In civilian life, hands down, Juris’s favorite mode of transportation was his bicycle. In the army he had to drive of course (although I’m pretty sure he’d not yet actually gotten his license). “I’m still unenticed by the automobile,” he wrote, “but slowing falling in love with my jeep. Spend a lot of time in that jeep—fixing lines, going down to the river, making the courier run to meet the plane. But I’m going to give up driving after this. Any kind of traffic would petrify me. Not too much opposition on these roads except for an occasional stubborn cow or stray water buffalo. About the only thing you have to worry about is running out of road unexpectedly, especially now with the rains coming on. They tend to disappear overnight. At times during the rain it’s like trying to drive in a river—upstream. Still we get there in our slow but reliable buggy. Not bad for a lousy driver—and shift no less. Nope, driving’s not for me. I’m considering, however, investing in a little red helicopter. It’s not riding and it’s not flying, either – sort of like floating.”