I should make a poster of your comment and post on the wall in my office and the garage at home.

I think a lot of people, riders included, underestimate the capability of a small scooter. They’re reliable, durable and can take on a lot more adventure that one would think.

I don’t like to think of a “scooter-less” phase in life. Glad my words and pictures can help.

Thanks for you kind words of support.

I do the same things sometime when I just want to get home or to some destination. With the exception of I80, most of our expressways are reasonably light in terms of traffic compared to I84 in Danbury. It is nice that the 250cc scooters are perfectly capable of that kind of travel when necessary. Though for me, and for you I suspect, that’s the exception rather than the rule.

Thanks for your kind words. I appreciate them.

Seems like I need to do something focused on trains and railroads. Certainly a lot of raw material around here for that kind of post. Hmmmm….

Two wheeled travel is delightful. Hope you find yourself riding in those New York wild areas soon. Great places for riding.

I’ve not tried a nickel on the tracks. Always liked the big round wafers from pennies. Sometimes it’s really hard to find them after the train passes though.

Thanks for reading my stuff here. I hope you share some of your riding experiences when you make it to the Adirondacks!

Not sure exactly why my writing has changed. Perhaps I’m just thinking about different things now.

The devolution of our railroads is a sad, sad testament to the lack of strategic thinking on the part of the nation. The political vision is measured in election cycles so long term planning just doesn’t happen much. We have a missing link in a four lane highway here. On a map you can see where the two ends are and thirty years ago you could have drawn a straight line making the connection. The state could have announced the eventual route and kept people from developing that corridor. Now they want to finish it and have to condemn and purchase right of way that is going to be extremely expensive. All because there’s no political will to plan.

Same with railroads, especially surrendering all those right of ways to private landowners. Now they can only dream of having those back to build commuter lines and such.

I remember the Tyrone Station. A big train derailment took the whole place out. The bus shelter was the replacement. Oh well.

Have been on vacation all week from work. Just hanging out and doing a lot of nothing. Sitting in the garden with the dogs now making this comment.

Had to look up “bimble”. What a great word for a leisurely ride in Ireland. And on a C90 no less. Lot’s of bimbling and adventuring on those. Nice to know the riding experience is more universal than not.

I’m even guiltier. I had to go to Danbury, CT. last week and while there are numerous scenic roads that run in that direction I opted for Rt. 17 and I 84 on the scooter. While the roads are fairly straight the scenery is quite attractive especially crosisng the Hudson on the Newburgh-Beacon bridge. Three hundred miles there and back and the Chinese 250cc gave me 79 mpg.