The clock changed this morning with the departure of Daylight Savings Time meaning an extra hour of sleep and it wasn’t dark when I got up. With more and more mornings showing the temperature in the 30s — Fahrenheit — a change of tires isn’t far off now. Mounting the Heidenau K66 LT Snow Tex tires offers a lot more cold weather performance on the Vespa.
Love seeing the sun rake across Mount Nittany. After seeing it for over 40 years it’s still magical.
On the ride to work I was thinking about a lot of changes — moving Scooter in the Sticks from Blogger to WordPress, dropping the Google ads, writing more often, writing less often, improving my diet, exercising more, blah, blah, blah…
It’s not even New Year’s Day yet.
Surprised to see the big Honda Shadow on such a cold morning. A couple hours later every space was full of bikes and aside from my Vespa not a scooter in sight. But all that will change when freezing temperatures arrive in force. Not sure I can even stomach the idea of riding in the cold as I type this. Hot tea will chase away the weakness…
Nothing much changed today. One more picture of Saint’s Cafe from across the street. I wonder if I’m considered a regular yet? Haven’t received any kind of Gold Card or special access. The people know me by sight if not name. A few know about the Vespa.
So I sit in the corner and write in a journal, listing all the things I should change. The list is ponderous but that’s in the morning. At night, as a date with a warm bed nears, who cares about change.
There’s tea and a brownie with my name on it downstairs. Kim is searching for something for us to watch on Netflix. Or Amazon.
No reason to change anything right now…
It looks like a beautiful Fall day. Nice light on the front of the building. Interesting that you saw a lot of bikes out and no scooters. Or is it unusual to see ANY motorcycles or scooters at this time of year?
Regular reader, first time commenter. Thanks for your incredible photography and regular postings. I, too, am a winter rider of my 08 GTS, but here in Washington we have more…moisture to contend with. I admire your perseverance in the face of cold temps, I agree, there is rarely weather that is “too cold”, I just need more/better clothes.
RichardM: It was a lovely day and the frigid start quickly faded into a cool fall day. I was surprised to see so many motorcycles filling the parking spaces but soon they’ll be gone. Just not many riders in the winter here. Perhaps because it’s a University community and there are a lot of smart people…
Dear Regular Reader: Thanks for leaving a comment. Always nice to know what people think about posts.
Wasn’t sure if you are in Washington State or DC. Either way, you’re right about needing more/better clothes to ride in the winter. I don’t like being cold so I really bundle up. That can be a pain on some days because it’s a fight to get everything on. If the Vespa generated more electricity I might have more electrics. As things are now the gloves don’t even work. Need to check a fuse and some cables…
Hmmmm, missed this posting. Great pic of the sun-kissed crest of Mt Nittany.
Charlie6: It was impressive to see.