Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Another Night Ride! Man I love the Stars Above!

On a 1 AM ride to work in early June to the song "Free Bird":

I was riding N on SR 99 and hit a low spot full of fog, for a brief second Baby and I were enshrouded in fog from the shoulders down, with only the stars above to guide us! Believe I felt for a fraction of a second and to a very minor degree what Pilots that slip the surly bonds of earth on wings of fighter jets must feel as they climb through weather into the starlit sky!

So inspired by that, and early enough that I pulled off to enjoy the starlit sky, again to Free Bird and Baby's Rythmic Idle. Ursa Minor and Polaris in it's Pouring into Ursa Major position, the summer Triangle directly above(Deneb in Cygnus, Altair in Aquila, and Vega in Lyra). Alcor and Mizar double stars in Ursa Major's handle. The Milky way, Jupiter and Andromeda rising and Virgo setting.

I apologize NOT to those along my 1 am flight path for the cry of my V-Twin and it's deep vibrato that trails behind, trying to catch up to Baby and I. For you see, I am a happily and permanently single man, and this is the only time I get to hear the voice of a screamin' woman! Albeit with the tones of a woman from a far Eastern Balkan village..;<{

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