I’ve done a few things folks might consider “bucket list” items
Learn to ride a motor cycle might be one more
here you go norm 
its a about a 34 hour drive from here to there
I’ll find one more local
road trip!
Ay caramba!
Good thing the gas price is going down.
We have to haul our own garbage to the dump since we live out in the country so a truck is a necessity
And the one I bought came up at a steal of a price
Thankfully I do NOT have to commute to work and drive it a lot
It’s nearly 7 years old and has < 70,000 km on it - still looks brand new almost
And it uses less gas than my old Chev did
I really like those big trucks. I have no real use for them at this point in my life but sure would love to own anotherone when my finances allows it.
Guatemala City traffic is horrible and driving and parking a truck like that is a pain, but I still want one.
Want to trade a bike for the truck? LOL
I havent been in/near Guatemala in a very long time
Not since the mid 1970’s
But we werent in Guatemala City
We were way south on the border with El Salvador (where I was staying at the time)
I bought my first motorcycle when I was 17. Pulled into the driveway at home, and my Dad said “Where the H*ll did you get that?”… I said “I just bought it with my own money”, he said “Well arighty then”… {FYI… my Mom was none too please, 40+ years later and she still isn’t). Back then all you had to do to get a Motorcycle License was drive around in the DMV parking lot to the satisfaction of the inspector. Today, you MUST attend a course and provide all the paper work. Needless to say… I have never let mine lapse, so I will never have to bother about that
SOOO important not to let it lapse… I nearly lost my M endorsement not because I did something wrong but rather went to renew my licenses and the clerk almost forgot to put it on the new license.
You would be impressed with how much Guatemala has changed since then. During the mid 70s Guatemala was in the middle of a civil war and the whole country was a mess. We are still a 3rd world country but doing our best to turn this place into a 2.5 world country 
Come and visit again, you will like it here.
My dad boght me my first motorcycle when I was 9, I think my mom is still pissed at him for that.
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I was in El Salvador mere months before theirs go going
If my parents had known that then I dont think they would have let me go
I saw things no teenager should ever see
But still managed to see a beatiful country and meet a lot of nice people
I have been talking with my friend who still lives there and maybe next year we will go there or he’ll come here
Its been nearly 10 years since I last sw him in Texas
@SpeedLimitChallenger Thanks! The arcade table does indeed use Raspberry Pi 3s running RetroPi. The pinball table is a bit more complicated. It’s essentially a Windows PC driving three monitors using Pinball Arcade and Virtual Pinball.
Couldn’t agree more. It’s why I’m currently trying to convince the wife to let me buy a banged up Star Trek The Next Generation pinball. I want to renovate it 
It’s possible to get some of the feel of a real Pin by attaching solenoid motors to the inside of the virtual pinball cabinet. The software will then “kick” the side of the table when the ball hits the side in the simulation. Pretty cool.
I was just kidding with the kicking thing
I used to work in automation systems, that was a lot of fun!
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Guatemala’s civil war was bad but not near as bad as the one in El Salvador. But those guys are resilient, they came out of it with a beautiful country.
Yeah it was really bad there
Still not super safe according to my friend but better than it was during those awful years