February 1, 2017
Before ever leaving on my travels, my good friend Tom and I rode together across much of the western United States. On that trip, on a different, much larger motorcycle, I experienced failure of a couple of electronic accessories I had installed. We began to joke that for the “big trip”, the ultimate setup would be an air-cooled motorcycle and paper maps, thus eliminating most if not all of the electronics.
Recently Tom gave me what I consider the coolest gift ever.
60mm folding pocket sundial. SO cool.
I love my pocket sundial. I carry it everywhere. It’s fun to show people — first asking them if they know what it is, then showing them how it works. And it’s amazingly accurate.
To make it even better, it came with a gift card that read “You are the only person I know who could use this.”
Thanks Tom.
What do you do on cloudy days… Personally, I carry a 1917 Hamilton pocket watch daily. Next to your sundial that’s about as old-school as you can get.
Glad to see you’re back on-line. When does the adventure begin again? We’re suffering withdrawal pains.
Rick and Linda
On cloudy days I pull out my cell phone and look at the time. 🙂
I’ve been carrying my sundial daily just waiting for somebody to pull out their pocket watch, so I can one-up them in the “old-school” category. I suppose that means I’m showing my age as well…
Adventure Re-Start (aka “Lap Two”) has a floating date…some days it’s much sooner than others. No firm commitment yet, but I am definitely itching to get back on out there! Thanks for staying tuned.
When you do get back on the road for lap 2, you will continue your journey logs on this same website?
Yes, Lap 2 will all be posted right here! If you can hang on that long…stay tuned!