Introduction

Thank you for accessing my new blog. I've blogged before, usually about motorcycle road trips, like my solo journey to Norkapp in 2010. This one is also a journey, but in more than one way. It will have a motorcycle journey for sure. My beloved BMW Elsa and I will take off again in June for one of our massive summer trips. Northern Europe and Scandinavia in particular beckon, no surprise. People to see and roads to ride.

But this journal is also about a broader journey we all make. Middle age is no laughing matter for most. I remember the duvet day of my 50th Birthday. I never actively wanted to be 50. I could have gleefully shot chirpy friends who pointed out that it sure as hell beats the alternative. I wonder about sharing personal stuff, but writing is the other thing I do, so here is the deal. I will write as though I'm just talking to you. Just the two of us. I'll write the esoteric stuff, if you promise not tell.

I've no idea how interesting this is going to be. The journey will write the story, if indeed there is a story to tell. I usually manage to get into enough scrapes to entertain, so we should be OK. I look forward to your company along the way.