Modern Vespa

Lake Tekapo.

The Jesus Scoot

There might be unacceptable levels of tannins in your coolant.

The sky in my backyard framed by avocado tree. Yum


Beautiful SW Florida Sky in perpetual summer

Son's Wedding yesterday and happy father.

Congrats Graham

Graham,

Thanks for sharing - congrats - the proud father of the groom.
The rumor is that it is difficult to get those young men from Wales
to settle down. Dashing fellows that they are.

Cheers,

Bob Copeland
Minnesota USA

Thank you Both

On a bench with my coffee at dawn, St Pete beach FL....that's the Gulf of Mexico out there under that moon. (June 2022)

O.S.

Out with the local scooter club and snapped a few pics.


Crude City Scooter Club

Helped get this 80s P200 with a dope disk brake conversion to her new home yesterday.

Arrived in Milan yesterday totally jet lagged. Wandered around lovely Cuneo looking for lunch and found this! Then found the pasta.

Tomorrow starts a 10 day cycling trip around Piemonte. Much more pasta and wine to follow. Looking for a Vespa to ride up the steeper roads.


Almost to Milan. Over Switzerland.

Moto Guzzi in Cuneo

Bicycling or motorcycling? Miguel

10 days of cycling around hilly Piemonte with a group of 12. I have seen many Vespa's here but more less expensive Yamaha's, etc.

Lovely place filled with nice people. Good food and wine.


With lovely wife Karin

Summer monsoon season means late afternoon clouds, and the occasional rainbow. We don't get a ton of rain in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada, but when it does sprinkle and the sun is setting, we get some nice rainbows in the Owens Valley. Took this while walking the dog out behind the house...


Double rainbow from Mustang Mesa, out behind the house.

I've never bike in Italy. Did you take your won bikes or rent them?

Do I remember you have a Pinarello?
Miguel

We have cycled in Italy once before. A company with a van supplies good road bikes and takes our luggage between hotels every 2-3 days and suggests safe routes and good places for meals and coffee.

View of "Vesuvio" and "golfo di Napoli" ♥️


Vesuvio ♥️

It was a Bank Holiday here in the UK today, so time for a bit of late summer maintenance with the help of 2 felines.

This is in our yard. It's made of Redwood, Onyx, Mahogany, stone and concrete. The onyx is lit at night. I built this about 4 or 5 years ago. Miguel

Wirrabara Silo Art.
The man in the painting is not a specfic person, but a representation of the hard working people of the area.
The bird is a local Red Capped Robin.

That's a fabulous way to decorate and dedicate a tower. Thanks for that.

For decades, I worked in all the building that surround this now non-functional water tower originally built circa 1906 that supplied water to the Libby Fruit factory in Sunnyvale California (Silicon Valley) that occupied the site. Not my photo.



Miguel

Stolen from Google Street View. I only know of this building because a friend grew up nearby. The former Longaberger basket company HQ.

10th September 2022. The Union flag flies at full mast over Lancaster Castle for the accession to the throne of the new monarch, HRH King Charles lll. Following the ceremony, the flag will later be lowered and flown at half mast until after the state funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth ll.

Family having fun in Rome.


Zoom zoom

I came across this photo again today.

It was taken by our daughter, Kylie, through the rental car windshield on a drive to our friend's farmhouse near Monbiel, Switzerland, six years ago.

It shows off that beautiful alpine country well.

250 year old farmhouse, green meadow, snow covered mountain in the same shot.

Bill

Here are some pictures I took during our club's anniversary meet. Even with flash flood warnings for later in the day, we had over 30 riders that came to celebrate with us. The ride itself was dry, but I'm sure many of us didn't get home without a little rain.


We got caught by a storm a couple of miles from home.

Although most arrived on Vespas, we had a good selection of brands in attendance. A cherry vintage Lambretta, an MP3, a Chetak, a few Kymcos, with some Yamahas, and Piaggios for good measure.

Let's play Spot The Lammie"!

Prince Christian Sound in South Greenland in late August. A beautiful place!

Just another hike.

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Oscarsass,

What a great photo. I think you Brits love going to Spain.
I know at one time the flights were priced really well.

Side story. In Portugal and Western Spain there are cork
forests. Obviously uninformed me, I did not know there
are cork trees. I was traveling cheap in my Fiat 500 camping
at night. We stopped in a forest to camp. I still had those
big bottles of Germain beer. I threw an empty bottle at
a near by tree. Holy crap batman, it bounced back at me
over my head. Stupid is as stupid does, "forest Gump".

Bob Copeland


How did I miss where cork comes from. No cork trees in Minnesota.

Guzzi Gal,

Thanks for the fine photos of your riding group.

I was hooked on group riding from the start. Kicking
the tires everyone admiring each others scooters and
sharing ride memories.

Life is good.

Bob Copeland

I agree wholeheartedly!

Out of the storm

My Mini in an ice storm

Autumn splendour.


Autumn Splendour

Autumn Splendour

Fall is, indeed, here tho it will be in the 70s today along the central coast of California.

Miguel

Spooky trees for Halloween

Ms Miguel's parents memorial.





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Cat posing in scenic passageway
Porto, Portugal

Shot on iPhone (in the dark)

Proof you made it to Portugal. Nice shot!
Miguel