ride Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa Scooter and Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle. Sat, 29 Aug 2015 03:45:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 A Good Ride https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/08/a-good-ride/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/08/a-good-ride/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2015 03:45:31 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5102 Sometimes life chaotic, hard to read, wildly colored.  Just the sort of situation that begs a person to step out from under the wheel.  At least that’s what I was thinking while looking at this painting in the cafe I stopped for tea this afternoon.  The past week was on that canvas. With a half-day […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/08/a-good-ride/feed/ 9 5102 Doom of the Warm-Skinned https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/01/doom-warm-skinned/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/01/doom-warm-skinned/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:40:48 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=4439 No matter what lies I tell myself, how well I prepare, or how much gear I put on, I feel the burn of cold and ice, the doom of the warm-skinned man.  Another cold morning ride with the thermometer just below the freezing mark.  Without heated gear my behavior changes with each action weighed against […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/01/doom-warm-skinned/feed/ 10 4439 A Perfectly Ordinary Ride https://scooterinthesticks.com/2013/09/a-perfectly-ordinary-ride/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2013/09/a-perfectly-ordinary-ride/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:24:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=94 Every route into town is familiar, intimate.  Mental notes on every jarring pothole and road seam, trees dropping walnuts and osage oranges, hiding places for police cars and intersections known for drivers running stops signs and traffic lights.  If you ride long enough. Ride even longer and the characters along the road come to life […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2013/09/a-perfectly-ordinary-ride/feed/ 13 94 I’ll Go Honey! https://scooterinthesticks.com/2013/09/ill-go-honey/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2013/09/ill-go-honey/#comments Wed, 25 Sep 2013 01:58:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=98 I refuse to believe I’m the only rider who secretly leaps at the chance to go for a ride while feigning resignation and sacrifice in taking on an errand to a grateful spouse.  This can’t be a deception. This evening my ears pricked at the sound, “We’re almost out of coconut water”. Sure, no concerned, […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2013/09/ill-go-honey/feed/ 24 98 Triumph Thunderbird Conversion https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/10/triumph-thunderbird-conversion/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/10/triumph-thunderbird-conversion/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:13:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=388 In my dreams the road goes on forever. I gravitate towards empty roads and places off the beaten path. Standing in the middle of old Route 220, once a place of pandemonium and aggressive drivers, I feel at home. And also a bit surprised at how A few weeks ago I sat on a motorcycle […]

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