Age.

[Chucksklrst]

Yesterday I turned another year older.

So I decided, instead of sitting around the house moping about being another year older and deeper in debt I would take the V-Strom and go do a short 100 mile birthday ride along my fav river route. Down by the South Platte near Deckers. Here are a few pictures along the river.

 

[RedLdr1]

Nice ride! One mile per year?

 

[Chucksklrst]

Nice ride! One mile per year?

Not yet, 71 years, 100 miles. 1.4 years per mile.

 

[Frosty]

Very Nice! Happy Birthday Chuck!

A ride along the river is a great gift.

 

[Brillot2000]

Congrats. As an older friend of mine once say to me regarding the subject. “Another year on this side of the ground is far better than being beneath it.”

Unfortunately my father didn’t get to see his 70th birthday due to cancer. Anyone that makes it past 69 with all their abilities and mind intact is doing good from my prospective

 

[Phil Tarman]

Happy Belated Birthday, young man! It was a nice day for a ride yesterday, and as always, I enjoyed your pictures.

 

[Fredo]

Happy birthday and wish many more years of riding.

 

[Bear]

Happy Birthday, Enjoy the rides.

 

[Miairhead]

When you're 50 age is just a number, at 60 it is a bigger number, at 70 it is a huge number, at 80 numbers no longer matter.

 

[Phil Tarman]

When you're 50 age is just a number, at 60 it is a bigger number, at 70 it is a huge number, at 80 numbers no longer matter.

I'm not so sure I agree with that. I'm closer to 78 than 77 now and when I pass 80, I really want the numbers to keep on adding rather than stopping.

 

[Reniram]

So far so good, but as the years creep up I am not sure waiting for my next b/day to go on a ride is a smart thing to do!..so a couple days ago I followed the Great Mississippi river from the Iowa Quad cities up through Belleview to Dubuque..a nice 160 mile round trip...I did take a little nap after dinner....

 

[Brillot2000]

So far so good, but as the years creep up I am not sure waiting for my next b/day to go on a ride is a smart thing to do!..so a couple days ago I followed the Great Mississippi river from the Iowa Quad cities up through Belleview to Dubuque..a nice 160 mile round trip...I did take a little nap after dinner....

I rode up to Dubuque, IA from Mariam, IL back in 1994 on my 78' GL1000. I had to be about 20 years old then.

 

[Mellow]

They stopped meaning anything to me after 35.

 

[Phil Tarman]

They stopped meaning anything to me after 35.

In a few more years, they'll start meaning something to you again.

 

[DirtFlier]

I just view birthdays as just another mile marker on the road. Keep the throttle open and don't stop to ponder about your age!

 

[coaster]

I'm not so sure I agree with that. I'm closer to 78 than 77 now and when I pass 80, I really want the numbers to keep on adding rather than stopping.

81 and counting.

 

[harryhendo]

Happy birthday! When I got close to turning 60, I looked at what I had done with my life, and since the 3 kids were all grown up I:
First, divorced my nagging wife, second, restored my '87 BMW R80, third, bought the NT700V (all time favorite ride), and fourth, moved out of New Jersey so I could ride into the mountains whenever I wanted. I feel 20 years younger than I did at 60!

 

[karl]

Happy belated Birthday.