Summer signs are here - high winds, keeping hawks aloft, ducks and geese busy building and brooding...hot evenings, cool dawns, and of course a chorus of birds!
About time you might say, with summer yard work, house chores, vacation plans....but hey, it's time that I don't have to spare. Dust the furniture? On a nice day - you gotta be joking! Dust is just a way of protecting your surfaces, it provides a good place to write in a phone number when you can't find a pen! Don't laugh - you know I have done this!
And yard work - highly over rated! Why deny the young lad his biweekly $20 bill to mow both front AND back lawns when there are two totally capable motorcycles in the garage? So a fie o the weeds and crab grass, pfffssstttt to the dusting, and ok I'll start the dishwasher but that is where I draw the line....and onto the open road!
Early season bees abound, and sadly each trip out decreases their number as they insist on smashing into my helmet and if I don't duck quickly enough, into my face! Youch! The riding tho - it's so wonderful! Our routes don't take us into a lot of traffic, so we enjoy broad vistas, bright sun, and small herds of antelope in the feilds beside us. I even got to see a wee baby 'lope, sleeping on the green grass, surrounded by mothers, aunts and likey some hidden cousins!
Fuzzy antlered bucks watch us as we whiz past - and how can one not whiz when the only thing on the highway might be the odd gopher or a fast moving snake? A farmer is mowing his ditches and the smell of fresh grass which smells like the colour green looks - bright, vibrant, new.... ahhh this is why I love to ride!
So it's back to the house, back to the office, and another week...evenings now spent looking at maps and website, making plans for a journey to the west and south.
And why am I blathering on about this? Well dear reader, because I love it. I love the thought of seeing new roads, revisiting old roads from the past, of sharing the joys, the humour and the amazement of a motorcycle trip with my beloved - and then a nice warm evening with wine and reflection....can't wait! End of June is the start of my adventure - two and a half glorious weeks on the road. Our vacation doesn't take us to big cities or busy interstates, instead we've found small bed and breakfasts, wee motels and out of the way cabins. It will be glorious!
Until departure day, we continue to dream, ride to get into shape for long days, chatter about what I want to pack, and polish the bikes. THEY should be cleaned, the furniture and the floors will have to wait until it rains!
