As enticing as a winter trip in a warm place sounds a big project at work will keep me tethered until next fall. I fear my riding will be limited to one or two day events until then. But you never know…

I’m fairly serious. I think I could rustle up some Vespas in Northern Florida for us.

8-10 hours from say Jacksonville to Key West in the company of some serious Vespiti types. Maybe stretched to a couple of days to allow for obligatory photography and well-chosen watering holes. Maybe a NASA tour with MV’s Flordian. A personalized tour of the Keys by none other than Conchscooter, taking in all the most notorious spots. Then a nice ride back up the state along whichever coast we didn’t take on the way down. We’d need to fly into the departure point of course. Ideally in late February.

Food for thought.

I haven’t begun any real planning.

I wouldn’t mind riding a Guzzi for awhile. I really like the new V7. But then I like a lot of motorcycles. On good days when I feel good and am thinking clearly — I’m a Vespa man!

My poor memory. I knew it was a fine red Italian steed.

Maybe Paul needs a Guzzi so that you can try it out.

Steve, if anyone can mount a twitchy beast like that and get it behave like a Lippizaner, you are the man.

Sounds like a plan, or maybe a dream. Let’s see how things shake out and where the healing takes us! I know you’re dying to ride to Key West.

Paul has a Ducati at the moment but I’ve not wanted to ride it. I’ve been on those twitchy Hypermotards before…

She doesn’t know me too well yet. But she has a place in my heart already.

So far it’s been a slow recovery though I’m making progress. My biggest challenge now is to not undermine things but trying to push my back into service before it’s ready. I can appreciate how debilitating a bad back can be and all the while you look perfectly normal. Or as normal looking as I can be…

Thanks for the kind words. Vespa and adventure go together in my world.

I have a bottle of RoundUp.