Everywhere......

Everywhere..... mountains, prairies, deserts..... in sun, rain, and even snow.... in the cold, in the heat..... well-fed, hungry and thirsty.... she's gone everywhere with me..... everywhere.....

Without a whimper, without a complaint, without a single unkind word.... always with her flashing smile..... waiting out thunderstorms under freeway overheads and service station sheds, running from the hail, leaning out over the sidecar to feed or speak to our little son..... almost hitting bears more times than you would believe, and hitting one deer once and enough -- and sharing the same hospital room..... she's been up to Alaska twice, Nova Scotia twice, Hawaii, the European Alps three times..... well over 350,000 miles now... She's my veteran world traveler companion, and we didn't go first class.... motorcycle and tent....for twenty-five years.... we've spent hundreds and hundreds of nights in wind-rattled tents....precious nights.....everywhere.....she went everywhere with me. And we're going again. She's made my life... I look at her and marvel, and silently thank God...... and wonder how I ever deserved this blessing.