Beautiful morning. No fog. Got up at the usual 5am, and went to the farm to start the da, and as the sun started rising I thought this is too good to pass up. So I put in the jacket, helmet and gloves and went and fired up the mighty v11. Started easy...

Took out on the highway and headed north. Almost no traffic. Went 25 mi up to Dietrich. Went in the gas station for a quick diet coke and ran into my brother! Hey! It's coffee time!

Had a good yet brief visit at the table, then he had to go. Me too. So now back at the farm and ready for the day. Man, this is fun!

On 11/4/2015 8:22 AM, Tim wrote:
Beautiful morning. No fog. Got up at the usual 5am, and went to the farm to start the da, and as the sun started rising I thought this is too good to pass up. So I put in the jacket, helmet and gloves and went and fired up the mighty v11. Started easy...

Took out on the highway and headed north. Almost no traffic. Went 25 mi up to Dietrich. Went in the gas station for a quick diet coke and ran into my brother! Hey! It's coffee time!

Had a good yet brief visit at the table, then he had to go. Me too. So now back at the farm and ready for the day. Man, this is fun!



I was just at Brant Rock in Marshfield, Ma an hour ago. It's right on
the ocean about 35 miles south of Boston. Very clear morning. Could
clearly see the lighthouse on "P" town (tip of the "hook" of Cape Cod),
a distance of about 21 miles across Cape Cod Bay.

Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/4/2015 8:22 AM, Tim wrote:
Beautiful morning. No fog. Got up at the usual 5am, and went to the farm
to start the da, and as the sun started rising I thought this is too
good to pass up. So I put in the jacket, helmet and gloves and went and
fired up the mighty v11. Started easy...

Took out on the highway and headed north. Almost no traffic. Went 25 mi
up to Dietrich. Went in the gas station for a quick diet coke and ran
into my brother! Hey! It's coffee time!

Had a good yet brief visit at the table, then he had to go. Me too. So
now back at the farm and ready for the day. Man, this is fun!



I was just at Brant Rock in Marshfield, Ma an hour ago. It's right on
the ocean about 35 miles south of Boston. Very clear morning. Could
clearly see the lighthouse on "P" town (tip of the "hook" of Cape Cod),
a distance of about 21 miles across Cape Cod Bay.




Is beautiful when you get nice clear days. Flying in to Boston one time,
pilot even gave a little right left so everyone could see the cape. Must
have been 100 mile visibility. Here is clear and cold. 43 this morning.
Was supposed to be the Dungeness Crab opener this Saturday for sport
fishing. Season is on hold because of the warm water and algae blooms.
high levels of Domeic acid in the crabs. Cause amnesiac seafood
poisoning. May not have crabs for Thanksgiving. Biggest week of crab
sales all year.

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I was just at Brant Rock in Marshfield, Ma an hour ago. It's right on
the ocean about 35 miles south of Boston. Very clear morning. Could
clearly see the lighthouse on "P" town (tip of the "hook" of Cape Cod),
a distance of about 21 miles across Cape Cod Bay.
.........

Richard. Last September we drove out tNaw Hampshire to my nephews wedding. We were only about 40 mi from the Boston area, and if not pressed for time, I so wanted to stop into Re-Tunes, and shop with Rick. On the way back we didn't even have time to stop at Niigara falls.
Rats!

On 11/4/2015 11:14 AM, Tim wrote:
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I was just at Brant Rock in Marshfield, Ma an hour ago. It's right on
the ocean about 35 miles south of Boston. Very clear morning. Could
clearly see the lighthouse on "P" town (tip of the "hook" of Cape Cod),
a distance of about 21 miles across Cape Cod Bay.
.........

Richard. Last September we drove out tNaw Hampshire to my nephews wedding. We were only about 40 mi from the Boston area, and if not pressed for time, I so wanted to stop into Re-Tunes, and shop with Rick. On the way back we didn't even have time to stop at Niigara falls.
Rats!

Why so rushed? You need to slow down and smell the roses. :-)

On 11/4/2015 12:56 PM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 11/4/2015 11:14 AM, Tim wrote:
- show quoted text -
I was just at Brant Rock in Marshfield, Ma an hour ago. It's right on
the ocean about 35 miles south of Boston. Very clear morning. Could
clearly see the lighthouse on "P" town (tip of the "hook" of Cape Cod),
a distance of about 21 miles across Cape Cod Bay.
.........

