My parents experienced the "Great depression", saw winds blow the topsoil of their folks farms away, knew the feeling of leaving the table not satiated, dealt with government imposed rationing and were part of the struggles and sacrifices endured by numerous societies. I cannot comprehend what that experience must have been or the changes to their perceptions of life. But as the offspring of parents who experienced that dramatic life changing era I was reared with the "Great depression"...

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Several weeks back I planted a seed. It was a suggestion to my brother that we take our bikes and spend a couple weeks in September touring and visiting extended family in Arizona. He said it was something he really wanted to do but considering he's working less hours right now was hesitant to make the expenditure. Within a couple days we were talking maybe it could be done if we camped rather than stayed...

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Part of last week was going to be spent sight seeing not far from home. We planned to fasten the kennel to the luggage rack (it would have been the true test of how much Haley loves rides) and spend a couple days visiting the “International Peace Gardens” and touring a bit in Canada. Well, it didn't happen. Janice needed downtime. Our sight seeing became unfocused gazing into space from the back deck.


Haley did get a longer bike ride test though. The bike beckoned, temperatures...

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Janice's new job isn't quite so new any longer. When it has been over a year the new kind of wears off. Although the change was nearly a lateral, the difference between attitudes of the two companies made the current job far more desirable. Still over a year without a full week off is a stretch. We were going to do some site seeing within the state but the truth be known it was easy to discern she was feeling worn down and in need of some serious vegetating. So I suggested she do that. She...

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In a previous post I joked about the chances I'll never be approached about having a movie made about my motorcycle tours. I also made joking reference to the movie "Wild Hogs" even though I had never seen it. Well just to lend a bit of fairness to my previous post we rented and watched it last night.

First things first: "Wild Hogs" had one strike against it from the git go - John Travolta. I have no good reasons for disliking him, I just do. We planned to rent...

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