My New Ride

I have always enjoyed the outdoors and outdoor activity. I grew up in the country, twelve miles out from the city of Indianapolis,Indiana. We had no TV. What we did have were fields and woods to roam, and hunt rabbits and squirrel, creeks to fish, plenty of country roads to ride a bicycle on. In the summer I was up early and out the door and usually not back home until evening. There were some boys in my neighborhood about a mile away and we would spend most summer days in the fields and woods, fishing, playing sports, hanging out, or bicycling to a nearby small town. Recently I connected with one of my boyhood friends on Facebook, he now lives in Oregon, had not heard from him since I was a boy.

The love of the outdoors has stayed with me over the years. Recently I took up two new outdoor activities I had never tired before, fly fishing and motorcycle riding. I posted earlier and put up a pic about catching my first trout on fly rod.

I have rode a bicycle all of my life and to this day still do. I had never been a motorcycle rider before. To be honest I thought there was just too much danger and did not think I would enjoy it because of what I seen as the danger involved. However, since I started working at the district office and making the daily 5 mile country ride from my house to the office and back daily I began to think this would make a great motorcycle ride and since it is a country ride should not be much danger.

This spring I purchased a 2004 Harley Davidson 883C. I took the motorcycle safety course at a local community college. I got the motorcycle endorsement on my drivers license and begin to ride. Wow! I have enjoyed it. I not only ride back and forth to work, but find myself riding it to run errands to town and back. I love the wind blowing in my face, the roar of the engine and the freedom one feels on the bike.

I have always been one to try new stuff. Although the years are piling up, I enjoy greatly new challenges and adventure. Who knows what I might try next!