rural Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:52:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Pre-Dawn Departure https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/08/pre-dawn-departure/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/08/pre-dawn-departure/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:15:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=565 After almost a week of having to take the Ford Ranger to work I was ready to ride. Friday evening I exchanged the dark Iridium Visor on my Fulmer helmet for the clear one paving the way for a pre-dawn departure. I rolled the Vespa GTS out of the garage at 5:30 AM to a […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/08/pre-dawn-departure/feed/ 11 565 Morning Postcard https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/07/morning-postcard/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/07/morning-postcard/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:48:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=570 Kim looks out for me. Yesterday morning around 5:30 AM she wakes me with the words “there’s fog outside”. No matter how sleepy I am those words don’t fail to awake the rider and photographer. So I left for work early just so I could ride (I wanted to say ramble but I feel that […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/07/morning-postcard/feed/ 4 570 Habits of Industry https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/07/habits-of-industry/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/07/habits-of-industry/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:40:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=581 I read it on the inside of a bottle cap. “A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune.” Richard Whatley My parents gave me those gifts but I’m not sure I took them. Hard work over a long time has been my habit but […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/07/habits-of-industry/feed/ 11 581 Attitude Adjustment https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/06/attitude-adjustment/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/06/attitude-adjustment/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:03:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=585 I needed a long ride to adjust my poor attitude and outlook on life. Some things were chewing on me all week and I was seeing the glass as half-empty. That probably doesn’t happen to many people. I haven’t wanted to write, photograph, or do a whole lot of anything. Just a few miles from […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2007/06/attitude-adjustment/feed/ 14 585 Merry Christmas! https://scooterinthesticks.com/2006/12/merry-christmas/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2006/12/merry-christmas/#comments Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:15:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=644 Some part of me expects to find the landscape covered in snow on December 24rd. It’s hard to listen to Dean Martin on the radio singing “Let it Snow” or Johnny Mathis doing “Sleigh Ride” when it was 50 degrees and sunny yesterday. I didn’t grow up on “Christmas in Dixie”. The little kid in […]

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