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August 06, 2005 - 8:46 p.m.

Today was a nice quiet day. We went out in the pontoon a couple times. I even got some sun, amazingly enough. I�ll actually go home with some color. I am just not spending much time thinking about anything, I am just in the moment and enjoying it. It�s really been nice to just soak in the sun and gaze into the water, or ponder the cabins along the shoreline, visiting about nothing in particular and just enjoying the break immensely.

However, thoughts of Phil have filtered through my mind a couple times today. Somewhere in the back of my mind I thought about the fact that he should have been on the road most of the day. He should be to Sturgis by now. I hope that the ride went well. He�s not ridden that far before. Am sure it�ll be a long day and that he�ll be tired once he�s gotten there. I am still planning to go through Sturgis on my way home on Monday. I�ve never been through there in all the years I have been through the area during the Sturgis rally. I have no expectation of running into Phil as it would be pretty freaky if I did. Pretty much the odds of hooking up with someone there, that you haven�t made specific plans with, is almost impossible. There are just too many places to be and far too many people. But, ya know, I want to see the show. Seems I skip �the show� a lot in my life. Not going to this time. If I�ve learned anything from this experience with Phil it�s that I don�t want to miss stuff. I�m going to just do it. I�ve skipped far too much in my life thinking I can�t or I shouldn�t or out of fear. Not doing that if I can help it any more.

M.