What am I up to
Apr. 1st, 2025 05:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyI've been badly negligent in posting. Here's a quick recap
Back in February I bought a very cheap Honda Goldwing motorcycle, a 1997 model with 150,000 miles on it. 150K isn't bad at all for a Goldwing, they easily do 300K and more. I spent 6 or so weeks on it, replacing a ton of dodgy hack jobs and some worn out stuff. I got it rideable, rode about 400 miles on it, and determined that I don't like big bikes. It's in excess of 800 pounds without a rider. So I'm putting it up for sale for what I have into it. It'll probably go pretty quickly.
I'm not sad about this, there was an even chance it would go this way and I have it out of my system.
I'm getting ready for an 8 day bicycle ride in June. A few friends and I are going to ride the Erie Canal, about 400 miles between Buffalo and Albany. The plan is to have one chase driver in my pickup, who will be enjoying the sights on her own and meeting up with us end of day and possibly for lunch, whatever she likes. The rest of us will be on the trail. Since it's a canal path, it should be extremely flat, moreso even than rail-trails. We're meeting up in Buffalo with a couple from PA, leaving their car, piling into the pickup, going to Albany, then the next morning starting the ride.
My project/hobby of visiting historical markers (a thinly-disguised excuse to ride my motorcycle around to random places) got unmanageable the way I was doing it, so I'm currently spending hours moving everything to a blog. The idea is to also incorporate days out at museums, probably natural attractions, and anything else that I can in some way claim are 'historic'.
In the unlikely event that you're interested, or if you need help falling asleep, it's at historicrides.blogspot.com
I'm still singing with Out Loud Chorus, an LGBTQ+/allies choir in Ann Arbor. They outgrew their rehearsal space on the west side of Ann Arbor and are now in Ypsi, so I have about twice as far to go. Gives me an excuse to ride the bike a bit farther though honestly buzzing 70 MPH down the expressway for 30 miles at night isn't a particular treat.
We still have two cats. Jiji is pushing 18 years old now and is still in relatively good health. He has hyperthyroidism which is under control with meds. His weight is lower than I'd like but it's stable and he seems fine there so I don't worry about it much. He sleeps a whole lot, but he's a cat and it's still cold out. He still gets the rips from time to time and an occasional frolic isn't unheard-of.
I've been pushing on divesting myself of stuff I haven't used in a long time. Some amount of DSLR camera gear has gone though I still have the 80D.
There is, of course, an unending list of little things that need doing around the house and grounds. And because there's no end to them, there's sometimes little urge to start. But I do try to get to a couple a week especially if it is nice out.
Here's where I make a pledge to update here more often. It's a dirty lie.
TTFN y'all.
Back in February I bought a very cheap Honda Goldwing motorcycle, a 1997 model with 150,000 miles on it. 150K isn't bad at all for a Goldwing, they easily do 300K and more. I spent 6 or so weeks on it, replacing a ton of dodgy hack jobs and some worn out stuff. I got it rideable, rode about 400 miles on it, and determined that I don't like big bikes. It's in excess of 800 pounds without a rider. So I'm putting it up for sale for what I have into it. It'll probably go pretty quickly.
I'm not sad about this, there was an even chance it would go this way and I have it out of my system.
I'm getting ready for an 8 day bicycle ride in June. A few friends and I are going to ride the Erie Canal, about 400 miles between Buffalo and Albany. The plan is to have one chase driver in my pickup, who will be enjoying the sights on her own and meeting up with us end of day and possibly for lunch, whatever she likes. The rest of us will be on the trail. Since it's a canal path, it should be extremely flat, moreso even than rail-trails. We're meeting up in Buffalo with a couple from PA, leaving their car, piling into the pickup, going to Albany, then the next morning starting the ride.
My project/hobby of visiting historical markers (a thinly-disguised excuse to ride my motorcycle around to random places) got unmanageable the way I was doing it, so I'm currently spending hours moving everything to a blog. The idea is to also incorporate days out at museums, probably natural attractions, and anything else that I can in some way claim are 'historic'.
In the unlikely event that you're interested, or if you need help falling asleep, it's at historicrides.blogspot.com
I'm still singing with Out Loud Chorus, an LGBTQ+/allies choir in Ann Arbor. They outgrew their rehearsal space on the west side of Ann Arbor and are now in Ypsi, so I have about twice as far to go. Gives me an excuse to ride the bike a bit farther though honestly buzzing 70 MPH down the expressway for 30 miles at night isn't a particular treat.
We still have two cats. Jiji is pushing 18 years old now and is still in relatively good health. He has hyperthyroidism which is under control with meds. His weight is lower than I'd like but it's stable and he seems fine there so I don't worry about it much. He sleeps a whole lot, but he's a cat and it's still cold out. He still gets the rips from time to time and an occasional frolic isn't unheard-of.
I've been pushing on divesting myself of stuff I haven't used in a long time. Some amount of DSLR camera gear has gone though I still have the 80D.
There is, of course, an unending list of little things that need doing around the house and grounds. And because there's no end to them, there's sometimes little urge to start. But I do try to get to a couple a week especially if it is nice out.
Here's where I make a pledge to update here more often. It's a dirty lie.
TTFN y'all.
