Doug,

Thanks for taking me out on your Gold Wing. I've wanted to do something like this since the second grade and I found out Erica Gardner's parents were bikers. Then there was Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Then there was a huge biker community in Central New York... Hyperbole aside, I genuinely believe my life has been building up to the trips we took this week. I loved the ride to Jackson - I haven't been there since I was sixteen. I loved watching a full moon rise over the Tetons listening to Ave Maria. I even loved being rained on through Palisades. In 30 years, when I pay off the massive student loans I just accepted, I'm buying a bike and going to Canada. That's how much I loved it all. I can't believe how awesome you are. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

britt