Where did you ride today?

I pointed my ST northeast and rode over to Newark and then north on RT79. This is a great stretch of road - it climbs, it dips, it twists over beautiful farmland. Spectacular ride that led me into Amish County. Saw a number of horse & buggy. RT79 ended and I hopped on RT36 to meander home. Took that to Mount Vernon, grabbed RT13 and rode home. Beautiful weather - SUNNY and 50 degrees. Used my heated vest for some of the ride. A very nice way to spend a few hours. Ride was approximately 115 miles.
John
 
Nowhere! It's raining down here!
Raymond and I are meeting Tuesday 1pm at Dublin Ga, then camping near Appling/Pollard's Corner, COE campground Petersburg, where we will be having an Anti-Covid (mask optional) Trump rally if you need a destination. :thumb:

Tom
 
Couple of days in SC, Ga, and NC. Have to say I've spent too much time riding in the Ga Mountains and Smokies where it rains every day while ignoring the rest of the area. Particularly enjoyed the Augusta Columbia area (Clarks Hill Lake). Plenty of scenic twisty riding areas out of the mountain rain, nothing but sun and blue skies for 4 entire days.

Tom

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I had an epic 385 mile day today to West Virginia and back. Many trees there still have their leaves. The weather was perfect. A long but very satisfying day!
John
 
Met up with Larry G and a ST18 rider for a nice 350mile + ride today in the New Glarus Mt Horeb Wisconsin area today.
Had a nice picnic lunch outside New Glarus too.
Nice route today courtesy of Larry G!
 

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I took a "Sanity Ride" on Saturday. By the time I got moving, it was 2pm so I didn't have much time. It gets dark here at 5pm.

I headed north to Lake Cavanaugh, taking a back route through Granite Falls.

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It was a nice road. Lots of twists and turns. The leaves were past their prime, but still colourfull.

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Chris
 
While I love my ST for it's long-haul legs, short rides on slow roads seem like a waste of talent. Not so my Silver Wing scooter, I'm finding that this has opened up the simple pleasures of short/local rides to places that I used to visit when I was a noob back in the 1980's on my 125, 250 or 400cc bikes. Last weekend I headed off around Auckland's Scenic Drive, which winds around the bush-covered Waitakere ranges to the west of the city. I also took a detour that leads around the edge of the Manukau Harbour through Huia and on to Whatipu. Twisty roads, amazing fresh air and lovely scenery abound. We even managed a ford across a stream, and about 20km of gravel road as well.
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The weather forecast yesterday showed 10 days of rain, with one bright spot...today. James (jtvisions) invited me to come along and get out of the house while we could enjoy it without liquid sunshine coming down on us.

So I put on two pairs of socks, long johns (top and bottom), my heated gear and riding gear and set out going north to meet up with James in Arlington.

I didn't show the route below, but this is the area we headed to.

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It was foggy this morning, and fairly cold. The low I saw was 34F. We didn't see any grand vistas, but we saw some nice roads and farmland.

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Our first stop at the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and Pioneer Park in La Conner.

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From there, we headed to Washington Park. This is looking out to Burrows Island and Burrows Bay.

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And yes, the water looked that green.

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Rosario Beach

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I have to admit that when I woke up this morning, I didn't want to go. But I also knew that if I could get myself out there, it would be a wonderful day.

And now, let the rain begin... :D

Chris
 
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