Nice Northern Arizona Ride Report from azgsgirl Jo Smee

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Many of the Arizona FJR Southwest Forum know Jo Smee - azgsgirl. She rides with the FJR crowd quite a bit: To Joe's Barbecue, Payson and up The Devil's Highway.

Jo is also a published author in a number of motorcycle and general interest magazines. This is a recent article she wrote for the Phoenix Examiner daily newspaper.

 
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You're indeed correct Crash Cash! So, I copied Jo's Rain poem here. azgsgirl is also a very accomplished Arizona poet, always weaving motorcycles into her poetry!

"In the Phoenix area, it's so unusual, it's a celebration.

Riding in the Rain

Clouds hang

drift, float, swirl

across the unchanging face

of the mountains.

I smell the wet desert

mesquite, creosote,

crushed granite.

Rain lashes across my helmet visor,

my motorbikes tires

sing with joy

through the water

on the road.

Inside my gear

I am warm and dry,

my legs snug against the sides of the bike.

I think about the drivers in their cars,

probably feeling sorry for me.

Under my helmet, I smile knowingly

at their loss."

 
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