This past weekend, Thomas took me out on a 4-hour ride on his motorcycle.  I guessed I owed it to him after dragging him to the pedicure and baby shower, and getting him to help with my quilt.  The longest ride before this was maybe 15 minutes to a motorcycle documentary at the movie theater.

Conveniently, I fit in his spare jacket and pants (that’s me in the photo above), and he has an extra helmet for me.  He recently got me some boots and gloves so that I could be ATGATT (all the gear, all the time).  While on the bike, the gear isn’t too hot, but when we stopped to walk around, the jacket gets pretty heavy.

The ride was nice.  We drove back roads through North Georgia and saw lots of farms, horses, and corn.  We were looking for a sunflower field, but no luck.  After two hours, we stopped at Carter Dam and stretched our legs, and then headed to Pizza Hut for lunch.

I took my camera with me and took photos along the way, though most came out pretty crooked and a little blurry.  The ride overall wasn’t that bad.  By the end, I was tired, but I didn’t even mind the rain we had to pass through.  I don’t think I’ll be ditching my car anytime soon, but I might consider another ride (or as Thomas calls it, a 4-hour hug) sometime.

Thomas posted a trip report on his blog, and the rest of the photos are on his Picasa album, “No Sunflowers.”  You can see the route we took with his photo map.