dmulk
05-07-2007, 04:03 PM
Thursday, May 3, 2007 -
As some of you know, I commute from Chula Vista, Ca to Carlsbad, Ca every day for work. I usually drive my '04 Corolla as it gets a wonderful 32-37MPG. That being the case, I had debated riding the ST to work and leaving from Carlsbad, but I still had a few things to pack, so I headed home to finish up.
I made it home at about 6PM and jumped right into it.
By the time I was finished packing, eating dinner and spending time with the family, it was already pushing 9PM. I hurried to throw on the Alpinestar Vented suit (BIG MISTAKE!!) as the weather showed that it would be clear and warm during the majority of the weekend. I then jumped on the bike, gassed up at the local Chevron and took Telegraph Canyon to the 805 Freeway, North.
Things started out fine. I was cruising along in 55 degree weather and was feeling great. Three days to meet up with some (new and old) friends, do some fun rides and hang in one of my most favorite places in SoCal - Crestline, Ca - Lake Gregory. After a month of being cooped up in my 750sq.ft. condo, healing from a sinus surgery and subsequent infection, I was ready for this.
What I was not prepared for was the drop in temperature from en route. By the time I had reached my cabin, the temps had dropped close to freezing (34 F). While the Alpinestar vented suit is great in weather above 50F, it gets painful as the temps fall.
My saving grace was the Honda heated grips and Corbin heated seat. It's the only thing that saved me. :) Anyway, I made it safe and after a little post drywall construction cleaning, I was in bed by 1am.
Friday, May 4th, 2007 -
Dana buzzed me to let me know that he and Vickie would be at my place around noon. I mentioned that they should dress warm because although the day was sunny, it was cold (in the 40F's).
With some time to kill, I figured I would shoot a couple photos with my new Canon XTi (I still don't know how to use it, so these photos aren't the best...):
My 2006 ABS on the parking deck at my cabin:
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007009.jpg
And again...
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007011.jpg
Dana an Vicki rolled in about 12:30pm and by the time they got here, the weather had drastically changed. The temps were pushing the lower 40F's and the clouds were rolling in...
Dana attempting to earn another of Finewest's "Zippo Awards":
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007015.jpg
View from back deck of my cabin:
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007013.jpg
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007014.jpg
After a short debate, the three of us decided to head to lunch locally and forgo any long rides for the day. Byron and a few others were planning on hanging out for the meet and greet later in the afternoon. So after lunch, we headed back to my place to shoot some pool, wait for others to arrive.
To our utter surprise, the weather started to clear at sunset and I was able to snap these:
Off the back deck of my cabin @ Sunset:
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007016.jpg
And another...
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007017.jpg
And the final....
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007019.jpg
With the sun setting in the back ground (literally), we joked the night away...
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007020.jpg
Byron's arrival to any event never goes unnoticed!
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007021.jpg
As the night wrapped up, we all agreed that we needed to get online and paypal a couple buck to the "weather gawds". The wind was blowing so hard that I feared one or more of our parked bikes would fall over.
Of course, Byron's reply was," Well, if mine falls over, your's is right next to it to break the fall..." Gee thanks buddy!
More to come later.... (Will also fix the photo size when I get home....)
You can see the resized, raw photos, here:
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/
Thanks
<D>
As some of you know, I commute from Chula Vista, Ca to Carlsbad, Ca every day for work. I usually drive my '04 Corolla as it gets a wonderful 32-37MPG. That being the case, I had debated riding the ST to work and leaving from Carlsbad, but I still had a few things to pack, so I headed home to finish up.
I made it home at about 6PM and jumped right into it.
By the time I was finished packing, eating dinner and spending time with the family, it was already pushing 9PM. I hurried to throw on the Alpinestar Vented suit (BIG MISTAKE!!) as the weather showed that it would be clear and warm during the majority of the weekend. I then jumped on the bike, gassed up at the local Chevron and took Telegraph Canyon to the 805 Freeway, North.
Things started out fine. I was cruising along in 55 degree weather and was feeling great. Three days to meet up with some (new and old) friends, do some fun rides and hang in one of my most favorite places in SoCal - Crestline, Ca - Lake Gregory. After a month of being cooped up in my 750sq.ft. condo, healing from a sinus surgery and subsequent infection, I was ready for this.
What I was not prepared for was the drop in temperature from en route. By the time I had reached my cabin, the temps had dropped close to freezing (34 F). While the Alpinestar vented suit is great in weather above 50F, it gets painful as the temps fall.
My saving grace was the Honda heated grips and Corbin heated seat. It's the only thing that saved me. :) Anyway, I made it safe and after a little post drywall construction cleaning, I was in bed by 1am.
Friday, May 4th, 2007 -
Dana buzzed me to let me know that he and Vickie would be at my place around noon. I mentioned that they should dress warm because although the day was sunny, it was cold (in the 40F's).
With some time to kill, I figured I would shoot a couple photos with my new Canon XTi (I still don't know how to use it, so these photos aren't the best...):
My 2006 ABS on the parking deck at my cabin:
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007009.jpg
And again...
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007011.jpg
Dana an Vicki rolled in about 12:30pm and by the time they got here, the weather had drastically changed. The temps were pushing the lower 40F's and the clouds were rolling in...
Dana attempting to earn another of Finewest's "Zippo Awards":
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007015.jpg
View from back deck of my cabin:
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007013.jpg
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007014.jpg
After a short debate, the three of us decided to head to lunch locally and forgo any long rides for the day. Byron and a few others were planning on hanging out for the meet and greet later in the afternoon. So after lunch, we headed back to my place to shoot some pool, wait for others to arrive.
To our utter surprise, the weather started to clear at sunset and I was able to snap these:
Off the back deck of my cabin @ Sunset:
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007016.jpg
And another...
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007017.jpg
And the final....
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007019.jpg
With the sun setting in the back ground (literally), we joked the night away...
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007020.jpg
Byron's arrival to any event never goes unnoticed!
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/CreSTOC2007021.jpg
As the night wrapped up, we all agreed that we needed to get online and paypal a couple buck to the "weather gawds". The wind was blowing so hard that I feared one or more of our parked bikes would fall over.
Of course, Byron's reply was," Well, if mine falls over, your's is right next to it to break the fall..." Gee thanks buddy!
More to come later.... (Will also fix the photo size when I get home....)
You can see the resized, raw photos, here:
http://www.dmulk.com/bikes/CreSTOC07/
Thanks
<D>