This week's metrics might be miles (on the motorcycle) or meters (SCUBA diving)... Or we might just measure the days in smiles! Whatever the maps and the dive tables have to say about it, we've been purely enjoying... Whenever we get to this part of the country, a requisite stop is Gracie's Sea Hag for … Continue reading Vacation Metrics (a Blog from the Back of the Bike)
Category: Today’s File
Surprise! It’s the Ocean!
I usually start any travel with a carefully-planned itinerary, complete with reservations and budgeted activities. My journal pages ahead of a trip will be filled with addresses and prices and confirmation numbers... But yesterday we climbed into our truck with just a map and our coffee and our camping and diving gear, hooked up the … Continue reading Surprise! It’s the Ocean!
Reasons
We ended up holding an impromptu Scuba-demo last night at our campsite... The same gaggle of youngsters who had gathered around our motorcycle a couple days earlier returned, drawn this time by our clothesline full of wetsuits and dive gear. They were brimming with questions---what things we've seen diving, how we breathe underwater... So Jon … Continue reading Reasons
Beacons
We climbed my favorite lighthouse today, the one that's tattooed on my arm with my daughter's name (which means "shining light")... The headland was shrouded with fog, the lighthouse a barely-visible landmark as we pulled up on the motorcycle, and the wind whipping so hard we were grateful for the wind-proof construction of bike jackets! … Continue reading Beacons
On Physics and Fear
Our next door neighbor is learning to play guitar. I know this because his open screen door wasn’t far from our open bedroom window at nine o’clock last night. As he worked his way through the opening chords of “Smoke on the Water” (over and over and over and over and over) I consoled myself … Continue reading On Physics and Fear
First Solo on the Bike
I had my first riding lesson today. Well, okay---"riding" would be overstating the case. But I was moving, and I was alone on the bike! Jon finds it crazy that I'd never even ridden dirt bikes as a kid (he's been riding since he was seven!)---and that means everything about biking (except for passenger-ing) is new … Continue reading First Solo on the Bike
The Catch-22 of SR-22
Well, I'm a day closer to getting my driver's license back. I'm also a day past when I thought I was getting it. Do you ever wonder who made up "the rules," and what they were thinking? I knew I'd have to get SR-22 proof-of-insurance as soon as I got my license back (it's one … Continue reading The Catch-22 of SR-22
Kana's Chronicles 