Oh Jeannie, Guess what? You are not even living here yet and *surprise* you have so many new biker friends that you have not even met yet! You just wait! I was the third one in my social group to get my bike 3 years ago and now there are 15 of us that have all bought bikes! The girls outnumber the guys! We are planning a trip to Colorado for the 4 Corners Rally Ride over Labor day weekend. Most will leave on Wednesday and come back on Monday. If you've got the time to spare for that ride, you MUST come with us. It is a blast! Last year was our first time there and we had so much fun. It takes place in Inglacia Colorado but we took day trips all over! From Durango to Telluride! In the summer we don't ride much because of the heat - but when the cooler months come - do we ever! My first year I put on 13K with the group You are going to find yourself in bike heaven here! We have a yahoo group you should join: Arizona Biker Babes I look forward to meeting you so that I can officially say "welcome to Arizona". This is a wonderful state to live in. I moved here in 1996 and have never regretted it once! Only time I've moved away from family & friends & tho it was hard to do, I did it and my life has been so enriched by this beautiful place I now call home! I moved my grandmother here this year and my parents bought a winter dig and spent their first winter here this year. Slowly but surely I'll have 'em all here *wink* Kerrilynn

The biggest surprise I have had is that I fell in love with a leather Harley jacket that laces up the front and up the sleeves, begging to be worn with nothing underneath. I'm shocked at myself - I never!!! I had judgements about that kind of sh*t. But then here I am in the dressing room and loving how it feels and looks on me. What the hell? I don't know anymore from up. I have gone from a size 5X to a 12/14 in 10 months and am not sure who is in here!! Jeannie

Hope you enjoy your Heritage as much as I do mine I have a 1998 Heritage Springer 95th Anniversary Edition. I've had her for almost 3 years now and bought her when I was 375#'s. So I do have to beg to differ that even big girls can ride & have all the leathers and gear to go along with it WomanBiker.com has jackets, chaps & more for us. It really is all about attitude regardless of your size! I have never apologized or been intimidated by being a big girl even in the land of augmented breasts & plastic barbies Plenty of biker guys appreciate natural big girls too! ...but I am looking forward to being able to buy a lot of the leather vests and stuff that I like that they are not making for big girls! No matter what, I have the ride and that is all that counts anyway! Kerrilynn

Sounds like you are gonna have a great vacation! I thought it was nice here today, got up to 55 degrees!LOL!!! Congradulations on your 90#, I can't wait to have my WLS. I just went this am and I lost the 10# I needed to, so hopefully I'll be hearing from them soon. Best of luck, Christine

Jeff, I am that wall now! I miss my bike soooooooooo bad. I have gotten too fat to ride.This had been really hard for me not to ride. It is my passion. My reason for getting up in the morning.I know that sounds desprate. It took me years to finally get my own Harley now it sits in the garage waiting waiting waiting for me.It hurts. Thanks for sharing your fun letter. Lucy