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The 300-mile Cherry Ride

January 25, 2021 By Val Weston 1 Comment

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Motorcyclists will find any excuse to ride. Not that we need an excuse but it adds to the fun. As is finding the longest, most interesting path to achieve our goal. One morning a few years back, … [Read more...] about The 300-mile Cherry Ride

Filed Under: Featured, Motorcycling Tagged With: happy hour, manhattan

The Anchor of Routine

May 19, 2020 By Val Weston Leave a Comment

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I'm curious—what was your initial reaction to the title of this post? Was it positive or negative? Does routine sound like a death sentence to you? Does an anchor weigh you down. Or keep you from … [Read more...] about The Anchor of Routine

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: happy hour

Life on the Hamster Wheel

April 23, 2020 By Val Weston 3 Comments

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Pick a metaphor for working hard and getting nowhere. That's me. Three steps forward, three steps back. The light at the end of the tunnel that you can never seem to reach. Personally, I think the … [Read more...] about Life on the Hamster Wheel

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: fulltime rving, happy hour, nomad, pandemic

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