Late at night, especially away from the lights of civilization, it’s amazing what you can see on a moonlit night. I’ve ridden on winter nights during a full moon over a snow covered world and you don’t even need headlights.

Hope your duties adjust to allow you the commute that you want!

I have to remind myself that I had a heart attack — I feel that good. So I’ll need to be careful to not slip back to my old ways of poor diet, lack of exercise, lack of sleep, not dealing well with stress.

Right now though everything still feels like a gift.

Thanks for the kind words too!

Then my duties changed and I find myself in the middle of rush hour traffic with new challenges. I miss the night at times.

That may well not happen for at least another
thirty or more years.

With the emergency surgical operation on your heart,
that ominous knock on your door has faded away.
Hopefully for a good long time.

You’ll look at not only your surroundings but at
your own existence differently than you have ever done before.

Youre a good man Steve Williams and may you
write and ride for a good long time yet.
(with apologies to Charles Schulz)

My night vision used to be great but my optometrist said the loss of that skill is because I have the beginnings of cataracts — yet another slap of old age to content with. Sometime down the road, when they get much worse, that they can be fixed and restore some of the vision. That sounds positive right?

Ride safe!

Thank you for the kind words Maestro. Maybe it’s the time alone on the scooter that allows me to think, or maybe there’s just an easy, intrinsic connection between riding and life. I like to think it’s the latter…

Thanks John. Time will tell!

With so many options on the Vespa — standing on the floor boards, strapped to the front rack, sitting on my lap, behind me, or on the rear rack, just how could a tub ever be needed!!?? *GRIN*

Steve, for now your granddaughter might fit in a bucket on the floor board of the scooter, but Dom might be onto something – a tub might be the way to go!