04-10-2019, 03:15 PM
I'll tip my cap to LouA. It's better that you've managed to survive the road, sticking around to make the call when it's time for you to stop riding rather than having the road make the call for you.
Back the 80's upon graduating from college I went to work for an outfit named Bell Northern Research (the R&D branch of Northern Telecom or later, Nortel). Their headquarters was in Ottawa and they flew me up there for a week to attend an overview program. That took place in February if I remember correctly. The canals were frozen over and there was a winter carnival going on complete with a bunch of ice sculptures. Not much happening in the way of riding during that time of the year, lol. For as cold as it was, I had a good time.
(04-02-2019, 07:50 AM)Nortoon_imp Wrote: In the eighties people referred to Ottawa as a town. The Queensway (an east/west expressway) actually moved traffic at highway speeds. Now during rush hours it can be a parking lot.
During the summers in those years Penny and I would ride our Goldwing to and from work. It was a pleasant ride home on the Ottawa River Parkway.
Now it's another parking lot during the evening rush hours.
Back the 80's upon graduating from college I went to work for an outfit named Bell Northern Research (the R&D branch of Northern Telecom or later, Nortel). Their headquarters was in Ottawa and they flew me up there for a week to attend an overview program. That took place in February if I remember correctly. The canals were frozen over and there was a winter carnival going on complete with a bunch of ice sculptures. Not much happening in the way of riding during that time of the year, lol. For as cold as it was, I had a good time.