Thanks Paul. Lots to see and photograph in those places.

You can’t post photos but you can include links if you have them posted elsewhere — on your website or in Flickr, something like that.

Amazing how much there is to see. Pretty much infinite. When someone tells me “I’ve seen it already” I feel like saying “No you haven’t”. Riding stirs the explorer in me. Judging from your blog posts you have it worse that I do!

PokeGiggles. I thought that’s what people did when they see us riding a scooter???

No worries. Everyone who writes is familiar with the occasional gibberish that our fingers unleash.

I sensed the topic is something that concerned you. It’s interesting how differently we can absorb or interpret the same information. It’s like one rider looking out the window at snow flakes and saying “drive today” and another saying “ride today”.

Your comments have me thinking again about the difference between safety and risk. Maybe you’ve triggered another blog post…

Well, we’ll have to disagree. Seems to me there are far more concentrated gatherings of people already in existence to provide a soft target for terrorists. But who knows — anything is possible. Odds are though that the chance of bad stuff happening is far greater driving or riding than a terrorist attack. The media and our political leaders would have us think we’re at risk every second. Fear is great for job security.

I don’t know enough about Pokemon Go to comment on it’s crowd gathering capacity. Must be features I’ve not discovered that would draw me to a specific location. And my own personal leanings have me generally walking the other way when I see a crowd.

Thanks for commenting. Always good to have other perspectives on life and living than motorcycles and scooters!

I can certainly relate to the need for distraction and escape. The Vespa serves that purpose at times. Experimenting with Pokemon Go I find that for me, it might have me walking, but I’m not really paying attention to the world. The screen and whatever sudden discovery it may reveal keeps my focus. Riding is completely different for me.

There is a fun aspect though I have to admit Pokemon Go isn’t all that much fun for me. I’m already out in the world walking. And the little cartoon characters don’t strum any chords. As a retired Unreal Tournament player (Classic) it’s just not the same as running around with a Flak Canon or Redeemer.

Don’t see a return to games at the moment. Riding remains to fascinating…

you wrote: I’ve read that for some people the game has revealed to them their towns and communities. Just like a ride on a scooter or motorcycle.

That statement is dead-on. I didn’t know my own state of Colorado until the motorcycling bug came along, I’ve explored it now going on over ten years and there’s still more to see….the things I would have missed, the friends I would never have met….

It’s my version of the game. I collect PokéGiggles. No smartphone or app required.

The last sentence of my comment looks like gibberish. It should read…..” I read your BLOG DAILY and like it very much, but this SUBJECT hit a tender spot in my psyche today.

Dang technology and lack of personal editing skills led to this gibberish, sorry!