Things That Make Me Happy

Christine Heartwell

Mrs. Sanchez

Composition proofreading

March 13, 2013

                                        Things That Make Me Happy (revised)

     I like to sit on my bike to feel the power. The bike it has lots of power. The bike makes me

very excited to ride and forget everything except the wind blowing in my face. I love to roll my

bike down the road and see all the people looking at the machine I ride. This is a black and

crome bike. It is very loud. You can feel the rumble of the pipes from a distance away. I really

like riding with my husband. We ride together on long and short trips. We both enjoy the time

away from the stress of the world. I can feel the stress leave by the minute. I can't explain how

freeing it is to move through traffic and make a trip on my bike. I really like to ride with no

 destination, just the freedom to go and do anything on my bike. I like to ride year-round. The

cold is the only time I will not ride. Even that rule can be broken with the right incentive. Riding

my bike is like therapy it just frees your mind, body, and soul you can let go of all your troubles.

 I enjoy taking my bike to the lake to go fishing. I like going to bike rallies, being with other like-

minded people is always fun, At the rallies, you can meet new people or find people you

haven’t seen in a while. It's nice to meet up with old friends. We might go for a ride in a small

group. We might just sit around and talk about what we have done since the last time we seen

each other. That’s the nice thing about riding a bike, it’s a whole new world of people, places

and areas. On a bike, I can go to places most people don’t know about I can travel in many