Norton, VA.. Ever hear of it?

Long hot day…  Left early, standard routine.  Nice and cool leaving MI. Absolutely nothing to report.  The faithful were in church so traffic was light.  Construction in OH for the first 50 miles or so speed was down.  If any of you have driven trough Northern OH you can visualize.  Quite flat.  Occasional trees.  Lots of farming.  One unique feature that still amazes me after all these years is the use they make out of highway side retention ponds.  You know the small ponds that they put in to control runoff?  a couple of hundred feet long.  Right next to the highway.  Well, they turn them into summer resorts.  Put some sand at one end.   Spots for some trailers.  There ya go.  I guess you do what you can.

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Heading Down to the ‘Tar Heel’ State..

Three weeks ago was my final day at work..  35 years at the same company and working 10 years before that.  Nice, but time to move on and do the ‘stuff’ we all think about doing….

The first week was big, real big.  Got my hair cut.  Signed up for COBRA.  A trip to Costco.  Total decompression.  I kept saying to myself, I can do whatever I want and I did pretty much nothing.

The second week I started purging ‘stuff’.  Lots of stuff.  I mean lots.  Also learned to not look at my phone every three minutes for emails.  Feels good Continue reading

Aggressively Getting Ready to Get Ready

In anticipation of a few trips before the snow flies, I have been adding a few things to the Bandit and I thought I would share some solutions and tips I had.  I put together a YouTube.  Albeit some of this would be pretty basic to many but I thought I would share…  Things I added and addressed are;
Healtech GIpro w ATRE
12oClock Labs Speedo DRD
AdMore lighting kit for Givi bags
USB Charger
Garmin Zumo
GoPro or Action Camera

Thanks!
Paul