{"id":2020,"date":"2012-06-14T04:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2014-06-07T19:07:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T23:07:32","slug":"watching-cops-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=2020","title":{"rendered":"Watching Cops Compete"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Readers and friends are aware that I enjoy watching skilled motorcycle riders — motorcops — compete in what is commonly called a “police rodeo.” I have had the pleasure of watching many of these competitions<\/a> and serving as a judge for the past two years at one of the largest such competitions held on the U.S. East Coast. So naturally, a friend asked, “are you going to attend the motorcycle skills competition on the 23rd in Wayne, New Jersey?”
\n
\n\"\"Answer — no. Wayne, New Jersey, is at least 230 miles and a minimum of five hours north of where I live by high-speed, wild-ass-driving interstate highway with expensive tolls. Or if I wanted to use non-toll “back roads,” the ride would be longer and take much more time. <\/p>\n

Ah, time, that precious commodity — so many demands for it, so little of it to meet the demands.<\/p>\n

Sure, if I were not working, single, and didn’t have this pesky chronic health condition that restricts me from riding more than 100 miles without having to stop, take a break, stretch, eat, pee and poop — I might consider it. <\/p>\n

Logistically, though, riding to New Jersey to watch cops compete is not something I want to do. It’s not a day trip for me. I would have to ride all day<\/i> the day before, stay in a hotel (another expense), watch the competition, stay overnight again in a hotel, then ride all.day.home. Nope…. Plus, while my Harley is in good mechanical shape, I wouldn’t want to ride that far alone.<\/p>\n

\"\"I don’t chase cops. Sure, I enjoy watching them ride, but once a year in the local competition is sufficient. I ride with cops regularly anyway (though not booted in uniform). Being with or around cops is no big deal. They pull their boots on one foot at a time, like I do. Plus, like anyone, they prefer to socialize when not competing with each other, not with some random boot aficionado. <\/p>\n

Instead of riding all the way to New Jersey, I would prefer to spend my precious time with my beloved partner, loving family, delightful senior pals, and accomplishing tasks on the never-ending “to-do” list at home. Perhaps work a ride in as I go about my daily business, too. It’s all good. I’m happy with my love (my partner), and those with whom I share love (family and friends), and that’s about it.<\/p>\n

Life is short: know your limits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Readers and friends are aware that I enjoy watching skilled motorcycle riders — motorcops — compete in what is commonly called a “police rodeo.” I have had the pleasure of watching many of these competitions and serving as a judge … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cop-boots","category-motorcycle-ride"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}