"Relationships: Cyber, Honey, and The Road"

6am - I woke up later than usual, but not by too much.  This is 'sleeping in' for me!  When I'd gone to sleep the night before, I hadn't decided if I was gonna take a day ride or not, but as soon as my feet hit the floor (@ about 6:02am) I knew.

7am - Sipped my coffee, did some random emailing and some not so random 'journaling.'  I have a new cyber friend I met on a website called "Live Journal."  I've been goofing around on it for about a year and a half now, and have made several 'good' friends, but "purr4you" (her user name) is the first friend that I've developed a real, real-life connection with.  At least it seems like a real connection.  No one can really know for sure… cyber-connections… an interesting concept.  I'm looking forward to seeing how this relationship develops.  We've been talking about meeting in person, but the distance, our schedules, and my finances are all quite limiting at this time in our lives.  One thing I know… we are sure enjoying getting to know each other.  I think we've 'chatted' every day now for about a week or more.  But this story is not about her.  It's about another relationship with another girl.

8am - Honey was as excited as I was, as she was getting packed for the trip.  She remembered her first visit to "The Hill Country," last year when we were out here, and liked the terrain and roads as much as I did.  The closest thing I can compare this area to, is a more fertile and lush version of the base of the foothills of the Sierra Nevada's in Central California.  The main difference is that there, the rolling hills are only about 20 miles 'wide,' before you get into the actual mountainous terrain.  Here, they go on and on… for hundreds of miles in every direction.  This area, which is just west of Austin, is really quite beautiful.  Either that or it just seems like it, because all the freaking flat flat flat terrain, almost everywhere else I've seen so far in this monstrously large State.