Perfection

You know that feeling, when it's really hot outside and you jump into a perfectly cool lake or swimming pool and it feels almost like your body is drinking the water from the outside in? That perfectly refreshed, perfectly perfect feeling?

That's what riding in the summer sunshine is. When you're not wearing twelve layers of clothing and you can actually feel the wind up your sleeves, down your neck and through your jeans. That warm air that turns pleasantly cooler as you accelerate, that bright sunshine on your face making your freckles pop out, that cloudless sky and endless road.

That's perfection!

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(picture above is from a vacation last year in 38C heat. Stopped for a picnic lunch at a park on the water and Ray, not being one to handle heat very well, decided a half dressed swim would make him feel much better. Fortunately in his haste to get drenched, he remembered to remove his keys, wallet and money. Proceeded to cut his foot open on a rusty barrel while trying to climb out of the lake and was just damn lucky he didn't need stitches or a tetanus shot. His girlfriend was NOT impressed.)