This is indeed a beautiful area Mike.

Hope the new year is treating you and the family well!

Life lessons worth learning always seem to take time and work. But always worth the effort.

Thanks for the good wishes for 2022. I hope you find happy days ahead as well!

May 2022 bring you happy days in the saddle. Cheers!

I hope it’s a good riding year also Jim. For both of us.

I’m glad I could share something pleasant. Hopefully posts will be more common in this new year.

Thank you for the good wishes. I hope you and your family enjoy the same.

Thank you Laurent!

You’re right Dom, I can handle whatever comes along. What choice do I have?

You don’t see many families celebrated anymore as people of science and letters. That sort of generational accomplishment doesn’t live up to the celebrity standards of today.

Retirement has allowed me to slide into a much more reclusive lifestyle, and the pandemic has supported that as well. I do enjoy time with others but not too many people and not too often. I seem to be drained quickly of energy around other people. Maybe I’m paying too much attention to them!

Be well and have a great New Year.

Sorry to hear you had to part ways with your Vespa. Dealers do seem to be harder to find, and service even harder. I’ve wondered if I’ll stick with a Vespa when mine finally dies. The nearest dealer is 110 miles away. I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Our local BMW dealer sells ZERO motorcycles. They look pretty cool. Sounds like a good alternative for you.

I hope you have a fine New Year and be safe on that new machine!