MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURE TO JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE

As many of you know, my husband and I ride motorcycles.

He rides a Kawasaki Concurs and I ride a Honda Shadow.

I did not ride mine because I am not confident enough to ride the winding roads.

 The first place we stopped for a rest was in Madison, Indiana.

We both love the town.  Maybe we'll come for a weekend.

 Crossing the bridge over the Ohio River to get to Kentucky.

 I saw several quilt barns but these three were the only ones

that I was able to get a good picture.  

All three were on US 421 South.

 We saw these signs all over the place.

I am ever so glad that I did not ride my motorcycle.

It would have taken us a lot longer to get to our place for the night.

Some of the turns were very tight.

 As we are traveling, we are passing horse farms after horse farms.

These properties are huge and the homes are awesome.

As a surprise, Jorge made reservations at this B & B 

in Richmond, Kentucky.  The Bennett House was built in 1890.

I've died and gone to heaven.  This place is wonderful!

 This is our room.

 Jorge almost fell asleep on this massage chair.

He was in heaven.

 Another room with a sleigh bed.

 The entry way.

 Living room.  It's very spacious.

 Beautiful stain glass in the entryway.

It's right above the fireplace.

 Beautiful stairway.

This is on the posts of the banister.

Such beautiful carving.

I can't wait to see what tomorrow holds.

MY VERY OWN MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURE

As many of you know, my husband has a motorcycle.

We have put many miles going on adventures on it.

I now have my own motorcycle and have begun my own adventures.

This past weekend, I took the motorcycle riding course.

It was a three day class and I learned a lot.

We were taught many things, like leaning your bike

to make a turn tighter and faster.

Today I took my motorcycle out for my own adventure.

I took many baby steps but it is a start.

Since I live out in the country, those are the roads I took.

Thankfully there was not a lot of traffic.

Slowly I was building more confidence as 

I was going down the road and making the necessary turns.

Did I make mistakes?

Yes I did but not once did I drop the bike.

I pushed myself even more and driving

on the streets in the town that I live.

That was a HUGE step for me!

In the end, I am pretty proud of myself.

There is still fear and trepidation.

But I'm not going to let that stop me.

I had obstacles today on the road

that I was able to overcome.

Slowly but surely I'll get better.

The first place I stopped to visit.

The pastor of this church is a friend of mine.

 As a reward for myself for riding in town,

I stopped at Panera and had a nice breakfast.

 I made a pitstop to my church.

What a better place to go than church

when fear can take hold.

My last pitstop was at Acceleration Power Sports

to purchase a new visor.

How many miles did I ride today?

90 MILES!!!!!!!!!

STRAWBERRY PIE

What does one do when one just gets home 

and the next door neighbor invites you for dinner?

I don't like going to someone's home for a meal and not bring anything.

So I decided to make strawberry pie.

I had all the ingredients in my refrigerator and pantry

and I got to work.

Here's the recipe:

2(9 inch) unbaked pie crusts

1 1/4 cups white sugar

1/3 cup all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

4 cups fresh strawberries, sliced

2 tablespoons butter

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.  Place one crust in a nine inch pan.  (I made my own crusts)
2. Mix together sugar, flour, and cinnamon.  Mix lightly through the berries.  Pour the filling into the pastry lined pan, and dot the fruit with butter.  Cover with the top crust, and cut slits in the top.  Seal and flute the edges.
3. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until the crust is slightly browned.

Enjoy!

WEEKEND OF RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE

This weekend spent the weekend riding 

our motorcycle for two worthy causes.

It was a busy weekend but very fulfilling.

The first ride was for the Burn Camp in Indiana.

Jeff Saturday, former lineman for the Indianapolis Colts,

came for this event.  What a gentleman!

There were 347 motorcycles with their riders and passengers.

Jeff Saturday graciously posed with people

and autographed t-shirts, caps, footballs, etc.

He rode with us to the midpoint and to the endpoint.

Our chapter from CMA were there giving away free snow cones.

We all had a great time and over $11,000 was raised

for the kids Burn Camp.

The next day we participated in the

Riley Hospital Miracle Ride.

There were 4200 bikers and over $300,000 was raised.

It was great to see the kids from the hospital

waiting for us as we rode past them.

We ended the ride at Lucas Oil Raceway.

We all got lunch and got to see drag races.

At the end of the day, it was great!

 33 bicycles that were given away to kids.

 Praying over the biker.

 The three motorcycle clubs that organized the ride

being interviewed by SteelHorse.

 Me and Jeff Saturday.  He is tall!

Miracle Ride 2014 pictures

 One of the Riley families that shared their story.

 Another Riley family.

 Governor Mike Pence addressing all of the bikers.

He joined all of us on the road with his motorcycle.

 These individuals come every year to ride with their unique helmets.

This stunt biker was amazing!