My First Ride

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It was my first "real ride." The one I planned out on a map because I had never even driven on some of the roads before. Since then, I've explored with it and extended it. Now, it's the "last hurrah" ride of the season, the first "yippee" ride of early spring. It's the ride I take when I only have time to squeeze in a short one, the ride I take when I'm tired but I need to get out. I usually include the extensions now, I take the short ride only when it's getting dark or starting to rain and I need to get home quickly. Invariably, no matter how low my spirits have been, no matter how anxious my thoughts, sometime during this ride laughter will start to bubble up, a grin spread across my face and my heart will start to sing: "Happy, happy, happy!"