Comments on: Triggering Curiosity

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:13:37 +0000

If you like to stop and smell the roses it almost means you can’t ride with anyone else. And even if they are tolerant I can feel guilty enough that I just won’t stop. Guess I need to make a T-Shirt: “Ride Free, Ride Alone”.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:11:52 +0000

In reply to C. Thomas.

I was reading about a fellow with a Vespa GTS who still had the original brakes at 60K miles. I’m hoping I get that many myself.

Not sure what’s in the shack. If I had to guess I would say some left over parts for lysimeters — those cool devices that measure nitrogen in the soil. It’s a long story.

All the moonshine is kept on the other side of the valley.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:09:49 +0000

In reply to dom. I accidentally left the tachyon particle emitter running and it began to create a quantum singularity. I have to be more careful with that...

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:08:51 +0000

In reply to Michael B.. Thanks for the kind words about the pictures Mike. It's still a thrill to come upon scenes like that and have a camera with me. We have multivoltine species of Black Flies in Pennsylvania, or so I'm told. That means that have multiple generations in one season hence their persistence into fall. This year is really bad.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:04:12 +0000

In reply to Bryce Lee. I'll try to keep supplying some vicarious riding experiences Bryce!

By: Dar

Dar — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 00:01:48 +0000

I like the “curious toddler” handle better than dawdler. I am a moto dawdler and actually find it extremely frustrating riding with friends because they never stop and I see so many things I want to take pictures of and they find it annoying to stop. I have missed some truly wonderful pictures on rides like that. I love to cement the memories and document where I’ve been. I was on a road trip recently with a friend and we didn’t stop and I was disappointed, so on my way home I moto dawdled and took photos whenever the whim struck. I find it sac when people just ride for the sake of racking up mileage, it should be more about the journey and experiences rather than how many miles. Love your pictures Steve!

By: C. Thomas

C. Thomas — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 02:16:32 +0000

Hey, is there some moonshine in that shack to the right just beyond the Vespa in the 2nd photo? I like ALL the photos, but the angles in the first one are great. I guess you go through a lot of brake parts, Steve.

By: dom

dom — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:29:51 +0000

I like the look of the vespa’s headlight in the last picture……

By: Michael B.

Michael B. — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:33:38 +0000

Steve, beautiful pics, as always. The first one is especially visually striking. You’ve got black flies this time of the year? Here in Ontario they are usually gone by the end of June. We’ve got plenty of mosquitoes, though. Want some?

By: Bryce Lee

Bryce Lee — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 20:54:38 +0000

” Looking at this picture I’m reminded again at how little riding I actually get done because I’m in a constant search for things to look at which for me means stopping. Some riders make 5o miles in an hour. More often than not I’ll only accomplish 10. Or less. Someone once referred to me as a dawdler though I thought it more accurate to be identified as a curious toddler.”

All correct Steve. In fact if you enjoy what you are accomplishing, then continue. Consider yourself the carrier of positive vibes for those of us unable to ride a Vespa let alone any standard production motorcycle as all of them are “just too darned physically small”