Mary & Harvey Davidson
Flash Fiction
Sharing Stories
October 26, 2021 at 7:42 p.m.
Mary and Harvey--a match made in heaven!
...by Mary Boley
The ride was quite an adventure, for sure. Rain, wind, and lots of big trucks flying by my little Harley Davidson. Oh lord, I thought, will I make it?
I did make it and was it ever a blast, thousands of bikes and leather as far as the eye could see.
I made it home in one piece and am planning my next Harley Davison trip as soon as I get a bigger bike.
Terrific.
"Mary, what a great flash fiction piece. Sounds like it really happened!" Ariele
"Yes, this story is not fiction. It’s true. I was in my thirties when I bought my Harley, took a riding lesson, got my license, and rode to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Three weeks later, I made it home and then bought a bigger bike…Harley of course, and rode that to Sturgis, South Dakota. Then joined the group called Ladies of Harley and rode with about 20 women. That was a blast too. Here in Washington the trucks are two-trailers long, but in other states, they are three trailers long! It actually pulled a motorcycle rider down the highway when they went by and then drenched us with water because of the rain on the highway. I must admit, it was a bit frightening. We stopped at rest stops, and I’d try to dry out under the hand dryers. It was quite the adventure…I’d do it again in a heartbeat…at 64!" Mary Boley
Mary Boley is a Westport, Washington inhabitant and did this great Flash Fiction for Ariele’s Short Stories session #7. Ariele M. Huff
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