Friends make it more fun

I am notorious for doing things  alone. I like to ride alone, bike alone. I always ride indoors alone. I do have friends though and they do make it  more fun. Muffy is one of those friends. The last few years we really  haven't done that much together. We get busy, we don't call, we have too much work and home life. We have spent the last few Oregon Bike Rides together though. She runs our Sunnyside Store. On the last OBR I had a dream though. In the dream after the ride I said to Muffy, "Thanks for the fun see you next year". The next morning I decided that was wrong and we have been getting together to ride and to ski. The skiing took awhile as we had a few scheduling issues to figure out. 

We went classic sking today. It was awesome. Extra blue wax, though I did have to reapply some secret Canadian wax that Muffy had with her. I have to admit on the way down to Leslie's Lunge I checked my speed (snowplow in other words). On classic skis that rubs off the kick wax.

We try to get together once a week. Ski or ride. We never go hard. We like to talk, laugh at each other and commiserate. I like to catch up with Zoe and Tosch and Muffy is a good way to do that. We met almost 20 years ago. It was on a bike ride ( not surprising really). I am glad we have stayed good friends. Lots of things have happened since we have met, we have lost a few friends and we have made some more. 

Though I like to do things alone I realize it is more fun with a friend.

Don