It's been a while since an update, so here goes: We were on vacation for a week and both came home sick with terrible colds. Still trying to get better and not making much headway. Snuffle snort
The part for my Scoot is on it's way from Japan. By very slow boat. I think someone had better start rowing diligently! It's nearly rainy season and will be too wet and cold for the likes of me.
Actually, we have 4 seasons here: cold rain, warm rain, no rain, warm rain. That covers the whole year. Cold rain is the longest season, running from November/December thru til March. The warm rains are the shortest seasons. No rain is the best season even though all that unrelenting sunlight gets tiresome.
But I'd like to ride my scoot again before cold rain sets in. Row, me hearties, ROW!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
When did THAT happen???
Last night Ray and I watched a biography of Pete Seeger called "The Power of Music". It was a fun and educational thing to watch. Didn't know Pete had been called on the carpet by McCarthy and the House UnAmerican Activities Commmittee and accused of being a communist!! Didn't know he'd been banned from tv for 18 years.
It was fun to hear again the music we listened to in our teens and 20s, performers like Pete himself, Peter, Paul & Mary, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, and others, most of them people who were not much older than we were. 'Cepting Pete, who is of our parents' generation. It was fun as long as we got to see the old videos of their performances.
But when they were interviewed and on camera in their more or less present state, oh my. Ray turned to me and said, "Everybody got old!" It really hit me hard when I saw Mary Travers. Beautiful, slender, slender blonde Mary with that sweet voice. Mary may still have a sweet voice, but she looks a whole lot more like me than she ever did before. Mary is an overweight woman just like me!
Wham! Hey! Wait a minute! If they are all old then I'm old too! When did that happen? It actually made me teary to see all these people from our youth--OLD. When DID that happen? When did we all get old? I see the Grim Reaper creepin' up on me. Brrrrr! Maybe if I ride my scoot fast enough, I can get away from him.....
It was fun to hear again the music we listened to in our teens and 20s, performers like Pete himself, Peter, Paul & Mary, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, and others, most of them people who were not much older than we were. 'Cepting Pete, who is of our parents' generation. It was fun as long as we got to see the old videos of their performances.
But when they were interviewed and on camera in their more or less present state, oh my. Ray turned to me and said, "Everybody got old!" It really hit me hard when I saw Mary Travers. Beautiful, slender, slender blonde Mary with that sweet voice. Mary may still have a sweet voice, but she looks a whole lot more like me than she ever did before. Mary is an overweight woman just like me!
Wham! Hey! Wait a minute! If they are all old then I'm old too! When did that happen? It actually made me teary to see all these people from our youth--OLD. When DID that happen? When did we all get old? I see the Grim Reaper creepin' up on me. Brrrrr! Maybe if I ride my scoot fast enough, I can get away from him.....
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Grumble
The garage is still full of motorcycles, but it no longer feels so good....Wrex is waiting for a master brake cylinder.
It's so frustrating to be experiencing the best weather of the entire summer and my scoot isn't safe to drive. Aargh!!!
On the bright side, if Wrex doesn't get any more exercise than this, he'll last 30 years. Or is that the gloomy side? I'll be over 90 before he wears out. No new bikes in my future?
Grumble.
It's so frustrating to be experiencing the best weather of the entire summer and my scoot isn't safe to drive. Aargh!!!
On the bright side, if Wrex doesn't get any more exercise than this, he'll last 30 years. Or is that the gloomy side? I'll be over 90 before he wears out. No new bikes in my future?
Grumble.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Aaaaaahhhhh!
The garage feels right again. The hole is filled and Wrex is home.
However, Wrex is still ailing and not braking right. The Motorcycle Doctor is ordering a master cylinder on Monday. He suspected when he finished with the brake line that there was a further problem. Wrex brakes, but not like he should. The power that's supposed to be in the front brake isn't. I think it's weaker than the rear brake. Not terrible dangerous as long as I keep to the speed limits and don't go tailgating, but I don't think I'll do much out of town, highway type riding until the brake is fixed once and for all.
We also noticed that the right rear tire is wearing lots faster than the left rear tire. Jason checked some bolts and found them loose and then he made an adjustment at the suspension, so we hope that's going to fix that. He found it pulling to the right when he drove it around after fixing the brakes, and when I tested on the way home, I didn't find that happening, so perhaps tightening the bolts and adjusting the suspension fixed that.
Oddly enough, Jason does not like riding Wrex. He used the words deathtrap and terrifying, among others I will not repeat. I think he just really doesn't understand how to ride a trike. It is so different from 2 wheels. I think it's really funny that something this little old lady feels so at home on my brave young son finds "terrifying". His word, not certainly not mine.
It felt good to be riding again, really good. We stopped at Kidd Valley for burgers on the way home and when I came out, a man was waiting to talk to me about Wrex. He wanted to know everything! That's the usual Wrex Reaction and it's kinda fun as long as you're not headed toward the potties.
Wrex is badly in need of a good cleaning and polishing. I didn't realize he was so grimy when I handed him over and he spent at least one night out in the rain, which didn't clean him off any, just added to the mire. Poor Wrex!
Ray's working on making a set of heat shields for Silver. He's got the right side one done and it looks really good. As long as it helps to keep his pants from burning up!
