Dec 28, 2009
by Artist Bob
(Half Moon Bay, CA)
Well, I've had my head in the sand for a while. Like today... I'm taking one of my turns hosting the co-operative art gallery where I exhibit my work. We (the member artists) take turns tending the gallery, Coastal Arts League Gallery and Museum, in Half Moon Bay, CA.
Rainy weather and a two week bout with something viral has limited my riding this month, but I now have over 500 miles on "Blue Goose II". It isn't as much as I'd hoped for, but it isn't bad for an old coot.
I have become quite friendly with the Chinese family who own the scooter store where I bought my scooter last summer. They asked me to participate in an interview that was being done by a Chinese language newspaper out of San Francisco. That was fun. Of course I never got to see the published article. It was in Chinese so I would have had to have an interpreter.
The scooter I own makes a positive statement about the quality of scooters from China. And the family-run scooter business is of the highest order.
I did send in a "virtual" ride up the California coast last fall and it is in here (somewhere) with photos.
I was kind of hoping to hear from a lot of riders out there about rides in their neighborhoods. They don't have to be anything spectacular, just get to know each other.
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Wishing all a Happy New Year. Put those battery chargers on your scooters and wait for dry roads.
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