Scooter Burn

For your protection and sanity, there will be no pictures of the burn itself!  Before I go into more details on what scooter burn is, first I must explain how things came about:

This weekend, in my ongoing quest to figure out the local bus system, I decided to ride around town to all of the places we typically find ourselves, all the while writing down bus numbers at the closest stops.  Figuring that since all things can be solved through spreadsheets, I will then put all of the numbers on a matrix enabling me to get where I need to go.  I have to do this because everything is in Chinese and there are no route maps available until you step onto the bus.

Well, I picked the most beautiful, sunny, clear, hot, smog free weekend to ride around for about 4 hours on a combination of the bike and scooter.  When I got home and peeled off the sweaty clothes, I realized that I’ve never had a sun burn like this before.  My face, forearms and feet (flip-flop pattern of course) were all pink in a way that happened to me every year growing up in Virginia Beach, so no big deal there.  What was different about this burn was the lobster red five inch strip extending from halfway up my knee caps to my shorts line.  The great thing about it is that when I walk, my shorts (or pants) rub against it with every step reminding me of what an air head I was.  Also, when forget and cross my legs (like a man - triangle style, one ankle on the opposite knee) I of course hit directly on the burn.

Being the ever conscientious individual, I did take some pictures of how to prevent scooter burn below for those of you who are scooter novices like myself…

Nice to see she's protected, I guess she doesn't mind if her man looks like a farm hand as long as her complexion is preserved.

Keep in mind it was about 90 deg. F out, ahh the price that must be paid to avoid the deadly tan.