Category Archives: Summer_2021

Peaceful Motorcycle Ride: Part 3: Goals

Posted on September 15, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

The forest I wanted to explore is not small. You could spend a lifetime there. I had a weekend… or perhaps a lifetime’s worth of exploration that has just begun. I had two goals; I wanted to check out “free … Continue reading →

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Peaceful Motorcycle Ride: Part 2: Escape Velocity

Posted on September 14, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Having abandoned my plan to promptly depart after work Friday, I embraced the delay. I treated myself and my family to dinner at a restaurant. I’d made it through Friday. Sometimes that’s all you can do. Plus, family is the … Continue reading →

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Peaceful Motorcycle Ride: Part 1: The First Step Is The Hardest

Posted on September 14, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Daily life is a gravity well. Uncommonly, a rare and glorious unchained mind may pass well beyond its reach; merely deflected a bit or perhaps untouched as it follows an unfathomable course charted from and into the void. For the … Continue reading →

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Peaceful Motorcycle Ride: Part 0: Who’s Patience Is Wearing Thin?

Posted on September 13, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Did you listen to it? I’m talking about the Potato in Chief’s tantrum at the podium. Mark the calendar for Thursday September 9th 2021 and remember. Do not forget. It wasn’t a mistake. What he said was intentional. If you … Continue reading →

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Dirt Bike Americana: Epilogue

Posted on August 21, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

My truck’s air conditioned cab was luxurious after getting roasted in the sun all day. Shortly after sunset, I wound up eating dinner at the only place I could find, a bar that was absolutely filled with drunks. Not a … Continue reading →

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Dirt Bike Americana: Part 3

Posted on August 20, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I can’t express enough how much of a relief it was to be among people who aren’t whiny little bitches. If the long slow drag of societal collapse is getting you down, go find people who aren’t wimps. Society is … Continue reading →

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Dirt Bike Americana: Part 2

Posted on August 19, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

The trail head was an access point for a network of ATV/UTV trails and an overlain mesh of motorcycle-only trails. Miles and miles of trail on our forest. The forests of the American people. Imagine that! Some tiny vestigial organs … Continue reading →

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Dirt Bike Americana: Part 1

Posted on August 18, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I shifted my Dodge into drive and rolled down the window. I hit the gas just hard enough to break the dual rear wheels loose and toss up a little dirt; a thing both appreciated and celebrated in this crowd. … Continue reading →

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Motorcycle Exploration 2021: Part 7: Epilogue

Posted on July 28, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

You want the truth?!? Of course you want the truth! You can handle the truth! You’re not whiny little bitches on Facebook, you’re actual goddamn adults! So was it true? Was my fuel situation as bad as I thought? In … Continue reading →

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Motorcycle Exploration 2021: Part 6: Fuel Worries

Posted on July 27, 2021 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I rolled out going forward; heading toward wherever Beer Faeries come from. The trail was pretty rough but nothing a proper UTV or my little dirtbike couldn’t handle. Where the heck had they come from? Anywhere I supposed. They’d come … Continue reading →

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