Expansion on a Bike

I have said for a good ten years that I would never ride a bike again unless it was with my brother.  He has already had his wreck and isn't likely to have another one.  As I get older that safety aspects rears its head. 
Dave wanted a bike and I never said no.  I just said I wasn't riding.  So after we moved it was one of the first things he acquired.  And I was happy for him.  That wish was fulfilled.  And he never offered me a ride.  And that was okay.
So yesterday I met up with an old friend.  We hashed out all the things that had kept us from being friends and decided we were still friends.  He called and asked if I wanted to go for a ride on his new bike.  He is still trying to get through the first thousand miles to get it broke in.  And the weather is just perfect for fall riding.  Without missing a beat I agreed to the ride as long as I could find a sitter. 
Well a sitter is hard to find.  But Daddy was working at Uncle Pat's and Pat said they could hang out there.
And so that is what happened.  I dropped the "kids" off at Pat's and went on a ride.  My little man wanted to know how come he couldn't go.  Too young. Pat wanted clarification on bike ride.  I said motorcycle and I guess I lied.  Because I was riding with someone other than my brother. 
Here are my epiphanies.
I don't get carsick on a bike.  I may have knew that, but didn't remember.  How nice.
I am no where near as limber as I was in my youth.  And I bet I looked really cute getting up on that bike and getting off that bike.  But I did it.  If you can't get on, you can't ride.  I seem to remember a man with a horse telling me that one time.  May be why I haven't been on a horse in a long time.
I had forgotten how you feel the temperature changes on a ride.  It was really pleasant most of it.  We got down near the Lewis River and it got cold.  We found a lot of frost and decided to head back. 
From Orchards to almost Moulton Falls back to Orchards and then to Frenchman's Bar and back to Orchards.  I wasn't as stiff as I expected to be after sitting that long.
And it was a lovely day for a ride.  Glad I was invited. I never felt unsafe at all, even when the mailman tried to hit us. Thanks Doug for expanding my world and reminding me.