I am embarking on what I hope will be a 4 month, 17,000 mile motorcycle ride through the US and parts of Mexico and Canada to visit family and friends and to benefit Children International.  Please consider supporting me – learn more here  Will's Charity Ride for Children International - PledgeIt _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Flexibility... is the ability of a joint to move through a normal range of motion without pain. (Well as my 67 years have progressed, I can be described with that ability less and less.) However, as it relates to this charity ride, ¨t he ability to be easily modified or willingness to change or compromise.¨  Yes, there is that.  I have had my heart set on camping at Gooseneck Park in southern Utah for months.  But,… not this time.  Maybe I can work it in when I am headed back west in the summer.   As it turns out, there is a storm that...

I am embarking on what I hope will be a 4 month, 17,000 mile motorcycle ride through the US and parts of Mexico and Canada to visit family and friends and to benefit Children International.  Please consider supporting me – learn more here  Will's Charity Ride for Children International - PledgeIt _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ March 22, 2024 Retirement Day 2024 And so begins the next chapter...turned in my computer and badge this morning.  Those being two of the main tools of white collar work.  Now off to begin the Children International charity ride. In particular, while I have enjoyed the last few years of my career primarily based on the colleagues with whom I worked, I am excited to take on this next adventure.   And I am excited to launch off to the next 4 months/17K miles, I will miss my wife and our 3 fur babies.   March 23, 2024 Last trial pack of the...

I am embarking on what I hope will be a 4 month, 17,000 mile motorcycle ride through the US and parts of Mexico and Canada to visit family and friends and to benefit Children International.  Please consider supporting me – learn more here  Will's Charity Ride for Children International - PledgeIt _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Google Analytics (View Count) Let's go Sweden!  Here's where I am starting... By the 3rd day I expect to pass into Arizona.  As I am trying to listen to my 67 year old body and live the motto that life is a marathon, not a sprint, I am planning to only average less than 200 miles per day.  This ride is more than just a motorcycle ride, in addition to visiting family and friends, I expect to take advantage of the various places that I am visiting to go to museums, parks, restaurants, music festivals, etc.  That is what I expect to do with the rest ...

I am embarking on what I hope will be a 4 month, 17,000 mile motorcycle ride through the US and parts of Mexico and Canada to visit family and friends and to benefit Children International.  Please consider supporting me – learn more here  Will's Charity Ride for Children International - PledgeIt _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ March 19, 2024  Pre-Ride Introduction I'll start off by quoting Mike Tyson, "Everyone has a plan until they are punched in the face."  I am hoping that there will be no punching during this ride, but you get what I mean.  This is the itinerary of the charity ride as it stands today.  I'll be launching off March 29 and ride in a counterclockwise direction, and if there is no punching, I expect to be back in Sunnyvale, CA early August.  I chose to leave what appears to be this early in the season so as to avoid as much of the heat of the s...

I am embarking on what I hope will be a 4 month, 17,000 mile motorcycle ride through the US and parts of Mexico and Canada to visit family and friends and to benefit Children International.  Please consider supporting me – learn more here  Will's Charity Ride for Children International - PledgeIt _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is page 2!  More Prep... (Realized after the fact that the services that created the QR codes wants $$$$ to maintain the QR codes.  SO.... This QR code will bring you to the Children International site where you can learn about the good works the charity performs. This QR code will bring you to the Children International charity portal. PledgeIt . This QR code will show you where I am in real time via my Garmin InReach. Where's Will ? Less than 2 weeks of work and 3 weeks till launch from Sunnyvale.  Charlene will be joining me in Miami towards t...

I am embarking on what I hope will be a 4 month, 17,000 mile motorcycle ride through the US and parts of Mexico and Canada to visit family and friends and to benefit Children International.  Please consider supporting me – learn more here  Will's Charity Ride for Children International - PledgeIt _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ It was suggested that starting this blog and recording my retirement ride might incentivize people to contribute, and so here I am.  (Conny, you know who you are!)  It is 4 weeks today till I embark on my retirement ride that I am hoping serves dual purposes; to usher in the next chapter of my life, and to raise funds for children in need by supporting the charity Children International.  I have been a supporter of Children International since 1991 and have sponsored several children since then.   I have been very fortunate in my life, by the...