Thunder Roads Magazine of Oklahoma/Arkansas June 2014 | Page 39

FEATURES

Summit Rooms, several of
us sat in on the Talking Stick
Circle. This circle is based on
the traditional Native American
practice as an opportunity for
women to express their feelings
uninterrupted. We heard from
women who had come long
distances in miles and in their
lives through the power of being
on two wheels on the open road.
After a heartfelt welcome by
Joan Krenning, the founder of
Steel Horse Sisterhood, the first
night’s speakers set the pace
for all of us to be empowered
to be ourselves in our lives
through the journey of the ride.
Laura Klock wowed the crowd
sharing the land speed records,
which not only she set, but also
brought her two daughters in
to set records too, becoming
the first mother- daughter land
speed record holders. She got
everyone, including our group,
inspired to work on her Helping
With Horsepower project. Lisa
Brouwer of Full Throttle Living,
blew the lid off of everyone’s
inhibitions to stop living the life
we dislike that isn’t for us and and several of the ladies in the
live the life we dream of and “Oklahoma Girls” group (a name
want!
we earned due to our noticeable
shirts and name badges as we
roamed around together), were
determined to make the Red
Rock Sunrise Ride which we’d
been told to not miss! The
eight of us who rode to see this
splendid mountainside on the
West side of Denver, were in
awe of its natural beauty as the
sun rise lit the red rocks up like
The next morning I hit the glowing embers towering all
alarm at 4:45am…way early for around us.
this lil’ rock star! But myself
The ride was a guided ride

from the hotel to the Red Rock
Park. At the top of one mountain,
we were to turn around on a
gravel parking lot. For me, I’m
never happy about it, but I know
I can do it. Some of the women
outside of our group literally
froze at the feeling of the gravel
under their bikes. It was in an
exchange with two women who
had gotten themselves to this
fearful position, that I realized
why I’d made this journey. I
pulled my bike to the side, trying
to coax the first lady to gain the
courage to drive through her
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