Comments on: The Big Picture https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/05/the-big-picture/ Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 19:57:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/05/the-big-picture/#comment-8590 Tue, 27 May 2014 01:43:23 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=24#comment-8590 Hello Jason,

Thanks for the kind words about my posts to Scooter in the Sticks. Glad you find some use in them.

Your pictures reflect a fine landscape and ride. The black Vespa is pretty nice too. Tennessee has some fine riding roads and seems to not be so different than here though I suspect the weather might be warmer.

Riding without a plan is no easy thing. I feel as if I am constantly conditioned to have one, follow it, and evaluate success based on how well it was implemented. Riding the Vespa for me is a big “NO” to that kind of thinking. Glad you found a chance to try it yourself.

Love all the pictures. Have to add some of those places to my hope to see list…

]]> By: Jason Hancock https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/05/the-big-picture/#comment-8587 Mon, 26 May 2014 20:56:06 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=24#comment-8587 Steve, Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your images and words. This one, especially, inspired the scooter adventure I took this weekend. I made it a point to stay focused on the present allowing myself to take some unexpected turns with no scheduled stops to prevent me from appreciating what was in my current field of vision. That’s not something that comes naturally to me but it was certainly worth the effort. I have included (I think) a link to flickr set containing some shots from the trip.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22037353@N06/sets/72157644828983461

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/05/the-big-picture/#comment-8575 Wed, 21 May 2014 02:59:50 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=24#comment-8575 Len: Thanks for the kind words. It’s always funny to see how people respond to various posts. The ones I “labor” over go unnoticed. The ones I pound out quickly, (like this one) often generate more connection. There’s a lesson there for me I think.

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/05/the-big-picture/#comment-8574 Wed, 21 May 2014 02:57:46 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=24#comment-8574 Bryce Lee: I’ve not kept in touch with anyone from high school and don’t have any idea where anyone is. Guess I was sort of a loner back then too.

Junior tells me he doesn’t smell bad, he says he smells like a dog.

On bad days I think he smells like a damn dog.

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/05/the-big-picture/#comment-8573 Wed, 21 May 2014 02:55:31 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=24#comment-8573 Karlu: All the journals are just about dry. Takes awhile to get a bunch of wet pages separated and dried. And they grow in size. Don’t ever think they’ll be as compact as they once were.

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/05/the-big-picture/#comment-8572 Wed, 21 May 2014 02:54:10 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=24#comment-8572 Charlie6: Sorry if I overheated your brain. I just keep jotting down the stuff that comes into my head…

]]> By: len@RE-GLAZE-IT https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/05/the-big-picture/#comment-8571 Tue, 20 May 2014 08:06:58 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=24#comment-8571 Steve,
When I come here and stop by…..it’s always well worth it!
Regards
Len

]]> By: len@RE-GLAZE-IT https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/05/the-big-picture/#comment-8570 Tue, 20 May 2014 08:01:34 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=24#comment-8570 Hi Steve ,
I must say it and I know I speak for us all…..you are a fantastic writer and a really great photographer .
You really do have the ability to push life into your work.
Absolutely great.
Regards
Len

]]> By: Bryce Lee https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/05/the-big-picture/#comment-8568 Sun, 18 May 2014 19:42:53 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=24#comment-8568 It’s not so much the high school yearbooks, rather the experiences of those who graduated with your class where are they now or moreso how many are still living and breathing?
My entry year to high school here in my hometown graduated in 1962; for various reasons not always positive was not allowed to leave secondary school until 1967 when the system decided I was not worth retaining and was given the boot. Graduated but not legally.

So these many days past know some things…virtually 3/4 of all the graduating classes between dates in June 1962 and 1967 have left Canada for happier countries where
one may earn unlimited incomes with much lesser taxation.

Time passes; will you could be applied however it’s how we now are.
Just ask Junior, not after he takes a swim, dogs do smell eh?

]]> By: karlu https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/05/the-big-picture/#comment-8567 Sun, 18 May 2014 15:34:47 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=24#comment-8567 Hi, Steve

My post is far more common, but I think your scooter looks amazing, considering all the miles you put on it and considering the weather conditions you put it through. My golly, out here with the much easier weather, other than the sun, I think a Vespa might become the eighth wonder of the world! I realize there may be some oxidation hiding in unseen places on your scoot, but other than a few scratches here and there you must be very happy with the overall condition.

Too bad about your little flood, but you seem to have handled it well.

Karlu

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