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Another great season By Bill Wiegand #180584
IT WAS ABOUT 4 A.M. WHEN THE PRINTER STOPPED WORKING. I knew the cyan cartridge was low, but hoped I could squeeze two more pages out of it. What do you do at 4 a.m. when you need more ink to finish the project
due at 8? You fire up the pickup and head to Wally World, realizing on the way there just how lucky you are because 4 a.m. is actually the perfect time to shop there. With everyone else still sleeping, the only other humans you’ll encounter are the shelf stockers. You find that with an empty park-
ing lot, it’s a guaranteed quick in and out. Once through the doors and with my destination set, I pass the hundreds of registers and
checkout lanes (the ones that are never manned regardless of the time of day), walk through the produce area, women’s wear and housewares before finally arriving in Electronics. There I grab the $50 box of four Canon ink cartridges because they don’t sell the single cartridge I need. I make my break to the front of the store. Perhaps it’s part of a motorcyclist’s DNA to always take new routes when traveling to
avoid what you’ve already seen so, with ink in hand I pass office supplies, the automotive aisle, bicycles and just as I see the illumination of a single open register, the bright lights and fake trees announcing that Christmas is only four months away catch my eye! Where did the summer go? Well, it’s finally December and I don’t expect to be shocked like I was in September when
I go back to Wal-Mart for more ink tomorrow morning. Despite another year flying by, it’s not until I look back on 2016 that I realize just how good it was. For me, memories of a great season of riding began with an MOA Getaway at Fontana
Dam and a spirited ride along the Cherohala Skyway with good friends. The Great River Road Rally hosted the Madison BMW Club and held in Soldiers Grove,
Wisconsin, reintroduced me to the wonderful roads there, while a ride to Road America in Elkhart Lake offered the incredible opportunity to meet Peter Egan and listen to him describe some of the stories he’d written about in his Leanings columns. At the MOA Rally in Hamburg, New York, last summer, the joy on the face of Joe Skaggs
when he was brought to the stage after winning the MOA Foundation’s R 100 Custom bike was priceless. Seeing Joe take the bike home and later describe how much he’d been enjoy- ing it reinforced my belief in the greatness of our organization. New trails were ridden and friendships made at the ROCKMOR rally in Colorado and
Wailin’ Wayne Weekend rally in Ohio last August and an MOA Board meeting in Salt Lake City, site of the 2017 BMW MOA International Rally, gave me the opportunity to spend time riding and photographing a part of Utah I had never seen before. I look forward to sharing images of the ride and stories of our members in Utah as we prepare for next sum- mer’s event. Finally, riding with the Nevada Backcountry Discovery Route film crew and riders to
document the newest BDR took me on an adventure that I can still feel – literally. Working with the group to preserve off-highway routes for dual-sport and adventure motorcycle travel was an honor that made me realize just how lucky I am. It’s been a great year and those who don’t ride will never understand our passion and
that’s OK. It’ll be our secret as we wave to each other on the road. Ride safely into the new year!
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BMW OWNERS NEWS December 2016
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