Casting a long shadow…

I stopped by the plant this morning and grabbed this early a.m. shot…

That’s Steve’s Sarge in front, with the 250cc P-51 right behind it.

Here’s another cool shot from a few years ago…another self-portrait (I know…I’m such a ham).  We get quite a few wildfires here in southern California, and on a ride through one of our many forests, one of my buddies and yours truly almost got caught in one.   I took this picture without realizing just how close the fire was…it’s why everything looks brown (that was the smoke obscuring the sun)…

And speaking of natural disasters, for all of our buddies on the East Coast, our thoughts are with you.  Stay warm and stay safe.

One more day of campaigning and we’ll know who will be President for the next four years.  I’ll be glad when it’s over.  I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of people forcing their political views on me. I vote for who I think will do the best job, and no amount of intrusive phone calls, political badgering, people knocking on my door, or silly Facebook posting is going to change that. Like I said, I’ll be glad when it’s over. I’ll be even more glad when I know who won.   I can’t remember a more polarizing election.  There’s been a lot in the news lately that one of the things that’s characterized this election is that folks who favor one candidate can’t begin to fathom why anyone would support the other guy.   I feel that way, too, way more so than I have ever felt before.  I won’t tell you who I favor, but I will tell you that I hope we can come together again after the election.

Anyway, I think the best take on all of this is Malcolm Smith’s video…and I think that’s the answer to a lot of our issues…let’s just get out and ride!

And while I’m at it…this other video of Malcolm cavorting in Baja popped up…so I thought I would include it here…