However, Wrex is still ailing and not braking right. The Motorcycle Doctor is ordering a master cylinder on Monday. He suspected when he finished with the brake line that there was a further problem. Wrex brakes, but not like he should. The power that's supposed to be in the front brake isn't. I think it's weaker than the rear brake. Not terrible dangerous as long as I keep to the speed limits and don't go tailgating, but I don't think I'll do much out of town, highway type riding until the brake is fixed once and for all.
We also noticed that the right rear tire is wearing lots faster than the left rear tire. Jason checked some bolts and found them loose and then he made an adjustment at the suspension, so we hope that's going to fix that. He found it pulling to the right when he drove it around after fixing the brakes, and when I tested on the way home, I didn't find that happening, so perhaps tightening the bolts and adjusting the suspension fixed that.
Oddly enough, Jason does not like riding Wrex. He used the words deathtrap and terrifying, among others I will not repeat. I think he just really doesn't understand how to ride a trike. It is so different from 2 wheels. I think it's really funny that something this little old lady feels so at home on my brave young son finds "terrifying". His word, not certainly not mine.
It felt good to be riding again, really good. We stopped at Kidd Valley for burgers on the way home and when I came out, a man was waiting to talk to me about Wrex. He wanted to know everything! That's the usual Wrex Reaction and it's kinda fun as long as you're not headed toward the potties.
Wrex is badly in need of a good cleaning and polishing. I didn't realize he was so grimy when I handed him over and he spent at least one night out in the rain, which didn't clean him off any, just added to the mire. Poor Wrex!
Ray's working on making a set of heat shields for Silver. He's got the right side one done and it looks really good. As long as it helps to keep his pants from burning up!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Rumor Has It
That I might get my Wrex back tomorrow evening. Maybe. We'll see. It depends, the Motorcycle Doctor says, on how much Tupperware has to be removed and reinstalled. Oh, watch out for the Tupperware Fees! Gulp!
(hey look, no blogorrhea)
(hey look, no blogorrhea)
Monday, September 1, 2008
Labor Day Ride
TJ, Justin and I (Ray) went for a short ride today about 75 miles and 3 hours (including lunch). The weather was cool and cloudy, about 60 degrees when we started and not much higher when we finished but it started clearing up after we finished and I got back home. TJ lead us through some nice roads in rural Washington a little northwest of Seattle. He's lucky to have such nice roads within just a few minutes of his house. The roads were a little damp in some spots, mostly in the deep shade. It was a nice ride that's worth doing again. I saved it on my GPS and am going to try to make a route out of it.
It was too bad that Susan couldn't go but her bike is still in the shop. It might get fixed this week. Hope hope! I've got some other rides planned and hope we can get to do some of them. One is going up Chuckanut Drive. That's a beautiful drive along the Sound just south of Bellingham. It's noted for it's narrow and tight curves. It has several viewpoints looking out over the Sound toward the San Juan Islands. It is not a fast ride but has good scenery and convenient places to stop and really enjoy it. Maybe next Saturday if the weather and the bike doctor cooperates.
It was too bad that Susan couldn't go but her bike is still in the shop. It might get fixed this week. Hope hope! I've got some other rides planned and hope we can get to do some of them. One is going up Chuckanut Drive. That's a beautiful drive along the Sound just south of Bellingham. It's noted for it's narrow and tight curves. It has several viewpoints looking out over the Sound toward the San Juan Islands. It is not a fast ride but has good scenery and convenient places to stop and really enjoy it. Maybe next Saturday if the weather and the bike doctor cooperates.
Home Alone
Here I am, all by myself on Labor Day. Why is that?, you ask.
It's because once again, I'm left behind while the men zoom off on their motorcycles for a nice Labor Day ride.
Yes, it's all the Motorcycle Doctor's fault. And the parts place, which inexplicably took a 3 day weekend instead of being open to hand over Wrex's replacement part on Saturday. The nerve of some Laboring people, actually taking the whole Labor Day weekend off. I do guess that IS what Labor Day is for, to honor the people who work, so they might as well have the entire weekend off, but they sure did fox up my plans for a motorcycling end to the Summer.
And around here summer-like weather is in short supply. It's been downright cold at night and twice we've had to turn on the heat to sit in the downstairs and watch tv without shivering. Nuts, I tell you! Heaters in August! We should not have to turn on the heat until late October. What happened to all the global warming?
When will the Motorcycle Doctor finally take pity on me and fix my trike? BTW, he says my trike is terrifying to ride. He's grossly mistaken, but it is a different sort of ride than a 2 wheeler. I do admit that at the moment the braking sucks, but that's only because he hasn't FIXED the brake!
It's because once again, I'm left behind while the men zoom off on their motorcycles for a nice Labor Day ride.
Yes, it's all the Motorcycle Doctor's fault. And the parts place, which inexplicably took a 3 day weekend instead of being open to hand over Wrex's replacement part on Saturday. The nerve of some Laboring people, actually taking the whole Labor Day weekend off. I do guess that IS what Labor Day is for, to honor the people who work, so they might as well have the entire weekend off, but they sure did fox up my plans for a motorcycling end to the Summer.
And around here summer-like weather is in short supply. It's been downright cold at night and twice we've had to turn on the heat to sit in the downstairs and watch tv without shivering. Nuts, I tell you! Heaters in August! We should not have to turn on the heat until late October. What happened to all the global warming?
When will the Motorcycle Doctor finally take pity on me and fix my trike? BTW, he says my trike is terrifying to ride. He's grossly mistaken, but it is a different sort of ride than a 2 wheeler. I do admit that at the moment the braking sucks, but that's only because he hasn't FIXED the brake!
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