There are days when all you want to be doing is riding a motorcycle. I have to come clean here and admit, I am a passenger. I don't ride on my own. Though I think it is something I may aspire to someday.
Today the air is thin and hot. A great day for riding. The kind where you can open the vents on your jacket and just go. For hours. A day when the road opens in front of you and you pray it will just continue to unfurl in curves and ribbons just winding around through the lushness of summer. There are really not many other experiences that compare to a great ride.
Being there completely in the moment is the closest thing I can think of to an instant meditative tool. It is pretty much impossible to ride and not be in tune with where you are. You just absorb it all.
The feel of the bike; the changes in momentum. The shifts in your partner as they move into curves and you flow along with them. The changes in the landscape as you seamlessly glide from pasture to forest to small towns. Your breathing as it shifts with the exceleration. Its all there and you are all there. Completely in the moment and no where else.
It almost comes as a shock to the senses when you climb off and meet with the ground again. It is very much like exiting a meditative state. You still have that wonderful sense of calm and connectedness, but finding your voice seems a bit fragmented. I guess in a way because you don't really want to break the link you have forged.
And I suppose that is why so many people ride. So, here's to a great motorcycle season. Hope everyone has plenty of opportunity to spend time getting connected.
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