Midknight Review -- new and revised: Out of office for a couple of days . . . . actually taking the office with me.

I have decided to leave off posting today. I am packing, banking, and polishing my vtx 1800, preparing for a 11 day trip to Yelowstone via Las Vegas and the World Wrestling Championships (real wrestling, btw). Leaving first thing in the morning.

I will traveling with my doctor son ( I have three boys ). First leg of trip will be through Yosemite Park and points East to Vegas.

I have to pack for hot and cold weather. Packing for hot is easy. Just put on my speedo and chaps, and I am done. But wind chill in the early morning in Yellowstone, will be around 28 degrees and I don't have two pair of speedo's.

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I will be doing some limited posting, while on the trip. It is surprising to me, but a number of you, show interest (or is it curiosity). I am a member of the Iron Butt Association and go to at least one Blessing of the Bikes, each year. The bike is an 800 pound, vtx 1800c. I got the bike (a gift from Dr. James) in 2011 and have put 38,000 miles on the bike beginning in 2012. I ride all year long (living in California makes that easy). And, have been down in traffic, three times.

I repaired the front fender after going down this past May, near Pueblo, Colorado, in a sudden hail storm. Couldn't match paint, so I went with what you see. The brown stuff hanging off my fairing are my half-chaps.

I never pack the bike the same. Part of the fun. I have heated vest and chaps, a great speaker systems for my Emmylou Harris Pandora channel. I carry plenty of tools, a small compressor and tire repair tools.

More in the days to follow. Nice to talk about stuff that is not political, right?

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."