Grandkids

Early 2020 – Someone in the news is now urging people to wash their hands to avoid disease transmission. That’s just what we do around here and consider normal behavior. The US news now adds that citizens over the age of 60, (like us) or (unlike us) who have underlying health issues, should start taking […]

Part IV Five State Ride/Return Ride Home

More than two weeks ago I started this motorcycle ride to Reno, Nevada, then on to Crane Springs, in Crane Oregon to attend the Giant Loop Ride ride, (test ride a Harley Panamerican) then on to Boise, then Portland, Tacoma and finally ending the trip in Seattle. However, I still have to get home. Today […]

Part III Mt Rainier National Park Ride

Today I rode my 2020 BMW 1250 GSA bike to Mount Rainier by way of the National Park highway, highway 7 that runs through the towns of Elbe and Paradise before reaching the park’s entrance. What a ride. At first I thought I was going to be closed in by trees throughout the ride but, […]

Part II/Moto Road Trip/Life/George Carlin Life Lessons

“The manifold agility of the soul, which enables it to take a survey of heaven and earth; to join the past and the present; to retain the things of long ago.” – J. Calvin Right now I am at peace with myself, sitting on a couch, in the home of my middle son in Tacoma, […]

Exploring Solitude and Loneliness

I know nothing with any certainty but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” -Vincent Van Gogh Several of us early risers just witnessed the sun rise, yet again from the 100+ degrees geothermal heated springs water that originated, somewhere deep within the Earth’s interior.… it’s not even anywhere near six a.m. and the […]

Giant Loop/Reno/Oregon/Boise/Tacoma/Seattle Ride Part I

Kenny Roger’s once sang the words; “you gotta know when to hold em, when to foldem, when to walk away and when to run. Those mere words can easily be used over and over to satisfy almost anything that now ails you. Day two is almost in the books now. Just a short while after […]