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ODE to US (A Tenere {and other} Riders' Christmas Poem .... sort of)
Well, it's once again Christmas
And I'm at least a year older
The days seem much shorter
And the winters much colder
My bike went to bed
About three months ago
He's tucked away safely
From the bitter cold snow
I surely do miss him
My summertime friend
He's brought me home safely
Time and time again
He took me to places
I might otherwise not go
It's really quite something
To see our friendship grow
But a new day is dawning
When the weather will change
And we'll be back out riding
Back home on the range
Northern summers are short
So soon they are gone
But our time together
Is worth the time alone
It's really quite amazing
How he keeps me so young
There’ll be more stories to tell
And more songs to be sung
I'm so looking forward
To the first warm spring day
When I'll share a new adventure
With my grey Tenere
My buds from the south
Decked out in warm flannel
Will come up and join me
To ride the North Canol
The Dempster to Bella Coola,
And Telegraph Creek
Great friends on great bikes
For a month or a week
I've got four more months
Just to think about riding
I'll try not to be cranky
As my time I am biding
So you boys to the south
Who are blessed with warm weather
Please take a ride for me
The next time you're together
Embrace bike and friends
Don't take them for granted
When opportunity presents
Ride like you're enchanted
I'll leave you with that
That's all I've got to say
Except get off your butts
And go hug your Tenere
I hope every one of you
Will find your way here
I'm too poor to travel
I can barely buy beer
But you'd all be immersed
In uncommon hospitality
Regardless of sex, age,
Bike brand or nationality
(I’m talking to YOU, Dougie !!)
May good things surround you
I wish you good cheer
I bid you Merry Christmas
And a happy, healthy, prosperous, safe, adventure-packed, awesome, sumbich of a New Year (poetic licence).
Merry Christmas, guys ….. no matter who you are, where you live, or what kind of bike you ride ………
And let's be careful out there ....... every one. RR
Well, it's once again Christmas
And I'm at least a year older
The days seem much shorter
And the winters much colder
My bike went to bed
About three months ago
He's tucked away safely
From the bitter cold snow
I surely do miss him
My summertime friend
He's brought me home safely
Time and time again
He took me to places
I might otherwise not go
It's really quite something
To see our friendship grow
But a new day is dawning
When the weather will change
And we'll be back out riding
Back home on the range
Northern summers are short
So soon they are gone
But our time together
Is worth the time alone
It's really quite amazing
How he keeps me so young
There’ll be more stories to tell
And more songs to be sung
I'm so looking forward
To the first warm spring day
When I'll share a new adventure
With my grey Tenere
My buds from the south
Decked out in warm flannel
Will come up and join me
To ride the North Canol
The Dempster to Bella Coola,
And Telegraph Creek
Great friends on great bikes
For a month or a week
I've got four more months
Just to think about riding
I'll try not to be cranky
As my time I am biding
So you boys to the south
Who are blessed with warm weather
Please take a ride for me
The next time you're together
Embrace bike and friends
Don't take them for granted
When opportunity presents
Ride like you're enchanted
I'll leave you with that
That's all I've got to say
Except get off your butts
And go hug your Tenere
I hope every one of you
Will find your way here
I'm too poor to travel
I can barely buy beer
But you'd all be immersed
In uncommon hospitality
Regardless of sex, age,
Bike brand or nationality
(I’m talking to YOU, Dougie !!)
May good things surround you
I wish you good cheer
I bid you Merry Christmas
And a happy, healthy, prosperous, safe, adventure-packed, awesome, sumbich of a New Year (poetic licence).
Merry Christmas, guys ….. no matter who you are, where you live, or what kind of bike you ride ………
And let's be careful out there ....... every one. RR