Getting Ready for our 35th Anniversary HOG trip.
I’m not sure how I do it, but God. I could stop there, actually. I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for God. He has given me the strength to continue to ride my 2019 Heritage Classic. I call her “Free.” I wrote a whole blog about this a couple of years ago.
We took a motorcycle trip a few months ago to Colorado but we had to cut it short, because, well, it wasn’t as much fun with the pandemic and frankly I got tired. I don’t think I ever wrote about that trip! It was a great trip with lots of sites, but the ride through the mountains was challenging. This time we decided to spread out the ride, with lots of rest in between, and avoid the mountains with all the clutching. We are heading to the Black Hills!
We’ve been planning a HOG ride to commemorate our 35th anniversary (which is coming up on Monday) because our trip to Alaska was cancelled by United. (Boo!) It’s a special year and deserves a special trip. (Any reason is a good one to jump on the bikes, right?) We were planning on leaving Tuesday, but there are two hurricanes happening in the Gulf. 
Sooooo, we are leaving early tomorrow morning to beat the storm. That is, after we drive home from comedy driving school (another whole story) through horrible Houston traffic, pick up Tim’s bike (5,000 mile service), finish packing, keep our granddaughters for a couple of hours and overnight sleepover, then off we will go. Weather looks like it will be beautiful for the entire trip.