my passion (well, one of them...)

so i would like you to meet my girl, my best friend, my soulmate, one of the few things (besides my children) that gives me real JOY! not just happiness, i can get happy about alot of things, but joy is something much more. like delight, and bliss. i bought my bike in june of 2007, she is a 2007 harley davidson sportster 883C, and even though she came with quite a bit of chrome, i have added much more. this is a photo taken by the original owner, i promise i will update it with a new photo as soon as i am back on the road again with the warmer weather.
this last summer i put about 5000 miles on my bike. i took the motorcycle safety course, and got my license, and after that i wanted to be on the road all the time. my riding partner of last summer had a full time job, unlike me, who works seasonally (HA) and so i found myself on the road alot by myself. doing this revealed a part of me that had been dormant or hidden for a long time. i am not so sure why i moved away from that girl, the one who came and went when she felt like it, or on a whim, but it sure as hell felt good meeting her again. we have renewed our acquaintance, her and i, and it is a step toward reclamation of much more. kind of like discovering an aged and weathered cigar box with so many little, attractive and colorful stones saved merely out of love for the beauty of them. a gift from the past!
so the welcome task of planning my ride for the summer to come is facing me, and what i thought i would do is not an option any longer (to explain briefly, an extremely important relationship passed away recently and with it, the summer plan). but, my imagination is wide awake now, and i can tell it is going to be an excellent summer ride!