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August 19, 2005

Daily Ride: Priest Lake

Dad and I took an awesome, five-plus-hour ride yesterday, heading back to Newport, on to Sandpoint (we had killer nachos at a Mexican place called "Jalapenos"), and finally up to a town called Coolin, on the southern shore of Priest Lake.

Riding double tends to make my hips hurt (I'm a reasonably tall guy, which means a lot of me is leg ... and they've gotta go somewhere), but I didn't mind so much. I was distracted by the scenery (farms to towns to rolling hills to trees to lakes), by the endless, relentless wind, and that wonderful feeling you get on a motorcycle - the intoxicating blend of speed, open-air, and the potential to go anywhere your heart takes you.

I've toyed with the idea of buying a motorcycle, but had always resisted. I'm not much of a "stuff" person, and I suspect the idea of owning a bike would remain much better than the reality. (It's like that old saying about boats: "The two best days in a sailor's life are the day he buys it, and the day he sells it"). That said, I am always captivated by motorcycles when I ride them, and that gives me pause.

The Honda Shadow 750 is a nice, inexpensive, reliable machine. Hm...

Posted by Gavin Shearer at August 19, 2005 4:24 PM. Posted to Travel.

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