Hopefully, you’ll soon be reunited with your scooter and exploring the local hills. I marvel at riders who seem to be able to overhaul an engine on the side of the road. I want to be like that. I don’t want to invest the time and energy to become like that. So I continue to surrender my machines to mechanics and shops when service is required.

Sounds like a good plan. There are plenty of nice places to work into a ride where we can sit down and eat.

That’s what I was thinking. Lets take advantage of the situation Covid19 provides. We can take bagged lunches to any number of pretty and peaceful places. Like that picnic table near the power lines that day or Wycof Run or Marian Brooks, Bilgers Rocks. Or do you not want to go that far or that long?

Thinking about other riders going fast…. Perhaps that’s the ride that’s best for them. I try to ride in a manner that works for me. And usually, it’s slow. Often much slower than the speed limits posted. Fortunately traffic is often sparse. And my ego easily allows me to pull aside to let others pass. I don’t like feeling pressured to go faster.

Magnificent Vespa? Did I really write that? I had to go back and check and sure enough there it was in a caption. I suppose I’m still moved by the joy I derive from that machine.

Riding slow is a challenge. Something many, if not most, riders never even consider. Thinking about your comment on breathing, I find I match speed and movement in the winter so my breathing is calm and the visor does not fog. Definitely a form of meditation in which I attempt to control my body.

I suppose I miss riding to breakfast. There was something relaxing about the ride and the meal. I don’t see that happening again for a long time.

Until then, there are other ways to eat and drink on the road. Just takes a bit more planning.

A lot of ozone in that scene. I forgot to check the air quality index but we often get some pretty bad air. Ozone particularly.

I do love the mountains though!

I understand completely Steel. It seems my weather tolerance gets smaller and smaller. I can ease into the cold but it has been more difficult. And now the warm weather is growing more difficult. Before long I’ll be in the 35F to 75F realm. Still a lot of days but not nearly as many as when I could tolerate -15F to 105F.

As my father always says, it’s hell to get old.

Thinking about buying another bike… you never know what tomorrow will bring.

Yeah same. It took me about 8 hours to cover 210 km on a day. Lots of small, slow back roads, picture stops, … Saw many other motorcycles but mostly on the bigger roads going way too fast for my liking.