Thirty-five days on the road is a unique opportunity to cover miles of terrain and wide, open spaces together on a bike. Yet, life can also seem confined to a very small space: the limited area of a small bag, a bike seat, and the voice in your headset. This time together has been filled with wonderful delights and a few irritations.Highlights
- Loving the time with my husband
- Praying together in our headsets (eyes open at all times!)
- Reconnecting with significant people in our life
- Meeting amazing new people and kind, interesting strangers
- Viewing beautiful, grand vistas
- Seeing the multitudes of crops growing across the country
- Chatting with other bikers
- Enjoying a stream, viewing a flower, watching a hawk
- Experiencing the variety of color, hue and texture in creation
- Chuckling at billboards
- Experiencing a glorious thunderstorm
- Hearing “I love being with you” in my headset
- Eating a good piece of pie
Lowlights
- Sweating in the 100+ desert heat in a black helmet, boots and jeans
- Taking blurry pictures of precious scenery
- Getting Tim to slow down so I can take a picture or see the herd of bison
- Being on the go...not enough time to linger
- Always being the last one to put my helmet on (Who do you think this really bothers?)
- Ignoring antique stores and art/sculpture galleries
- Eating a blah piece of pie
- Stopping at another roadside bathroom (Tim drinks a LOT of liquid!)
- Having the trip end
I cannot truly express how humble and grateful I am to have this opportunity. I adore being with Tim, and traveling on the back of a bike is thrilling. We are already dreaming of the next adventure…..
Sue
Sue
