My son is traveling through Mexico, Central and South America on his 2008 Yamaha 250cc dual sport. He's now in Bolivia and getting ready to go to Chile.
He has a blog and posts his travels as he goes. A lot of his friends are after him to let them send him money for Christmas. He said at the start that he would ride until he had enough money to get himself and the bike home to New Hampshire.
He sent this reply to them on his blog and I thought I would share it here.
Steve.
"You guys are killing me, with kindness! Thank you very much for the thought, really, more than I can ever express!
But financially, right now, I'm doing good. I'm a stubbornly proud individual, a character flaw I know , but I'm working on it, baby steps ya know. But if you want to do something for me buy dinner for a veteran you see in a restaurant, or a meal for the vet panhandling in the street and tell them it's from your buddy Jr. or a donation to the Veterans Fund. Then come on here and tell me the story. THAT would make me happy, and everybody far more richer for the experience. With all that's going on in our country right now it infuriates me that so many useless bags of air get a free hand out while so many Veterans get so little. It's not about political ideology, it's about what's right!
Sappy, I know, but it's something close to my heart.
Gracias amigos y Feliz Navidad."
He has a blog and posts his travels as he goes. A lot of his friends are after him to let them send him money for Christmas. He said at the start that he would ride until he had enough money to get himself and the bike home to New Hampshire.
He sent this reply to them on his blog and I thought I would share it here.
Steve.
"You guys are killing me, with kindness! Thank you very much for the thought, really, more than I can ever express!
But financially, right now, I'm doing good. I'm a stubbornly proud individual, a character flaw I know , but I'm working on it, baby steps ya know. But if you want to do something for me buy dinner for a veteran you see in a restaurant, or a meal for the vet panhandling in the street and tell them it's from your buddy Jr. or a donation to the Veterans Fund. Then come on here and tell me the story. THAT would make me happy, and everybody far more richer for the experience. With all that's going on in our country right now it infuriates me that so many useless bags of air get a free hand out while so many Veterans get so little. It's not about political ideology, it's about what's right!
Sappy, I know, but it's something close to my heart.
Gracias amigos y Feliz Navidad."
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