It was so difficult to think of good things to mention about the past calendar year, that I decided to skip any year-end roundup. But, browsing through "Kim's photostream":http://www.flickr.com/photos/starstream_girl/ today, I remembered one great thing about 2004 -- my "Scooter":http://www.flickr.com/photos/starstream_girl/2956280/. It was a year of rallies, making new friends and riding that Vespa hard in 3rd gear (4th gear slips). Looking back at 2004: * "Presley":http://ned.suckahs.org/photo/2004.01.27_Florida/07_Scooter_1-thumb.jpg and "I":http://ned.suckahs.org/photo/2004.01.27_Florida/08_Scooter_2-thumb.jpg on rented Asian scoots in Key West, FL... (sans helmets) * Presley bought her "Lambretta LI125":http://ned.suckahs.org/archives/002029.php * "Gotham":http://ned.suckahs.org/archives/002089.php Rally in NYC, our "first":http://ned.suckahs.org/archives/002090.php * "Niagara Rally":http://ned.suckahs.org/archives/002128.php, in Ontario * The "Boston Stranglers":http://ned.suckahs.org/archives/002256.php * And, finally, Presley won "Best Original Scooter":http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedward/809824/ at "European Motorcycle Day":http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedward/809844/in/set-20711/