It's too *(#@^)&* hot!
I wish I could say that riding my Harley was the No. 1 thing keeping me from blogging, but it's too *(#@^)&* hot for that, too!
Later,
Sherri
Showing posts with label motorcycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motorcycle. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Friday, August 6, 2010
On Becoming A Biker Babe
One day about 10 years ago, my DH announced that he was getting a motorcycle. Bob rode a lot when he was younger and wanted to get back into it. So I said "yeah, right, whatever" and he bought a Harley Davidson Sportster. At that time I didn't care much about motorcycles and was scared to ride. But this bike was cute and he coaxed me onto the back a time or two. I still didn't care much about motorcycles.
Pretty soon Bob traded in his Sportster for a pretty cool Wide Glide. He joined the local HOG (Harley Owners' Group) and started riding more. He coaxed me onto the back a time or two. I still didn't care much about motorcycles.
On my next birthday, Bob presented me with a very interesting present . . . a pair of leather chaps! He told me that he'd like me to ride with him more and wanted me to be comfortable when the weather was chilly. I ask you, how romantic is that?? It meant so much that he wanted to share one of his favorite activities with me, that I decided to hop on the back and get used to it. It took a while to relax, learn to lean, and keep my eyes open most of the time :) I bought a leather jacket to match my chaps and we started doing some weekend trips. By the time we rode the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway, I was hooked!
We started riding with the Raleigh HOG. I had such a fabulous time and met so many wonderful people. Here is a picture someone snapped of us during a group ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway:
Now that we live in Texas, we've joined the local HOG. This is a great group of people who love riding. I joined the Ladies of Harley and will post more about my biker babe girlfriends later. Here's a group on a spring ride to Nacogdoches to see the azaleas. I'm the one with the white banana in the back row and Bob's the one with the red jacket.
Speaking of HOG. This is what a HOG meeting looks like at Longhorn Harley Davidson in Grand Prairie.
There is a moral to this story. On group rides, I meet a lot of guys riding solo. Really neat guys who say that they wish their wife or girlfriend would ride with them. I say to these women - get on the bike and share this with the man you love. Feel confident that he'll be careful because he's responsible for the 2 things he loves the most; his motorcycle and you (not necessarily in that order). There are many wonderful women sharing the journey. You'll have a great time and make some good friends. What can be better than that!
Pretty soon Bob traded in his Sportster for a pretty cool Wide Glide. He joined the local HOG (Harley Owners' Group) and started riding more. He coaxed me onto the back a time or two. I still didn't care much about motorcycles.
On my next birthday, Bob presented me with a very interesting present . . . a pair of leather chaps! He told me that he'd like me to ride with him more and wanted me to be comfortable when the weather was chilly. I ask you, how romantic is that?? It meant so much that he wanted to share one of his favorite activities with me, that I decided to hop on the back and get used to it. It took a while to relax, learn to lean, and keep my eyes open most of the time :) I bought a leather jacket to match my chaps and we started doing some weekend trips. By the time we rode the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway, I was hooked!
We started riding with the Raleigh HOG. I had such a fabulous time and met so many wonderful people. Here is a picture someone snapped of us during a group ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway:
Bob's Wide Glide took us a lot of places. Our longest trip was when we moved Elizabeth to the University of Wyoming for her graduate studies. We put all of her stuff and the motorcycle in a Uhaul truck and drove from our home in South Carolina. After getting her unpacked and settled, we turned in the Uhaul and rode the motorcycle back home.
What a fabulous trip. All through Nebraska and Kansas it was hot and dusty. Missouri was a welcome change; I was never so glad to see kudzu! We took a ferry across the Mississippi and made it home in a leisurely 4 days.
Yes, 4 whole days from Wyoming to South Carolina. The Wide Glide was the epitomy of a cool Harley, but 300 miles a day was the absolute maximum we could ride and still walk at the end of the day.
Enter the Road King Classic. A beautiful motorcycle with leather and chrome. We added a comfortable touring seat and a tour pack on the back. And now we can really ride!! Our first long ride was from South Carolina to Oklahoma for a family reunion. Here we are saying goodbye to our granddaughters before heading home.
