Living the Dream
Harley Woman: Tales from the Open Road
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“Please remove your keys and step away from your motorcycle,” a deep voice announced.
I dismounted, putting my keys in my pocket. Four husky guards surrounded me, giving me an unwelcome escort into the checkpoint building.
Don’t they have any guards under six foot, I wondered? I must look awfully threatening down here. …
I was told to sit with some other hapless people who were waiting on hard, plastic chairs lined up along the wall.
Finally, my turn came. The biggest guard of them all motioned me over to a desk. I sat watching him warily while he perused a sheaf of papers laid out before him.
“Why were you in Canada?” He looked across his desk at me with a scowl on his face.
I was so surprised I blurted out, “We went to a birthday party.” For thousands of miles and weeks of travel we’d been telling people that we’d gone east to Harley-Davidson’s one-hundredth birthday party. I was so flustered that it never occurred to me that my flat-out statement wouldn’t make any sense to these guys.
“Who is we, and where was the birthday party?” The guards’ beady eyes pinned me to my chair.
“My husband and I rode our bikes to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for Harley-Davidson’s one-hundredth birthday. We went to the party.” I looked over at him with total innocence. In my naivety, I figured everybody would understand that.
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About the Book
Jim and Rose Singhose are no strangers to the road. They’ve been riding Harley-Davidsons for over forty years, and they aren’t even close to being finished. In 2003, there was little need for discussion: they would attend the one-hundredth birthday celebration of their favorite bikes. They would head to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to celebrate with all the other Harley enthusiasts. Of course, there were bound to be some speed bumps along the way.
Living the Dream is book three in the Harley Woman series, and it follows Jim and Rose for 13,000 miles, from Oregon to Canada, through Milwaukee, and back again. Along the way, they make a spur-of-the-moment decision to head to Prince Edward Island for—what else—lobster! Later, Rose gets stopped by suspicious customs officials who want to know what she’s doing in Canada.
Some people might say it’s crazy to spend so much time on the road. For Rose, there’s never any trepidation about a ride on her Harley. Instead of counting the miles away from home, she’s comfortable counting the states they cross. Living the biker dream is filled with adventure, the occasional nuisance, and maybe some danger—but for Rose, it’s all worth it to feel the wind in her face and freedom in her heart.
About the Author
R. M. Singhose mounted her first Harley-Davidson motorcycle in 1966. Her husband, Jim, bought his first in 1952; they married in 1971 after only three dates. Singhose is the author of three other books about their travels and has coauthored and illustrated over forty stories for young children.