Where did you ride today?

took a buddy on one of my favorite rides out of Martinez yesterday. North up to Turtle Rock bar and grill. Luckly it was sunday and Bisquits and gravy on the menu, buddy had a Polish dog. Then more north through Pope Valley and up to Middleton. Up and over to Cobb Mtn, bottle Rock road for a loop around Clear Lake back to 29 south, up and over Mt helena to feast at Busters Bar-B-Que on the south end of Calistoga. Boring ride home on the Silverado Trail. Great day to ride
 
Tonight was the American Legion Riders meeting. Last week was the regular American Legion meeting. Rode there and back... both ways across the mile long bridge over the lake. Was daylight still going across going there but dark coming back. Kinda spooky riding across in the dark. Took a longer route coming home. Ended up with 44 miles tonight and another 20+ miles this afternoon for some errands.

Almost took the handlebar muffs off but we are still expecting a few days in the low 30s or upper 20s next week so I left them on until after that. I might remove them anyway since the heated gloves should be fine into the upper 20s without the muffs.
 
Snowing now. Not much. Just enough to turn all the lawns white. Maybe a little more than 1/2 inch. Pavement is too warm to let it accumulate so all roads and sidewalks are wet. But temp is right at 32*F so possible patches of ice there.

Maybe I'll take the handlebar muffs off today and the snow will go away. :unsure-2x: 🙏
 
Rode out to Damascus House as usual today. We have a storm system moving through. Temp started at 42F and dropped a few hours later by the time I was coming home. I hit the freeway for part of the trip back. So much road spray that I couldn't see more than the vehicle in front of me at times.

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I used to live in a place that had heavy snow up till the middle of March.

Now I live in the state of Georgia.

Today’s temperature as I zipped along the highway this afternoon…
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Looking forward to those temps. Expecting to see the 70s *F next week.

The sun actually showed up yesterday just before lunch and by 2 there was not a fluff of snow anywhere and the streets were dry. Had another errand to run deeper into town so rode the bike for a few miles... only 17 miles.
I did take the handlebar muffs off in the morning. My cheap battery heated gloves worked well on medium for riding at around 47*F. They are not sealed as well as dedicated motorcycle gloves so I can feel a little air getting in but the heating wires managed keeping my hands/fingers warm anyway. I might have done fine with my TM Mid-Tex gloves but wanted to see how the heated gloves worked out.
 
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My wife needed me to pick up a prescription at the store 1.5 miles away... SO... I rode 65.1 miles to get there for a total round trip of 66.6 miles. She knows that when she wants me to do an errand and I take the bike I'll be gone longer than just there and back. So far the meds still fit in the saddle bags.

Time to clean and lube the chain now.
 
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NOPE! Very light snow still falling in this picture taken just a few minutes ago. Temp is now 24*F. Expecting 57*F and partly sunny tomorrow. 66*F Thursday, 76*F Friday and a heat wave at 82*F on Saturday. Hoping this is the last gasp of winter around here for the next 7-8 months.
 
March is usually the snowiest month of the year for us here in the Denver area. But this winter the Snow Gods have stay away for the most part. Which brings me to to this week and today. This week is going to be unusually warm and today the high is going to be 83 degrees. This morning it was 60 degrees at 08:30 so I took off and headed to the High country to ride to one of my favorite destinations. Rode the NT1100 up to Evergreen and then up Mount Blue Sky to Echo Lake (10597ft), which lies at the base of the climb to The summit of Mt. Blue Sky (Mt Evans 14264ft) Beautiful ride once I was across the city in the foot hills. Total time was three hours and 15 min. from garage to the lake and back to the garage. Total miles 127. a bit chilly at Echo Lake 42 degrees and a bit warm crossing the city on the home ride. 81 degrees at 11:30.
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Gas tank was getting low so I needed to go get gas. Rode 74.4 miles to get there then the 1.4 miles home. 75.8 miles total. :giggle-2x:

Only put 3.049 gal in. Last bar was flashing for just over 16 miles by then. Had 0.65 gal left. Verified I have just over 50 miles until dry when the last bar starts flashing. I don't usually wait that long but today is typical. Finally getting back to 200 miles per tank if needed as the temps warm up. Though I usually don't like to go more than 175 miles per tank. Today was 76*F. Back to 54+ mpg now. Will get better as temps warm up from here.
 
Sunny and 81*F this afternoon. So I just gotta go for a ride. Had to wait for someone to arrive to pick up some furniture we sold them and then I was off. Rode out west of home for a little distance... 79.5 miles.
Just getting some practice in for the ride down to FerrySTOC. Also trying to get enough miles before then to replace the rear rubber and do an oil change.

Tomorrow expecting 10 deg warmer. My wife wants me to ride down to Pella, IA for some more Dutch treats. That's a 66+ mile ride one way. 125 miles round trip. Maybe tomorrow or maybe Monday.
 
Took the boss lady for a 90 mile cool ride this morning. Gased up in Damascus, from there took a few back roads to sugar grove for a stop. From there took 16 to troutdale than a right turn over to konnarock. Stopped just before 58 to get a picture of a church. Who ever built it did a great job making it look older than it is. Took a left and 58 to Damascus and back homeIMG_3432.jpeg
 
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Going to be a high of 90 degrees in the city today so I rode the NT down to Deckers Corner for a cup of coffee and a few miles of coolness over Rampart Range. 110 miles round trip.

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