curmugeon | more 'past'....

Sitting in a leaky tent on the Isle of Man during TT week 1971... the Isle of Man justice system as I was fined 5 £ 27 and one half pence for operating my motorcycle (a BSA Lightening) without undue attention.. riding across Belgium in the fog... enjoying lunch alongside a canal in the Dutch countryside.. Overnight in an Amsterdam canal house... and back in the United States... riding through a snowstorm in July at Crater Lake (Honda CX 500)... riding I-80 and watching the cloud of volcanic ash behind me as my motorcycle covers miles... celebrating the 4th of July 1976 in Clark Fork Montana... visiting Devils Post Pile just weeks after Spielberg left the place after filming Close Encounters of the Third Kind.. riding on motorcycle over 80,000 miles and then buying another and riding that for 90,000 miles. My 1957 small window Volkswagen... crashing on frost covered cobblestones while riding my motorcycle on New Years Eve in Berlin Germany... waiting patiently as the Hells Angels refuel in a gas station south of Half Moon Bay surrounded by heavily armed police cruisers... standing in line for food in Haight Ashbury... listening to Iron Butterfly in the meadows of Golden Gate Park live.. concerts at the Hollywood Bowl.. driving from California to Massachusetts in 5 days.... driving from San Angelo Texas to Palm Springs in 16 hours... Monterrey California to Hollywood and Vine in 4 hours and 20 minutes... yes, I do drive fast on occasion. More later...

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