To introduce me to "the bike", my husband thought it would be fun to take a quick overnight trip down to Cedar City. Have a nice ride, enjoy a good dinner, stay in a hotel, and then come home. It sounded good; especially the dinner and hotel part. By the time we got there it was cold and amazingly windy. Dn't worry, it seems that wind does not push your bike over if you are on it. At least not yet. Rule number one: anything can and will happen on the bike which leads to Rule number two: be prepared. For anything. Seriously.
We do get there, and we have a nice dinner in a nice restuarant on a cold ride up the canyon. Rule number three: even if you don't feel cold when you start out, you soon will be. Bone chilling miserable type cold that takes 3 days to warm up from. So just start out in enough body clothing that you are sweating profusely to give yourself a small chance of fighting the eventual cold. Rule number four: don't ride at night. See rule number three.
The next morning we wake early to get a head start home (basically make a run for it). There is a nasty storm coming in hard. Rule number five; if you have any hair at all you need to get expert in braids, ponies or anything you can come up with to keep as much hair as possible contained. This prevents 3 hours of knot combing. There we are driving from Cedar City to Salt Lake in ridiculously cold weather without any stops because even one stop will cause the storm to overtake us. Rule number six: if at all possible don't travel 5 hours straight on a motocycle without allowing yourself an opportunity to get off for a break. I was so cold I was sure that my toes had hypothermia. This would not be the last time I have felt that way either. However each time I ride I get a little better prepared. It's a process and a learning curve for sure. Our subsequent trips have been full of adventure both good and bad and I am glad to catalog these trips because our time together and our experience is priceless.
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