ARMOIRE ... if you know what that is, hold up your hand!  Awwww, come on, Bob!  You're bluffing...
And, yeah, Fred, you don't know either, do you?  Jim?  Nancy?  Yes?  Okay, Nancy knows ... and she probably does. - #000

     From Websters:  ar-moire  (ar mwar) ... a large, usually ornate, cupboard or clothespress

     Yeah, it's in the Pickup truck, but look closer.  What do you see? 

     John writes:  I wanted to share this photo with you.  Unfortunately, the detail may be too small for publication but it is still fun to tell someone about it.  

     In the winter of 2003, wife Barbara and I hauled our DR650 Suzuki to Tampa, Florida.  At that time, there was a ferry running between Tampa and Merida, Mexico.
It made for an awesome shortcut over riding there through the length of Mexico and then around the corner and up to Merida.  We had two weeks to ride to Belize and across to Guatemala, then back to Mexico and north to Merida.

     Traveling north on the Pan American Highway and going through a small town in Guatemala, we pulled up behind this Pickup at a traffic light.  In the bed of the truck was an Armoire (see photo above) with a mirror and we were momentarily reflected in it.  I suggested to Barbara that she take a picture but the light changed to green.  Interesting challenge.  I decided to try and position the bike and us in the right spot so that our reflection would be in the mirror, and we were riding on a very curvy road.

     The above picture was the result.  Unfortunately, she caught the edge of the sleeve of my red Aerostich jacket in the photo, too.  I was going to crop it out but I decided that it too was part of the story!

     Oh, what fond memories we have.  Hopefully, I can generate more this Summer.  This winter I am working hard at studying my Spanish.  While I always get by (8 weeks speaking only Spanish in South America, for example), better skills will improve the experience.

     I hope your winter is going well.  Endless shop projects help me along.  We are burning more firewood this year because we are staying home.
     Take Care,  John, #2829 - Michigan 

     (REPLY)  Thank You, John!  As for that jacket sleeve, it all but disappeared when I turned your photo from a vertical shot to a horizontal view to fit our website.  It is barely visible on the left of the photo, for those who are curious.  What a cool story, and it is so an example of our recall of an adventure ... many times that memory is a composite of many tiny little memories that make up the larger recall of the entire trip.  A fun moment, even if it was 17 years ago ...  - #000.

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