Richard. Last September we drove out tNaw Hampshire to my nephews
wedding. We were only about 40 mi from the Boston area, and if not
pressed for time, I so wanted to stop into Re-Tunes, and shop with
Rick. On the way back we didn't even have time to stop at Niigara falls.
Rats!

Why so rushed? You need to slow down and smell the roses. :-)


When Tim made that trip the roses at Re-Tunes were well on their way
towards wilting ... :-)

On 11/4/15 1:14 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/4/2015 12:56 PM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 11/4/2015 11:14 AM, Tim wrote:
- show quoted text -
I was just at Brant Rock in Marshfield, Ma an hour ago. It's right on
the ocean about 35 miles south of Boston. Very clear morning. Could
clearly see the lighthouse on "P" town (tip of the "hook" of Cape Cod),
a distance of about 21 miles across Cape Cod Bay.
.........

Richard. Last September we drove out tNaw Hampshire to my nephews
wedding. We were only about 40 mi from the Boston area, and if not
pressed for time, I so wanted to stop into Re-Tunes, and shop with
Rick. On the way back we didn't even have time to stop at Niigara falls.
Rats!

Why so rushed? You need to slow down and smell the roses. :-)


When Tim made that trip the roses at Re-Tunes were well on their way
towards wilting ... :-)



We had one of those large "chain" guitar stores for about a year in a
local shopping center. It vacated for...a mattress store. We have a lot
of mattress stores in this immediate area - Prince Frederick - but I
don't know why, because there isn't much residential growth. Too many
mattress stores, too many banks, too many churches...

Justan Olphart wrote:
On 11/4/2015 11:14 AM, Tim wrote:
- show quoted text -
I was just at Brant Rock in Marshfield, Ma an hour ago. It's right on
the ocean about 35 miles south of Boston. Very clear morning. Could
clearly see the lighthouse on "P" town (tip of the "hook" of Cape Cod),
a distance of about 21 miles across Cape Cod Bay.
.........

Richard. Last September we drove out tNaw Hampshire to my nephews
wedding. We were only about 40 mi from the Boston area, and if not
pressed for time, I so wanted to stop into Re-Tunes, and shop with Rick.
On the way back we didn't even have time to stop at Niigara falls.
Rats!

Why so rushed? You need to slow down and smell the roses. :-)


He has a farm. My grandparents were egg ranchers and uncle was a dairyman.
Figured out a couple professions early on that I was not going to get in
to.

On 11/4/2015 11:14 AM, Tim wrote:
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I was just at Brant Rock in Marshfield, Ma an hour ago. It's right on
the ocean about 35 miles south of Boston. Very clear morning. Could
clearly see the lighthouse on "P" town (tip of the "hook" of Cape Cod),
a distance of about 21 miles across Cape Cod Bay.
.........

Richard. Last September we drove out tNaw Hampshire to my nephews wedding.. We were only about 40 mi from the Boston area, and if not pressed for time, I so wanted to stop into Re-Tunes, and shop with Rick. On the way back we didn't even have time to stop at Niigara falls.
Rats!

Why so rushed? You need to slow down and smell the roses. :-)
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I wish I could have. Maybe next year now that the wife is retired.

On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 5:22:48 AM UTC-8, Tim wrote:
Beautiful morning. No fog. Got up at the usual 5am, and went to the farm to start the da, and as the sun started rising I thought this is too good to pass up. So I put in the jacket, helmet and gloves and went and fired up the mighty v11. Started easy...

Took out on the highway and headed north. Almost no traffic. Went 25 mi up to Dietrich. Went in the gas station for a quick diet coke and ran into my brother! Hey! It's coffee time!

Had a good yet brief visit at the table, then he had to go. Me too. So now back at the farm and ready for the day. Man, this is fun!

Be careful, Its an addiction and an expensive one at that! At least for me it is.
My main ride is a BMW R100GS Paris Dakar edition and its starting to get long in the tooth at 200.000 miles.
I have no plans of selling it, but thinking its time to start shopping for a new long distance bike, and the Moto Guzzi Stelvio is at the top of the list next would be a Yamaha Super Tenere, but no new BMW in my future.
Price point, and relability issues have turned me off on them.
Did you get any luggage or panniers with the bike?