Where did you ride today?

Yesterday we had a high of 91*F. Was still warm when I rode to the American Legion ride-to-eat meeting at a bar and grill 22 miles away. 44 miles round trip. Temp was still 89*F when I went but had dropped to around 80*F on the way home. I talked with the post director and found out he lives in Pella, IA... 52 miles away from where we were meeting and 59 miles from the post. When I hear of members who live some distance from this post when there are several other posts closer to them that says something to me about this post.
 
The Canadians Tim Graham, and Dave Berzins came down for 10 days and we logged about 2000 Miles on some great twisty roads. They left Calgary with a temperature of 9 and snowing and here we had a heat spell with a high of 98.

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I got hungry also. So I rode to Pella for the Dutch pastries. 143.4 miles today. Felt good with the temps starting out around 66*F and 79*F when I got back home. Expecting rain and low 50s*F tomorrow.
Bought 6 Dutch Letters where they originated in the USA and one 9 inch round Almond Kutchen coffee cake (I know... redundant terms since kutchen means cake).
 
Needed to fill the tank again. So took a short 35 mile ride to the gas station. Last tank was just over 55.8 MPG. Calculated that this time I had close to 62 miles left in the tank from when the last bar started flashing. Only used half of that to get to the station.
Temps stayed around 47 so I wore my heated gloves on medium setting. Was also kinda windy.
 
Not a ride today.... But last Saturday...March 21..... 350 mile perfect day for a short ride...Sacramento to Quincy Hwy 5 to 70 to 89. Return 70 49 162 70 etc. Fantastic. I was in the company of my younger (70 years) brother riding his owned since new 07 Triumph Rocket III.

Might have a short vid clip from his saddle position....riding E on 70..Feather River Scenic Byway...between Cresta and Rock Creek CA What a great ride...A great day together,

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Was a really windy day today. But temps were between 55*F-58*F so I went for a ride anyway. It was either a headwind or tail wind for most of the ride so I guess that evens out the effects on mpg. Rode 50.2 miles today.
I noted that my annual miles as of today ended up right at my birth year... 1955. Saw several dead deer on the sides of the road. That reminded me that I also saw many dead deer on the sides of the road when I rode to Pella. NONE of them got up and jumped in front of me when I passed. I feel lucky about that! :sneaky-2x: Their living friends decided to stay away.
 
Needed to GO RIDE today and also needed a coffee break. So I rode back down to Deckers Corner up over Rampart Ridge and down along the North Fork of the South Platte River. Great twisties and very nice scenery along the river. Today I rode my V-Strom. but the interesting thing was I saw a Waymo driverless van driving down the Freeway I-225. My first instinct was to give it a large berth and stay away. But as I got closer I saw it had a human driver that was awake and holding the steering wheel. Coffee as usual was good but expensive. Another 110 miles mostly great riding.

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136 today. Moved a tag. Fortunately it was an ice cream place.
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Weird temperature stuff around here. If you live near a Great Lake, 35 degree difference in temperature. Opened all my vents and then closed them, only to open them before I got home. The best thing is I rode. Trying to wear out those tires.
 
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300 + miles today through Santa Barbara County, San Luis Obispo County, and Monterey County with the Canadians. Temps from 75 to 95.

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Looks like the Naciemento-Ferguson road you were on. I recognize the view from a vacation trip we took on it some years back. Went from the coast inland to Fort Hunter Liggett.
 
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Rode another 33 miles today. Planned to visit the GF of my friend who pass away in Dec to offer condolences. I was out of contact with him starting a week after meeting with him and no one told me he had passed that next week after. I know his GF is manager at a Donutland so rode past there but she wasn't in. NO, not MY GF. My wife also plans to stop by there sometime this week for the same reason.

I plan to keep riding every day it doesn't rain just to keep me ahead of @ardykay54 as long as possible. Severe thunderstorm approaching now with hail and lightning and enough rain to fill my 2 rain barrels that I just put out today. I know it won't be long before Russ zooms past my miles count... in addition to several other riders who enter their miles in their profiles. I am, however, amazed that I am still in the top 10 (no. 7 right now) in the annual mileage list since I am usually way down the list by now. I just scoped out an 85 mile ride to the south and west of home that can easily become 105 miles just by jumping south to the next county highway. Both those highways are squiggly roads with some curvy hills thrown in for good measure. I always have to ride straight boring roads 10-15 miles to get to the interesting roads.

I'm also trying to wear out my rear tire (at least) so I can replace the rubber before FerrySTOC. Still looks like it will go the 1000 miles I thought it would when I last mentioned it when I had 6000 miles on the odometer. Now I have 6588 miles on the clock. I also may end up changing the oil and filter at the same time just to get it done. The front tire looks like it is wearing a lot slower... which is good.
 
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