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#1 dstss

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 06:58 AM

Every other Saturday I have to drive to Phoenix. 3 hours of driving thru the lonely desert each way. I'm sitting staring out at the open expanse around me and my wife asks what I am thinking about. I say nothing. The reality is I spend the 3 hours thinking the same thought over and over again. Each wash I pass over, each little trail I see that leads off into the desert elicits the same response, "I wonder where that goes. I wish I was on my motorcycle". Somehow I don't think I'm the only one like this. Everyone have a great Sunday.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 07:35 AM

I would think that most of us on this website would be having the same thoughts when we see little threads of a trail wandering off over the horizon while we drive.

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#3 bikeslut

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 07:52 AM

Pasta does the same thing- from the air

Whenever I am flying into/out of a city during the day, I like a window seat...look at all the trails and wish I was on them

Denver and Milwaukee were both cool to look at all the little trails all over

Orlando (my last two trips) makes me go "ugh"

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 07:58 AM

I've had this same symptom since I can remember.....even before I rode offroad...when I see a set of railroad tracks, a dirt road, a mountain peak, a riverbed, a winding trail....I think "I'd love to go there".....I think it is in the DNA...an adventure gene...not everyone has it, but I think most people on this site do...

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 08:00 AM

dsfox, on Feb 28 2010, 07:58 AM, said:

I think it is in the DNA...an adventure gene...not everyone has it, but I think most people on this site do...

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 08:02 AM

bikeslut, on Feb 28 2010, 07:52 AM, said:

Orlando (my last two trips) makes me go "ugh"

Let me give you the rundown of riding in Orlando.. SAND, SAND, SAND and more SAND.

I grew up in Florida and there is indeed some good riding there.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 08:10 AM

dstss, on Feb 28 2010, 06:58 AM, said:

...and my wife asks what I am thinking about. I say NOTHING

PS: a bit off topic, but Just a little suggestion from a woman's perspective...this answer CAN unexpainedly trigger some unrest , much better to explain a little SOMETHING...seems to bring harmony.

...but then again, I'm single, so what do I know..

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 08:12 AM

dsfox, on Feb 28 2010, 08:10 AM, said:

dstss, on Feb 28 2010, 06:58 AM, said:

...and my wife asks what I am thinking about. I say NOTHING

PS: a bit off topic, but Just a little suggestion from a woman's perspective...this answer CAN unexpainedly trigger some unrest , much better to explain a little SOMETHING...seems to bring harmony.

...but then again, I'm single, so what do I know..

+1........from the other side of course

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 08:18 AM

When my wife asks me, I am always thinking the same things; work, bikes or music...I don't talk those things with her often...if I am thinking of something ELSE, I think out loud.

There is a song from Matchbox 20- something about "watching you sleep, wondering what you are dreaming, when it comes to mind "I don't really care".

dsfox, on Feb 28 2010, 08:10 AM, said:

dstss, on Feb 28 2010, 06:58 AM, said:

...and my wife asks what I am thinking about. I say NOTHING

PS: a bit off topic, but Just a little suggestion from a woman's perspective...this answer CAN unexpainedly trigger some unrest , much better to explain a little SOMETHING...seems to bring harmony.

...but then again, I'm single, so what do I know..

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