Comments on: Freedom of the Morning Commute

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 24 May 2017 11:14:32 +0000

In reply to Curvyroads.

I am looking forward to the change. Trying to imagine riding without a schedule.

By: Curvyroads

Curvyroads — Sun, 21 May 2017 00:18:32 +0000

Wait till you can just ride, not associated with a commute.

I recommend it highly. 🙂

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 15 May 2017 11:08:23 +0000

In reply to David Masse.

I’m ready to turn the corner. The passing of time has speeded up this past week. Probably because there is so much to do. Once I realize it just won’t all get done before I retire the speed will change again.

By: David Masse

David Masse — Sun, 14 May 2017 10:49:17 +0000

If working life has its challenges, so does retirement. Adjusting takes time. I am just as busy now as I was before. Oddly, due to many circumstances, I seem to have less ‘me’ time, and that’s one of the challenges. Not commuting means riding less, and that’s another. The really good news is that it’s not like jumping out of a plane, it’s more like turning a corner. When you tally up the puts and takes, it’s definitely a win.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Fri, 12 May 2017 11:40:29 +0000

In reply to Mike.

Exactly. Kim, I think, has come to understand the idea of riding routes being slightly different than driving routes!

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Fri, 12 May 2017 11:29:38 +0000

In reply to Dar.

Ahhh, a Westfalia…. I dream of them though the prices have gone through the roof.

I took my drivers test in a 1970 Volkswagen Campmobile. It had all the Westfalia gear — popup top, attached tent. It proceeded the versions that had the nice built in stove and refrigerator. We used a Coleman stove and had a built in icebox. Would love to get another one.

Our oldest vehicle now, a 2003 Honda Odyssey van, is nothing like the Campmobile. It’s a luxurious thing.

Maybe when I retire I can start dreaming of rides yet to be…

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 May 2017 08:34:08 +0000

In reply to Dar.

Dar – good point. Perhaps the car commutes, makes me appreciate the ones on the bike? I’ll ponder that one – while on the bike! 🙂

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 May 2017 08:32:02 +0000

In reply to Steve Williams.

I explain it simply as: I took a motorcycle’s route home. Not being a rider my wife doesn’t get it but knows me. I can “run up to the hardware store” and neglect to tell her it’s one 28 miles away and not the one 3 miles from the house. 🙂

By: Dar

Dar — Thu, 11 May 2017 17:22:31 +0000

In reply to Mike Davis.

Mike – Don’t you think though on those days there might be a grander reason why you aren’t on the scooter/bike? I sometimes think there are reasons that I can’t explain that put me in my car and when I do ride the bike it makes it a sweeter more pleasurable experience .

By: Dar

Dar — Thu, 11 May 2017 17:20:43 +0000

In reply to Steve Williams.

My car is a 1998 Ford contour – I have dubbed it the Millennium Falcon, because it truly is a junker and there is absolutely nothing inspiring about my car or luxurious, in fact I find it depressing when I drive it. It is purely a utilitarian thing for me and I think it will never ignite a sense of adventure to take a trip. I am in the process of trying to find a vehicle that gives me a little more. I have a VW Westfalia, which I love driving, but it is too tall for the parkade at my work.

I think I will just keep dreaming of my last ride.