All Things Rowdy

While I was doing my study abroad in Spain I rented a motorcycle for a weekend and took some rides out into the countryside north of Madrid and into the Sierra de la Guadarrama mountains. Here are some snippets from the GoPro video I took while goofing off. A lot of the country side reminded me of northern California and the Sierra Nevada mountains. All I know is it was a fun adventure to be riding around in the mountains in a new country. How can you beat that for a break from studying??

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust I like this quote quite a bit but at the same time I don't like it because I want new landscapes. Not new eyes. I am choosing to read it as that I should not just view new landscapes with my old eyes but that new things should also be viewed with new eyes. Change my scenery and change myself.

My mom! (Muscleman voice from Regular Show) My mom would be proud of my upside down playground toy riding. A joke I heard when I took a Skip Barber racing class went like this, "What's the difference between a rental car and a 4-wheel drive? A rental car can go anywhere." I kind of feel the same way about a rental a bicycle as well.

What happens when a shark stops moving? It dies. To most who know me personally, you know I'm anxious to move away from not only San Diego but California. For a good handful of reasons. -Income Taxes -No Family Lives in CA -Political Climate/Gun Laws/Land Use -Desire for Change (And Hope! hahaha) -Personal Growth that Comes with Change -SD Makes You a Weather Wuss -Increase in Personal Exposure/Opportunities in Shooting Having been living in Spain for the past month has only solidified my desire to move as soon as is appropriate. Not that I am in love with Spain but it has been a bit of gasoline on my rambling fire living and studying here. As if I needed any more fuel...... What has Spain taught me though about all of these feelings and desires? Well that I am more of a country mouse than a city mouse. That I need trees, mountains, seasons. That I can live without the beach. I like the beach swell (pun intended) but not as much as I like mountains. Blame it on my up bri...

So it is a work in progress, but if you want a ton of photos without a lot of context you can get them here: http://rowdyenmadrid.blogspot.com.es/ My Spain Blog