2) No tolls for motorcycles anywhere, ever. Using cash on a motorcycle is very difficult when properly dressed. Using electronics is intrusive, difficult to mount, and easy to steal. And a no-cash system is usually extremely unfair for casual users..... motorcycles are unfairly / disproportionally affected. Since motorcycles put almost no wear on roads it shouldn't matter much anyway.
When you stop at the gas station (slash convenience store) to fill up, toss your riding jacket into that cooler out front that they sell the bags of ice out of. Pump your gas, take a leak, get yourself something to drink. Then, throw your jacket back on and take off. That's how I deal with the Texas heat.
In 2001 Jim escorted Ramin and myself north from San Fran up into the Napa Valley[...]
Also put on the CoolVest that I'd bought in Virginia the year before.
I don't think that Boomer is an Aussie... If you look under his avatar you may find the Union Jack.
Triple digit heat is too much for me, I'm cranky if it gets above 90.The 6-8 months of Central Texas summer is why we moved to Colorado a year and a half ago, just got tired of after 9 years in Austin, I grew up and spent 37 years in Oklahoma City which can get hot as well. The summer of 2011 we had 90 days over 100 with many of those in the 105-110 range and then you wake up in the morning with near 90 temps and humidity while in the middle of a drought.
Don't know how folks can live in AZ, TX or FL where it's hot like this for a good part of the year.
I remember when I would visit my folks in FL, and the cold water faucet never got cold.
I'm a true New Englander, and I like winter.
That he does, Max. That he does...<LOL>