Four Wheeling Whee!
From: Diana V Thompson [mailto:diana.thompson103@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:26 AM
Subject: Four Wheeling Whee!
Hey Family,
Right after breakfast today I scooted over to the rental shop I'd scoped out yesterday and rented myself a four wheel ATV. I'm not sure what the shop owner tought of me as a customer -- he had to show me how to start the thing three times before I could get it right -- but once I got it figured out, he took off the brake and I flew out of his shop on my wheelie #3. What a blast! I was a maniac on that thing.
First off, the streets were already crowded with tour buses, taxis, smart cars, mopeds, motorbikes, and other ATVs like mine, plus pedestrians and occasional mules. And typical me, I seemed to be going slower than everyone else on the road (except maybe the pedestrians and the donkeys) but I was in no hurry. I took that thing all over the island, not bothering with a map -- how hard is it to get lost on an island? I paused for a break at a sparsely populated beach, waded into the surf, and got quite soaked. The sand was black and sparkly, lava rock. Later I pulled over at a random taverna for a light lunch of tzikiki and bread-- absolute heaven. When my tailbone and shoulders couldn't take any more of the road, I turned the thing in. I have GOT to get me one of those things.
Tomorrow I return to Athens on the morning flight, and late that afternoon catch a short hop to the island of Kos-- right off the Turkish coastline.
Love you all!
Tory
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:26 AM
Subject: Four Wheeling Whee!
Hey Family,
Right after breakfast today I scooted over to the rental shop I'd scoped out yesterday and rented myself a four wheel ATV. I'm not sure what the shop owner tought of me as a customer -- he had to show me how to start the thing three times before I could get it right -- but once I got it figured out, he took off the brake and I flew out of his shop on my wheelie #3. What a blast! I was a maniac on that thing.
First off, the streets were already crowded with tour buses, taxis, smart cars, mopeds, motorbikes, and other ATVs like mine, plus pedestrians and occasional mules. And typical me, I seemed to be going slower than everyone else on the road (except maybe the pedestrians and the donkeys) but I was in no hurry. I took that thing all over the island, not bothering with a map -- how hard is it to get lost on an island? I paused for a break at a sparsely populated beach, waded into the surf, and got quite soaked. The sand was black and sparkly, lava rock. Later I pulled over at a random taverna for a light lunch of tzikiki and bread-- absolute heaven. When my tailbone and shoulders couldn't take any more of the road, I turned the thing in. I have GOT to get me one of those things.
Tomorrow I return to Athens on the morning flight, and late that afternoon catch a short hop to the island of Kos-- right off the Turkish coastline.
Love you all!
Tory
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