I am 79 now. I can tell I am no spring chick. A lot has changed over the last couple of years, especially this year. I am riding very little nowadays. It is difficult for me to load and unload my trike from my truck where I store it. Consequently that makes a big difference in how often I ride it. Honestly, I find myself making (looking for) excuses not to ride. My motivation is way down. I have thought about selling my trike and go from there in downsizing my possessions … something I need to do … should have already done several years ago.

I have noticed that it is getting harder for me to work on my trike and again, I find myself less motivated … not only concerning my trike, but most anything. I just want to relax and do next to nothing. I have been putting off getting a ladder out to work on a couple of lights. I finally got that done after a few months of procrastination.

Truthfully I never thought it would come to this. I expected to keep riding daily until I couldn’t anymore. Of course, the less I ride the worse things get as far as my physical abilities.

The fact that my former website tadpolerider.com was taken down when I gave it away doesn’t help any. That really bummed me out, especially after the man I gave it to assured me he would keep it up and not change the name. He did both upon getting full control of it. I found out his word didn’t mean a thing. It is a shame. I find his articles pretty good and I was hoping everything would have worked out differently than it did. He hasn’t written anything new for some time. I don’t know if he is experiencing medical problems or what. I hope not but it may very well be the reason his website is stagnant.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch … don’t mind me … that was just a line from a radio program I listened to when I was a teenager. I have written so much about tadpole trikes in past years that there doesn’t seem like anything else to write about. I am sure that isn’t true, but that is the reality for me. It is probably just lack of motivation. I am done with it all and wish to remain so. This may be the last time I write anything. I am hoping some new blood shows up on the scene and takes over. I think we are all ready for that.