Hey Knot,
I think it has something to do with being able to remember what it was like to be a kid. When we are riding our bikes on the Open Road, we feel FREE, in control of our destiny, and nobody can tell us what to do for just a little while. At least that's how I feel, like being a kid again on summer vacation, -but with only the good parts! And isn't part of the great thing about being a woman that feeling of being in touch with our destiny, being able to steer it?

I had that feeling of wanting something so bad I could cry when I started playing the banjo years ago. I still play. But now I dream of bikes. Happily, my husband shares this thrill with me, and we "play bike" together.

My DH is the greatest. For all our 7 years together now, he loves to make fresh coffee in the morning and bring it to me in bed. Then we sit in bed drinking our coffee, watching the tall grasses rustling outside the bedroom window, and we talk bikes and plan our next ride. It just doesn't get any better. I feel so blessed.