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Check out the Blog Archives to read about our cross country motorcycle road trip from MA to CA in the summer of 2011. During that trip we attended the Annual 2011 National Women On Wheels® Ride-In in San Jose CA. Then we just rode. We traveled over 11,000 motorcycle miles in what ever direction we wanted to go for 61 days. We visited friends and family, saw the country, met some amazing people. We made memories we'll never forget. These memories are what THIS BLOG is made of! That was only the beginning. We've been traveling and riding and blogging every since then. Enjoy our stories while we make MORE memories worthy of posting here for your enjoyment.


Friday, July 24, 2020

Who Me?

Do you ever see on FB when they say 'Caption This' and give you a picture of two?


To me these two pictures say, "Who Me?"


Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Over My Shoulder

We were hanging out on the back deck.


Everyone had a chair except Cooper.


He doesn't like to be on the floor.  I think he feels like he's missing out.


So I put him up on the top of the hot tub cover.


He liked it up there where he could see over everything.


One thing he didn't do... was lay down and relax.






Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Meeting Dolly About 6 Years Ago

This was not long after my friend Lisa in Maine got a new dog.  We visited for the weekend to meet her.  She was a perfect addition to this friendship.  


From Left to right this is Dolly (the new girl), Buffy (we called her Cooper's girlfriend) and Cooper.

Monday, July 20, 2020

Don't Go Mama!

 I was going to the chiropractor so I left Cooper home because he wouldn't like to see me getting adjusted.


It's hard to see him, but he's in the window watching me go.

See him now?



Sunday, July 19, 2020

'10 First Solo Camping


My very first time ever going anywhere by myself was thanks to Cooper.  My boy, my companion, my service dog, MY HERO!


We rode to CT to stay in a camp ground alone for 2 nights alone, then Jesse came to stay for 2 more nights.


Cooper was happy to have brought one of his favorite toys.


Saturday, July 18, 2020

'09 - First Bike Vacation

This was our first vacation on motorcycles.  We went to western NY.  Almost as far west as you can go.  It takes over 9 hours to get there with short gas/pee stops.  


Cooper showed he was a true biker dog with his willingness to participate with everything that came along during this trip.

Friday, July 17, 2020

Colorized

This was a day some friends came to visit.

I liked the picture but making it black and white and colorizing everyone in it makes it REALLY cool.  



Thursday, July 16, 2020

Rather Hang Out On The Bike

See how sleepy Cooper looks?  He's ready for a nap.


He's happy to just hang out on the bike on a cloudy day.  If the sun was out he wouldn't want to be in full sun.

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

8 years ago

This was a fun memory to come upon because it was only about 5 months after we moved into the house we love so much today.


My lap is still one of his favorite places to sit.

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

A Cooper Fan Memory

This came up a couple months ago in my memories on FB.  


I collect memories to post at this point because since my accident we don't really do anything interesting enough to write about.

Monday, July 13, 2020

The Reason I Blog

In 2011 I was able to meet my writing mentor Becky Blanton.  She was the person who had me start this blog and she wrote an article about me and Cooper for Dog Fancy Magazine. We're also friends on FB.  This was her post from our visit where we stayed with her over night.


There were more pictures later, but this was the first one.


Sunday, July 12, 2020

Michigan Memory - Mackinaw KOA

Since it was going to rain, we rented a cabin. 


 Comfortable and dry is all we need after riding all day.

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Michigan Memory - Exhausted After Riding

Look how cute my boy is.  I wish we could be on my bike now.  I'm not working this summer due to my car accident, but I can ride!


Friday, July 10, 2020

Memory - Michigan

During our motorcycle adventures since 2011, we have colored in states on a patch we wear on our riding vests.

 

This was the trip where we got to color in Michigan and Wisconsin.  Excellent feeling.

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Parade 2

Here's another parade picture where I was able to crop and enlarge a picture of me and Cooper.


Look how he was looking around me right at the camera.


How smart is he???



Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Parade 1

We really miss the parades this year.  This picture was taken by a friend of mine from way up on a hill across the street from the Plymouth Rock as we passed by.


I cropped the picture to see if we could get better detail.


Not too bad.


Monday, July 6, 2020

4 Years Ago

This was a fun day.


We celebrated 4th of July at the Plymouth waterfront for the whole day.

Sunday, July 5, 2020

My RV Birthday Party

 My birthday this year was so much fun.  We had a cookout at my house then as many could fit piled into the RV to go for ice cream.


Me, My daughter and her boyfriend.


My son and his girlfriend.



Their kids.


And of course... Cooper.


I'll be glad to do this again soon.







Saturday, July 4, 2020

Parades Are Canceled

It's very sad to me that all the parades are canceled today.


We should celebrate our freedom together.  


Cooper loves parades... Honestly he thinks it's all in his honor!


Please celebrate in your way and keep our freedoms precious to you.






Friday, July 3, 2020

Partners For Life

This is us.  Candid and real.  We're natural partners in this life.  I'm in love!



Thursday, July 2, 2020

Face Book Memories 4

I love to come across a great picture like this.  My happy boy with a great smile and looking right at the camera. 


I have NO IDEA who took this picture.

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

FaceBook Memories 3

I have no idea where we were going.  Maybe home.

I have no idea who took the picture.  Maybe my son.


I do know Cooper is REALLY CUTE!

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

FaceBook Memories 2 Field Of Honor

These pictures come up all the time on my FaceBook Memories.


Leave it to Cooper to find the camera and pose all on his own.

Monday, June 29, 2020

FaceBook Memories 1

 I'm going to post pictures that have come up in my FaceBook memories.


Some of them I don't even remember where we were.  Like this one.  It's a great picture of Cooper on my bike but, darned if I know where we were.




Sunday, June 28, 2020

Visiting The Neighbors


Every day when I let Cooper out to pee he goes to check on our chickens.  


He watched them grow from fluffy babies to full feathered birds.


These were about 5 weeks old when this was taken.

Saturday, June 27, 2020

A Ride Before Surgery 2 Video

I keep my phone in a phone mount on my handle bar so it's hard to get a good angle.  I leaned sideways trying to get Cooper in view.


I was able to get him to come to the side so I could get my arm around him.  Not a great shot but it made me laugh.

Friday, June 26, 2020

A Ride Before Another Surgery 1

Our last ride was before our car accident in October '19.


I was concerned he wouldn't want to go because he's very nervous in the car.


I was worried about nothing.  


It makes sense that he's afraid of cars now after being in two car accidents with me.


I'm so lucky he considers the bike totally different from the car.


You can't see his face but you can see the poof of his hair behind my shoulder.


He didn't lay down much.  His nose was in the air the whole ride. It was just a short ride but it was all we needed before I had to have surgery again.






Thursday, June 25, 2020

Perfectly American!

A little kid showed up at bike night with a little toy motorcycle and his father put it in the line up with the other bikes for a picture.


It was so cute to see the boys excitement.

He was happy to let me take a picture of Cooper with his bike.  I really love the patriotic look of this.  Red and white flowers, red bike, blue and white Cooper.
Perfectly American!