Day 1 and 2

And we have take off.  Time to race the wind and chase the sun. Forget whatever is going on and just get lost in the music. Watch the creation pass by at 70 pmh and wonder what all these scenes were like 50, 100, or even 1000 years ago. The day actually started out pretty rainy and I'm not gonna lie I had a pretty tight grip on those handle bars for the first couple hours.  Once the sun burned the clouds off, however, the jacket went into the bag and we had free running. The whole rest of the trip was PERFECT riding weather, I think my arms are a good 5 shades darker!

Now of course not everything is always as romantic as it looks. If you think your butt hurts driving a car...yeah...its nothing compared to sitting on what might as well be one of those God forsaken dugout benches. So there was only one option since I was behind schedule already. Stand and ride. So you can picture it. Me and who knows how many flatbed trucks out in west Texas where even the cows think I look like a special needs rider. But hey, I had feeling back and you can't put a price on that. ;)

Today was much different. After a great time with my cousins last night I woke up this morning and took my camera dowtown to snap a few photo's and explore Dallas. Its great if you haven't ever been. There's lots to do and there is some really cool architecture.  Also if you get the chance to go to the 6th floor museum (JFK Assassination), do it. Cool place...gives you allot of information you might not have known.

The thought of the day though comes from my aunt. My beautiful aunt is getting elderly and recently had an accident where she broke several bones. I went and saw her in the rehabilitation center and of course as always she was as chipper as could be and you would never know that she really is in excrutiating pain from the back spasms and just the overall healing process. As we sat there talking and laughing we looked over at her table full of beautiful flowers and in the corner there was a huge vase with 20 giant red and white roses. Sitting next to it was a very little glass with 3 small fresh red roses. We asked her who gave them to her and she told us their names but she went on to tell us that the little ones were hand picked off one of the families rose bushes. In her soft sweet voice she wisely told us that it just goes to show how the size and cost of a gift isn't what really matters.  Its the one's that took time and thought. Its so easy to buy a gift card or throw some cash in a hallmark but sometimes those gifts that didn't cost a penny but we put some thought into mean the most. Don't get me wrong, I wont ever turn down some free best buy or home depot but it was ust a cool thought.

Here's some pics of downtown Dallas =)