Where did you ride today?

No. Our’s was a little bit more narly. But we made it home before any wetness. Four days out of seven for the week of riding. Priceless. Less than a month to see you all at FerrySTOC. Safe travels all!
 
Got out for the first time today in months on a sanity ride. Normally, I get a decent amount of riding during the "winter" months. Rain doesn't stop me, just the white stuff. But this winter, we were moving...and packing before that...and not making fast enough progress. And I did a lot of hauling things from the old house to the new house. So the bike didn't get used much at all in the last couple months.

But, I changed my tires yesterday and of course had to make sure I had installed things properly. And...I needed to scrub them in. So a local ride down High Bridge Road and the Ben Howard road were in order.

It was a glorious sunny day. I saw 73F for a brief moment, which compared to yesterday when I changed the tires at about 50F, was a heat wave.

So here's a couple pictures. For as we all know, without pictures...it didn't happen.

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One of the things I love is the beauty of the farmlands, and the foothills of the Cascades just at the horizon.

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Obligatory motorcycle pic...

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Chris
 
It is autumn here and we have had our share of dodgy weather; very heavy rain overnight cleared away and there was the forecast for a bit of dryness before mid-afternoon, and so it came to pass. I managed a 400km loop up through Mangawhai and Langs Beach, then home through Paparoa and Highway 16. Langs Beach (below) was predictably lovely. I got home an hour ahead of the thunder...

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Finally got all the pieces for my FJR from Japan, also was running low on my supply of German Kaiser Brötchen. 1776797291597.png And I had a sweet tooth for German Berliner 1776797399451.pngSo I made a German Bakery run to Colorado Springs to acquire the goods.

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Cocklebur said:
I can't plan anything, I just take off when I have a break from grandkids.
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I know how that works. We have 3 grandkids in the local area that we assist with... a lot. But I find that I can plan ahead... mostly.
There have been a few times I had to cut short an event though. I missed 2 STOC events last year but that wasn't grandkids. It was a medical issue my wife had.
 
Went for a short 1.5 hr ride after work and thought I should check to see if our fav ice cream shop was open for the season. (Thanks to @NTausch for the theme) It is around 63F which means heat wave up here.
I turn the corner and thought … must be a line for a show or something. Whoa
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Well now I know they are open but I didn’t wait. Had to beat the sunset home.
 
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Yesterday I rode approx. 320 miles, all around central Florida. Highway 441 has some nice stretches west of Melbourne.
I'm up over 6k miles for the past 30+ days but I did just ride the bike home a few weeks back.
Also, just hit 60k on the odo..
 

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