Riding is a personal adventure for the most part, unless of course you have the privilege of sharing it with a wife or girlfriend. Something really special about this. In my early years of riding, my wife went everywhere with me. Then the kids came along and things changed, more out of necessity, but it changed. When the kids were big enough to allow us to resume riding together, my wife’s health changed to where she was not able to ride any more. Sad thing but just the reality of life at this juncture.
I have become accustomed to riding alone. On occasions riding with a friend or two, but some how, just never quite the same. Riding in groups comes with it’s own set of obstacles; riding styles, fast vs. slow, aggressive vs. conservative, in a hurry, taking too much time. This at times lends more towards something that ends up more frustrating than relaxing.
Recently I had an absolute NEED to get away for a few days. I decided I would connect with site folks from out East; Wojo, Airguy, Mert and Loco (from my own region) on a trip around Lake Superior. Now Loco and I because of our schedules were not able to make the whole trip with the folks from the East, but I was determined to no matter how much time I could get off, I was going to make the trip.
I had determined not to have any expectation of this trip than to meet these folks and ride with them, no matter how far, no matter how cold, no matter how wet, I was going to ride.
The short version of this and the point of this story was what happened on this trip. I have NEVER gone on any trip where I did not have to be at a destination on a specific time frame. The effect of this is, you seldom get to enjoy much of the journey because you are playing catch up to get where you need to be on time. We had no schedule, and I had one of the best times of my life with this group of people. I enjoyed the extended stops at way side rests, gas stations and restaurants and over looks. Stopping to take pictures of ‘funny’ road signs. It was incredible. But more than that, was this incredible bunch of people who were just so fun to relax with and have fun together.
I needed this three day break from life, I needed and so appreciated this group of riders who helped me get to where I needed to be internally. Great conversation, great friendship, great riding. Enjoying together some of the sweetest things about riding. Thanks Mert, Wojo, Airguy and Loco.
Moe's note: This was edited only to correct ascii translation errors ( for example ’ = ') that occurred when servers were changed.
Last edited by moe; 04/09/2008 3:45 PM.
