Dear Winter – You Were Cute for a Minute There But You Can Go Now
For the most part I don’t complain about the winter. The truth is, I don’t really mind it so much. But like anyone else I have my moments when I get fed up.
While suiting up to head out on the Ural on Saturday morning, I hit my emotional wall. I stood in the hallway tugging at the cuffs on my Gerbing liner. I had to pull them down from where they’d creeped up into my sleeve along with the leads for my heated gloves. Then thanks to my impatience I was fishing out the plug for my heattroller since I forgot to pull it out from under the waistband of the liner. My REVIT jacket felt winter snug as I zipped it up. ::sigh::
These were simple actions that I’ve done a million times. For whatever reason – they just pushed my buttons. I felt like tearing off all of my riding gear and running screaming out the front door. In that moment – I’d had it.
“I’m sick of plugging in!”
I marched my (grouchy) puffy self out the door and spent the next few hours playing photo tag on the Ural.
By the time I got home I’d long since forgotten about how much I hated putting on my snug stay warm gear.
Even though I had to plug in, had to come home and wash all the road grunge and salt dust off the bike – it was worth the effort. I had a good time riding.
Riding a motorcycle fixes everything.
There is nothing that cheers the soul so much as two-wheeled therapy. I am glad you had a great ride even though it started out meh.
I get to where I dread suiting up with all the layers in the winter, feel like I can’t move proper on the bike.
I’m hearing this more and more. Tired of winter and looking forward to Spring.
Want to enjoy winter? Get a snowboard, then throw it and your gear in your hack and go to the mountain. That’s what I do. Whereas riding a motorcycle is akin to flying without wings, my board allows me to surf without (wet)water. Bob B
Hey Bob 🙂
Our family actually used to snowboard. Getting on and off Long Island to get to a mountain is a PITA when juggling work/kid/dog schedules and then weekend traffic… Ugh. We seemed to lose interest in going. One day when we finally move from this sandbar – things will normalize again, I’m sure.
You must have gotten some great boarding in so far this winter.
Actually, Long Island is a Terminal Moraine, not a sandbar; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_moraine It’s about all I remember from Geography class!
Yes, boarding has been good this season. I chaperone one of my grandson’s after school groups on Friday nights, so I get to go for free!
I could see riding 3 wheels in this weather, but washing it afterwards? Yuck!
Totally agree with you. I couldn’t find my heated gloves and have been in “crisis” mode since I realized they weren’t where I ususally put them. Come to find out, they were in the bike trailer, in a bag…Well, I guess I haven’t needed them for quite sometime. I am so tired of winter and it has made me just not even want to get on the bike. Too much clothing. Feel like I am going skiing!!! 🙂