Episode 27 - Scooter news, blogs and taking risks

SHOWNOTES: Call the voice mail line at 206-888-6174 and tell me
what you think of the show or let me know what kind of scooting
activities are going on in your area. I have been looking to try to
find out how Canadian Hayden Neale from Jacksoul is doing, but
there hasn't been much in the news about him and his website has
not been updated. Anybody out there heard anything? Give me a call.
It has seemed that many of the scooter bloggers are slowing down a
bit on posting. For me it means searching for more supplemental
material and wondering each week what I will be talking about. So
this morning, as a jump-start, I took off on my P200 sidecar rig
for a ride into the country and some good old fashion open throttle
riding. What that really means is pounding out 50 mph on a long
downhill stretch. I realized that I haven't said much lately about
what is going on here at home, so in addition to this weeks news
and blog reviews, we'll do a little catching up. Other scooter blog
post that are up have very personal touches, like Honky Tonk Dragon
and Ben's plans to move from Oregon to Connecticut, with no job.
How "in the moment" is that! Look at the following posts from and
his starting over with his family or Little Billys Scooter Tales
where Bill talks about his new responsibilities for helping guide
their employee run business. An then there is the ever evolving and
surprisingly transparent Combat Commuter, who bravely has opened up
about his family and talking about what is important to him. These
are people living and experiencing life as it is today and what
pushes people to be better than we are or better that we were.
Marcel, my wife has been out west in Montana that past few days.
Some of you may remember that she has been working in the land of
ScooterDave in Cincinnati for the past few years and commuting back
and forth on the weekend from here in Richmond Virginia. I think
this trip has been a soul search for both of us, trying to regroup
and get back to creating more of a life together. I must say that
over the time we have been together, which is many years, she also
has been much more the risk taker when it comes to employment, than
I have ever been. But she has also helped me understand that with
risk taking come the potential for great rewards and that is what I
am talking about. So best of luck to Ben and Bill and the Combat
Commuter and oh, yeah I guess I should say good luck to Marcel and
me as it looks like she is coming home and we are embarking on a
new adventure with each other and with her work.