I am holding a house party tonight for Deb Markowitz, the current Secretary of State and candidate for Governor of Vermont. I hope some folks show up. It is an active campaign season with a lot of open seats and some extraordinary candidates for public office.

One thing about our small state is that our government and our politicians are very accessible. I’ll bet our candidates for governor have had more debates and forums than in any other state. The five or six of them literally get together 2-3 times a week to discuss the issues. No one will be able to say they have not had a chance to hear from the candidates.

I did sneak in a test ride on my Norton last weekend, found one more oil leak to be fixed and with any luck, I will be able to pick it up this weekend and take some pictures for Kibbles readers. After riding my big motorcycles, it was a little like riding a toy motorcycle but it was very nostalgic as I figured out how to use the right side gear shift with a one-up, three down pattern. A few times, I downshifted instead of upshifted but once I was on the road it all came back to me. I was a little apprehensive about whether I could kick start it, but the boys at Classic Bike Experience had it running so smoothly that it just took one kick.

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Your Kibbles & Bytes Team,
Don, Kali, Ed & Ben