Just grilled: a Harley-ridin' grandma
Three reasons I think this week's Grilled Grandma, Sandy, rocks:
1. She rides a Harley. And she gives her grandkids rides on her Harley. Grandmas don't get much cooler than that.
2. She's a licensed massage therapist and treats her grandchildren to massages when they visit. (Where do I sign up to be her grandchild?)
3. She gets it, totally and completely — the pain of being a long-distance grandma — and expresses it well:
I hate that they've grown up so fast and we've missed so much - their births, Halloween costumes, birthday parties, babysitting, going to swim meets and ball games, school events. And it's never easy to say goodbye because I know it will be months before I see them again.
Oh, and did I mention Sandy rides a Harley? That she drives a Harley?
Jim's mom, a Harley-lovin-but-never-gone-riding (that I know of!) Granny, would sure have loved to meet Sandy. Unfortunately, she will never have the pleasure. But you certainly can ... by reading Grilled Grandma: Sandy.
Readers of Grandma's Briefs: Get your motor running ...
Today's question:
What experience do you have with motorcycles?
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Reader Comments (7)
That is one cool Grandma!! I rode on a motorcycle once when I was a kid. My favorite uncle took me for a ride on his. I loved it, but never got the bug to have one myself!
That's my motorcycle riding little sister! And I am so proud of her. My favorite motorcycle experience -- when she and Mark rode their bikes to California to see ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I used to have a guy who claimed to be a Hell's Angel, working for me as a computer tech. He was scary, but really nice, and his Harley was freakin awesome.
Well, I've been to every state in the American west on our motorcycle other than Washington, Oregon and Idaho. We'll get there, though.
I was a bike ridin' fool for a few years way back when. A "rice burner" according to the Harley crowd. I gave it up when the kids came along. I couldn't afford getting injured. A biker maxim is: if you ride you WILL fall off. There's no avoiding it. How serious the crash is depends on circumstances.
Now I have the geezer version- a Jeep with no roof for the summer.
I always loved riding behind Jerry, he was a careful driver, and you can see forever when there is no roof-top in your line of vision.
My best motorcycling experience (so far) was taking a 3 week trip with my hubby, Mark, from Michigan to California to visit my beautiful sister, Kc. We encountered every kind of weather, but we had the time of our lives. This country we are blessed to live in is an amazing place, and seeing it from our bikes was something we will never forget.