18th June 2022
It was time for Kelli’s’ first real bike ride in two years. I wasn’t sure how far she wanted to go, so I suggested going around the block. She looked at me in horror. Did I think that was sufficient? Oh no she wanted to do a much longer run. I could feel the soreness in my buttocks from yesterday’s ride twitch, but I wanted to encourage her.
The machines were wheeled out of the garage, still sparkling new, into the morning sun.
We climbed aboard and set off heading for the big lake.
The air was a bit cool in the shade, but that didn’t deter our adventure. The ECO setting was just right, and we arrived at Point West in good time. Kelli blagged her way past the security gate as she always does, and soon we were heading for the beach, it was fabulous down there.
We parked our bikes, making sure we locked them, it was really to see how they worked.
We sat on the sand and looked out over the Great Lake. There was a lot of activity out there with the jet skis angrily racing about like wasps among the boats.
Kelli had done well, she had wanted to do this for a year, and I was proud of her for taking this giant step.
Now it was time for the return journey. I hadn’t experienced the soreness as much on the way down as I had lowered my seat a couple of inches, but on the way back it resumed, only now it was hurting on the other side. By the time we got back I was suffering from synchronised aching buttocks, not something I would recommend.
I had a lot of work to do to the headboard because we had committed to have it finished tomorrow
Another Lifetime to go 