Unpack leather jacket and chaps. Make sure the gloves still fit and aren't stiffened up. Find wool socks, and face mask. This year winterizing shall include the purchase of a new Jimmy retro helmet with face shield.

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe