Ok, I give in, after all it is a new year

        I generally refuse to make a New Years resolution because it only tends to map out and gauge the lack of resolve each of us have in our character.   I don't do the weight loss spiral, more money  thing, long lost love and absolute change in my life crap, because that's what it is--crap.  Actually people spend very little time making unrealistic goals and telling their friends it is a resolution.  They almost immediately fail because it is unrealistic.  But it is a new calendar and a goal I've had for several years which I can pursue this year is travel each month, and, of course that means using a bike to do it.   I'm not crazy enough to go riding on overnight trips in the dead of winter ( I don't think)  but I did buy a folder this year to use when I travel by train and have a couple trips planned for the next two months.

        But thanks to my new status as a single person (as opposed to single parent) since my son is in college, I now have time for my real love -- cycletouring.  I am sincerely looking forward to a monthly overnight and a couple week long tours I have planned now that I have expanded my bike selection to include a bona fide  touring bike.

 So that's as well defined as I get, not a resolution but the realization of a goal I have had for years while raising my child.