My friend Lee — The Traveler — dropped by this morning to bring me a Sunday morning raspberry cinnamon roll from Le Buzz. Lee, a former U.S. Marine, is on his way out of town for a month. Every year he participates in the Run for the Wall, which will culminate in Washington, D.C., on Memorial Day with the Rolling Thunder ride to the Vietnam Memorial. He'll be on the Central Route. The riders stop in many small towns along the route and visit with the children of servicemen and women who have lost their lives in Iraq. Lee saves his vacation and looks forward to this ride all year long.
I was impressed with his organization, seeing his BMW bike and how well he has all his gear stowed for the trip. He has three weeks of clothes in a small duffel bag so he can make most of the trip without having to do laundry. I don't think I could do it. But we do have to admit that he doesn't have to take hair dryer or make up or all that other girly stuff.
Ride safe, Lee. See you in June.
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