We strongly believe in substance over symbolism.

But we, like most of you, feel the need to make a symbolic statement - even in our humble weekly e-newsletter - to say that our thoughts, prayers and wishes go to the Ukraine people.

We hope that NATO , our nation, and Europe step up in a big way and end this now.

Like the Ghost of Kyiv - some serious fire power can and will make the difference.

Watch this video - this pilot is amazing!

Also, we think our Final Thoughts this week says it all!

This has naught to do with motos, but there is interest in whether Betsy and I made it to Antarctica. We did and it is nothing short of a miracle.  Some of you travel to far-flung destinations, so maybe you’ll enjoy our last-minute, hook-slide-to-glory, Antarctic story. We planned for over a year and initially, didn’t believe COVID would be a factor. Remember “two weeks to flatten the curve” and then two years of prognostications? During 2021, we’d given up, telling the organizer we’d rather wait another year than do something that could fail spectacularly (foreshadowing). But with cases trending down, in October Argentina announced they’d open their borders on 1 November. Since Ushuaia, Argentina was our ship’s point of departure, and the cruise line put up the green light, suddenly we were “on” and needed last-minute flights and a gear-buying frenzy.