to thought that could be good, could be bad, just depends on where it is applied.

For me dreams are tempered with situational realities and recognition of what I actually want to do and don’t want to do. As seasons change so do the situational realities and what was once a dream can turn into a reality. I’m always on the lookout for changes.

anonymous: Berlin to Fort Ord! That’s half way round the planet.

Harv: Nice.

kano: I’ll have to leave that ride to another. I can’t see myself doing that. Not enough coffee shops along the way.

chris: there is a vein of connection among riders. Not always as obvious but there.

sojourner: Exactly. I think fiction writers find it that way. Daydreaming is for non-writers….*grin*

Rush

Harv