Our impending move to Switzerland is fast upon us! Fortunately for us, part of the move included a service to come and put all of our stuff into boxes and move it for us. I’m getting spoiled and will probably just have a garage sale if I ever have to pack my own stuff for a move.
Here’s my little documentation of the packers’ time in our house: Baby, We Were Born To Run
While I don’t have a motorcycle these days to help me make fun additions to this site, I still manage to travel around a bit and see some cool stuff. This time I went to Seattle to visit some old friends and show a new friend from New Jersey why this is the city I love.
Dan and I got back from our trip to Switzerland and made the decision that yes, we could indeed get along living with the Swiss. But we came home with news that importing our BMWs into the country would be “prohibitive”. Therefore the last remaining motorcycles in the garage have got to go. Here’s to the start of an amazing adventure!
I realize that I’ve been posting up way too much gibberish here and not nearly enough riding. The fact that I haven’t been riding at all plays a huge part in this, of course, so I tried to do something about that last Sunday.
It’s the end of the world – or at least an era. I’ve owned a VW Bug for most of my post-high school life, but an upcoming move overseas means that it is time to “let go”. I put together a page to commemorate my ’71 Bug. It’s a great car and it’s been fun, but damn I’m going to miss this car.
Just how important is that? You can make the best produce in the world, but if you won’t stand behind it, it is worth nothing. I recently had an atrocious customer service experience with Rick Mayer Cycle, purveyor of custom motorcycle seats. While his workmanship might be good, his lack of business acumen and customer service will prevent me from ever recommending him to anyone. You can read about my experience here.
“Caveat Emptor”
I’m about to part out one of my bikes, the green KLR that’s taken me so many miles and has been so much fun. I decided to commemorate the “life” of this bike by posting a bit about it here.
I’m not done with KLRs, not by a long shot. I have the 2001 “Swiss” KLR still to ride, although I am in the process of changing “skins” so that it’ll look like the green one by the time I’m done. It’ll just have 50,000 miles less on the odometer 🙂
And honest-to-goodness motorcycle ride! Finally!
I took three days to visit my parents in Erie, PA, two days riding and one day to visit, and had a fantastic time. It felt great to get out on the road for a few hundreds miles and see some cool things.
Dan and I took some time to visit the beautiful city of Seattle in early May. We managed to squeeze in quite a few activities while there. You can read about it here
There are links within the story for the Motorcycle day ride, and another link for our Sailing Course.
Dan and I headed down to the Nation’s capital to see what the trees had to offer us. Needless to say, it rained for most of the day and the views were limited.