12-21-2022, 11:50 AM
Hmm... looking back at my 2022 rider resolutions, I think I hit most of them. Off the top of my head, they were most likely:
- Get to work and home again safely each day - just jinxed myself, but no unpleasant incidents to report
- Take a long ride up the coast - went to Oregon in August
- Get Mrs. Gone into a basic rider course so that she can start to enjoy "her" bike, which I have been riding - that didn't happen, but she keeps talking about wanting to.
Based on that, for 2023, let's go with something very similar:
- Get to work and back safely each day
- Take a long trip, either up the coast again, or to another multi-day destination
- Try to get in more leisure riding in general
- If I can swing more leisure riding, work on learning some serious video editing skills, and maybe add another camera
- Monitor the market - assuming Mrs. Gone's bike is now simply my bike, keep an eye out for something that it might be traded for that would be better suited to long-
distance touring.
- Get to work and home again safely each day - just jinxed myself, but no unpleasant incidents to report
- Take a long ride up the coast - went to Oregon in August
- Get Mrs. Gone into a basic rider course so that she can start to enjoy "her" bike, which I have been riding - that didn't happen, but she keeps talking about wanting to.
Based on that, for 2023, let's go with something very similar:
- Get to work and back safely each day
- Take a long trip, either up the coast again, or to another multi-day destination
- Try to get in more leisure riding in general
- If I can swing more leisure riding, work on learning some serious video editing skills, and maybe add another camera
- Monitor the market - assuming Mrs. Gone's bike is now simply my bike, keep an eye out for something that it might be traded for that would be better suited to long-
distance touring.