you're a jet, snap

this weekend i went exploring grand rapids on mopeds with my friend jason. we stuck to the west side of town, mostly trying to find hills and "backcountry," if you can call it that. friday morning we did some repairs and ended up at the ghostriders warehouse on the northside of town. after fixing the brakes and trying to get the vespa to jet properly, we ended up running out of gas 10 minutes before i had to be at work near one of the recycling centers on market st.

on sunday we took a long ride out to millennium park, had chinese in grandville, and saw lots of geese and goose poop. i hadn't been out to the park since fishing with aaron in the fall but i found that the area just north of the park was far more beautiful and interesting on our ride. it was timeless.

different branches of the moped army hold rallies during the riding season. jason's branch, the bourbon bandits, are having their moped rally in mid april. rallies often have gifts for visiting riders from other branches (i.e. screenprinted bandannas, toolbags, etc.). the bandits are throwing around the idea of trading cards. originally another bandit wanted superhero themed trading cards with some made up bandit superpower info, but jason had the awesome idea of making retro looking moped trading cards instead.

we went through the small collection of cards i have at my house, scanned the best 7, and made one demo to post on the bandit rally forum. if they like it, i could be making all of them in the next few weeks which will be a lot of work but well worth it.we just have to scan his signature and lay that over the top.ah yes, tom henke...the all-star

p.s.-my home's not trapping radon inside, woo!