A quick hello…

Wow, another secret mission coming up…this time to Bangkok if all goes as planned.  I’m hoping to get some great photos over there, so keep an eye on the blog, folks, and I’ll do my best. But that’s a week or two out.  Next week I’m headed back into Utah to see Zion again, and from there we’re off to the Grand Canyon.  Then it’s a speed run back to LA and a 17-hour direct flight to Bangkok. 17 hours, and it’s a nonstop!  There’s a 15-hour time difference, too, so I get there two days after I leave!

I was playing around on FaceBook this morning (Betty White, who I think is fantastic, once referred to FaceBook as the greatest time suck of all time), but I will admit it is one of the more modern things I enjoy using. There’s lots of other new stuff I don’t like (cell phones and texting top that list, followed closely by the goofy spelling I see in text and Twitter messages), but FaceBook I can handle.

Anyway, I saw this FaceBook photo of Simon Gandolfi and me on our trip to Baja a little while ago, and it brought back many fond memories…

Joe and Simon in Mexico...photograph by John Welker

Are you a California Scooter Company fan on Facebook? If you want to be, click right here and then click on “Like” when you see our page pop up.

You know, in a few days it will be one year since that ride all the way down to Cabo San Lucas and back. Yep, it was 2200 miles under some of the toughest riding conditions on the planet, and we did it…all the way down and back on our 150cc California Scooters!

The year since the Baja run has just flown by. I miss the time I spent in Mexico with Simon (the world’s most interesting man), J, Arlene, and of course, my good riding buddy John. John is riding his red Classic in Florida now (he lives in the Tampa area), and he’s also a CSC affiliate. If you’d like to meet John and see his bike, just let us know. And if you want to read about our adventure in Baja last September, you can do so by clicking right here.

It’s been really hot out here in California, and I know from my east coast buddies it’s been really wet out there in IreneLand. Wanna see just how wet? Check out this YouTube my buddy Dennis sent to me from my old neighborhood…

Wow, I’m sure glad all of our friends came through Irene all right. For my west coast buddies, stay cool…for my east coast buddies, stay dry. And for everyone, ride safe.

That’s it for now. CU L8R, everyone!