What do you think - future biker chicks? You can't really see the motorcycle in this shot, though, so here's a better one.
Now that we live in Texas, we've joined the local HOG. This is a great group of people who love riding. I joined the Ladies of Harley and will post more about my biker babe girlfriends later. Here's a group on a spring ride to Nacogdoches to see the azaleas. I'm the one with the white banana in the back row and Bob's the one with the red jacket.
Speaking of HOG. This is what a HOG meeting looks like at Longhorn Harley Davidson in Grand Prairie.
There is a moral to this story. On group rides, I meet a lot of guys riding solo. Really neat guys who say that they wish their wife or girlfriend would ride with them. I say to these women - get on the bike and share this with the man you love. Feel confident that he'll be careful because he's responsible for the 2 things he loves the most; his motorcycle and you (not necessarily in that order). There are many wonderful women sharing the journey. You'll have a great time and make some good friends. What can be better than that!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Pictures from my phone!
Wow, I finally figured out how to upload pictures from the camera in my cellphone. It took buying a USB cord and downloading some software, but now I'm all set. Of course, the pictures are not as good as from my digital camera, but when I don't have the camera with me, I can get by!
Last friday Bob and I were on our way to dinner at Colter's BBQ when I noticed all these birds lined up along the roof at this strip center. I thought it was so cool!
Just when I snapped the picture, they all flew off directly over my head and landed on the utility lines. Good thing I haven't watched Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" lately, or I might have fainted dead on the spot!
Last month we rode with the Longhorn Harley Owner's Group to the Texas Hill Country. It was an amazing ride! I only thought I had been to the hill country before. Of course, I forgot my camera and didn't remember until the last day that I could take pictures with my cell phone. Here is our Road King parked in front of the cute little cottage we stayed in.
Notice the big bush next to the cottage with the red berries? I'm not sure what it is, but I thought the berries were so beautiful I had to have a close up.
The center of the ferris wheel is decorated with a cut out wooden flower. If we had one of these in our yard when I was a little girl, I would have played amusement park with my troll dolls and given them a ride! 
This is a chicken pin cushion that sits on the table in Sandy's X-Stitch To Go shop in Hendersonville, NC. If any of my readers know where I can get the pattern to make one of my own, please let me know. I love how the wings are scissors holders.
This is the very first picture I took with my camera. Mike and Sam playing Corn Hole on Memorial Day in Ravenswood. I attempted to send it to Facebook, but I didn't know what I was doing. It's probably still floating around in cyberland somewhere. BTW, I learned how to play, but I'm not very good!
Last friday Bob and I were on our way to dinner at Colter's BBQ when I noticed all these birds lined up along the roof at this strip center. I thought it was so cool!
Just when I snapped the picture, they all flew off directly over my head and landed on the utility lines. Good thing I haven't watched Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" lately, or I might have fainted dead on the spot!Last month we rode with the Longhorn Harley Owner's Group to the Texas Hill Country. It was an amazing ride! I only thought I had been to the hill country before. Of course, I forgot my camera and didn't remember until the last day that I could take pictures with my cell phone. Here is our Road King parked in front of the cute little cottage we stayed in.
Notice the big bush next to the cottage with the red berries? I'm not sure what it is, but I thought the berries were so beautiful I had to have a close up.
Next to the berry bush was an interesting "ferris wheel" made from a bicycle wheel and some plastic electrical outlet boxes. For those of you who don't know about my father "The Bike Man", suffice it to say that anything made with bicycle parts attracts me right away.
The center of the ferris wheel is decorated with a cut out wooden flower. If we had one of these in our yard when I was a little girl, I would have played amusement park with my troll dolls and given them a ride! 
This is a chicken pin cushion that sits on the table in Sandy's X-Stitch To Go shop in Hendersonville, NC. If any of my readers know where I can get the pattern to make one of my own, please let me know. I love how the wings are scissors holders.
This is the very first picture I took with my camera. Mike and Sam playing Corn Hole on Memorial Day in Ravenswood. I attempted to send it to Facebook, but I didn't know what I was doing. It's probably still floating around in cyberland somewhere. BTW, I learned how to play, but I'm not very good!
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