Saturday, June 02, 2007

Meet Black Betty


"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness," for buying a bike, that is. I have little money for foolishness. I have enough to pay for another year of college without a loan. I have enough, maybe, for our trip to Italy. I have enough for a bit of fun, a haircut, a massage, a lunch, a beer. But enough for a high performance road bike? I think not! Yet this opportunity presented itself and I could not overlook it.

It is time. It is time in my life to rekindle the flame. To go to the open road, look for an owl, smell the woods, stop and listen to the silence, pet the cats, fly from the dogs (and believe me, on Black Betty, I'll fly!). It is time for mileage, time to ride to work, ride to shop, ride for photos, ride for fun, ride, ride, ride. Tomorrow Black Betty and I have our first date. I'm nervous, I'm excited, I probably won't sleep. I'm skipping church for her. It will be my Sabbath. I think I'm in love already. I'm ready and so is she.

3 comments:

QuiltingFitzy said...

Even the site of that seat makes my hiney hurt!

Have fun, but be safe.

Texan said...

Way to go girly!!!! ewwwwwwww so exciting! I have almost purchased a bike a couple times, I am jealous! :O)... I think I would really like it...
Please post how you like it! The ups and downs,,, pros and cons,,,

Runner Gurl said...

Thank you for the comment on my blog. I've been having fun reading thru' your blog, too! We have some PaRaLLeL life stuff going on, biker-gurl! I am luving all we have in common.
: )

Your family is beautiful... as is your new bike! The funny thing is that I was looking at bikes on the REI site RIGHT before I got your blogger comment! Too funny.

What would you like to know about the merit badges? How I make them or how I "earned" them? *grin*

My email is:
runmoremiles@comcast.net

Happy riding!
Gail