A Honda is for life, not just for Christmas!

My husband and I had talked about getting a couple of motorbikes and touring the country one summer for years. But, as the children continued to come and we got caught up in daily activities the dream was pushed to the back burner.

Two Christmases ago my husband covered my eyes and led me to the driveway. There sat two Honda motorbikes, one was black and red and the other was black and pink including matching leathers and helmets, bike insurance and all the necessary equipment. I couldn’t believe he’d done it. He said since Matthew was going to be gone on a trip to France this summer and all of the other kids were in college he didn’t see a reason we couldn’t take to the roads.

I was stunned, nervous and excited!

So after much planning, getting equipment together and obtaining bike insurance we decided to tour twenty states. Staying in each one for at least a day to rest. Considering the occasional rain storm it was the best summer I’d had in years. There is nothing like feeling the wind hit your face without inhibitions and just going wherever the road takes you. Well we weren’t actually that free. We had an itinerary that we stuck too but, it will be a trip that I’ll always remember.