Des Moines was host to the 32nd Wing Ding over the last few days. It's a meeting of 8-10,000 Gold Wing riders . I worked at the UPS Store booth and got to meet hundreds of the riders and their significant others. They came from as far as New Zealand, Germany, And Hawaii. All the states were represented as well as a number of other countries. It was a great time, even for a Triumph owner. Got to ride the Can-Am Spyder, try on all the helmets I've wondered about, pick up a few goodies and get a close look at how nuts some of those guys are about their bikes. The bikes are not really my cup of tea but the folks are great.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.