Aiming at Nothing

Destruction of property is never funny. That’s why I’m totally not laughing at this “artwork” found near the Governor’s Mansion.

Reiner Red. Hunter Green.

Thank you so much for the comments, Skype calls, Y!M chats, emails, prayers, and Vulcan mind melds of support as TT and I (and Hunter) mourned the loss of Reiner. We really appreciated hearing from you and I’m sure, in his own way, Reiner would have appreciated it too.
I like to imagine [...]

For those of you who, like me, enjoy riding motorcycles and, unlike me, work “outside the home,” here’s a reminder. Wednesday is “Ride to Work” day. Share your enthusiasm for the sport, the machines, the mode of transportation, and the built-in excuse we all have to wear leather clothing.

I began riding motorcycles in my early [...]

TT and I are going to miss your sloppy kisses,
your unusually deep barks,
your waggy tail,
your floppy ears,
your expressive eyebrows and,
yes, even your dog breath.
I wish you were here to lick away the tears.
Rest in Peace, my little one. Be good.

Reinholdt Gunther Thompson
“Reiner” (1992-2007)

It would seem I have been “tagged.” I’m not sure where I should wear the tag so I’ll place it around one of my toes along with the one the morgue put there some years ago.
The rules are simple…Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning [...]

Roseburg, OR to Portland, OR via Tidewater, OR and other places

With only one remaining Oregon checkpoint to collect this summer (if you don’t count Paisley, which I skipped on purpose, so don’t you dare count it), today was shaping up to be a relatively “light” riding day. I set about changing that situation right away. [...]

Medford, Oregon to Roseburg, Oregon “via” Harbor, Oregon and Steamboat, Oregon.

Mappage
What do you do when you want to hit two checkpoints on the same day but the checkpoints are in completely opposite directions? Well, I have no idea what one should do in such a circumstance, but what I did was unique. (I reprogrammed [...]

Bend, Oregon to Medford, Oregon (via Odessa, Oregon)
Today promised to be yet another hot day. I elected to sacrifice one of the Grand Tour checkpoints (Paisley, Oregon) in order to make the riding day a little bit shorter. That allowed me to ride up to and over Crater Lake (the crater formerly known as Mount [...]

Moscow, Idaho to Bend, Oregon (via Tumalo, Oregon)

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Would you ride 300+ miles to enjoy a pizza? Normally I wouldn’t but if you told me I could ride all that way for pizza and a checkpoint stamp, I’d be all over that like cheese on a pie! But wait… There’s more!
Would you ride 300+ miles across [...]

Dancing Imperial Stormtrooper in Tokyo? Sure, you see that sort of thing every day, but it never gets old.