FLASHBACK: THE GRADUATE- JANUARY 2007

Ah, to be young and taking a trip, a fairly long, fairly slow trip, riding an ancient, decrepit Soviet motorcycle from Hanoi to Saigon in January-- what could possibly be better than that? Well, doing it for school credit. That was icing on the cake.
Brunhilda, that was the name of the machine from Minsk, didn't let the boyo down too often, and when she did, she was fairly quickly cajoled back into a semblance of functionality, which was about all she could muster, even at the top of her game.
The boy made it safely back, which is what we cared most about, and said he had a great time, which may be what he cared most about, so we were all happy with the result. Oh, and he did get credit, so I guess his professor was happy as well.