wandering Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 03:55:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Just Wandering https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/just-wandering/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/just-wandering/#comments Tue, 10 Oct 2017 04:05:35 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7967 Foggy, Rural Morning Many mornings of late start with just wandering through the countryside near home.  More to help brain and body greet the day than any sort of riding adventure.  There’s a slow, reflective state that I can enter as the scooter quietly rolls along, and I just soak in the view. Slowly Down […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/just-wandering/feed/ 22 7967 Aimless Wandering https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/aimless-wandering-2/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/aimless-wandering-2/#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2017 07:27:08 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7937 Wandering Along The past few weeks have been a collection of exquisite riding weathers — fog, warm days, cool mornings.  For many riders it would open the door to long rides and adventure.  I wish I could say that’s what I’ve been doing.  But I’ve been doing some aimless wandering, on foot and on the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/aimless-wandering-2/feed/ 31 7937 Aimless Wandering https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/07/aimless-wandering/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/07/aimless-wandering/#comments Sat, 15 Jul 2017 06:12:31 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7671 No Destination Lately, I’ve been engaged in days of aimless wandering.  Some on the Vespa through fog shrouded forests. Others on foot during daylight and night.  No destination in mind, just allowing myself to drift through the landscape, admiring the world, and wondering what it all means. Aimless wandering requires a measure of letting go, […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/07/aimless-wandering/feed/ 12 7671 Riding Kaleidoscope https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/05/riding-kaleidoscope/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/05/riding-kaleidoscope/#comments Mon, 30 May 2016 04:05:33 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=6420 Are your weekends on your scooter or motorcycle a riding kaleidoscope? Winding Roads Some days, I swear I see better than others.  Objects seem to leap out toward my eyes and landscapes become small cinematic experiences.  It’s like a riding kaleidoscope where there’s a constant change of pattern, texture and form. Or maybe it’s just […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/05/riding-kaleidoscope/feed/ 16 6420 Midday Wander https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/05/midday-wander/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/05/midday-wander/#comments Thu, 26 May 2016 04:03:10 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=6411 Ride to Work With the arrival of warm weather comes more competitors for the three motorcycle spaces outside my office.  There are alternatives but it’s nice to be fifty steps from the door.  The scooter and Moto Guzzi are strangers to me.  Being this close it’s easy to jump on the Vespa for a quick […]

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