Finally Able To Ride

We were finally able to take the bike out for a ride today. After two weeks of rain and me recovering from my injury, we got the bike out today for the Chapter meeting and ride. It was a little foggy this morning, but burned off fast. We did go out for coffee with the bike and it was pretty cool out. We met up with a couple friends at the truck stop. They were going on a different ride with a different motorcycle group, but we all ended up at the same place.

We made our way to the dealership and I tried on some chaps. We now know why people wear chaps, to help stay warm on cool days. Also it helps protect you from bugs and tiny rocks. Let me tell you, trying on chaps is quite an ordeal. First of all, sizes at the dealership run small, so nothing like having to wear the next size up. Second, one needs to remember that chaps goes over jeans. Keeping all of that in mind, it's not so bad wearing a larger size than normal. Didn't buy a pair, not at $190. There is a site where we can get leather gear alot cheaper. The group met at the dealership. Today was the day for the chapter picture, then on to the meeting.

The picture was taken at Veterans Park which is next to Rocky Mountain College. There were about 50 bikes all together today. When we arrived at the park, there was a young mother with her children who were going to get out and play in the park, but as soon as all these bikes arrived, the kid slammed the door and the mom just wanted to get out of there. I thought she was going to run us over, but she did manage to keep her cool. She did get out of there unscathed. All of us were laughing about how mean we bikers are. We all got together for the photo. It will turn out nice, we had the eagle statue in the background. After the photo, we all made our way to Strokers in Huntley.

We arrived at Strokers and you should have seen all the bikes parked in the lot. The other bike group was having their September 11 Memorial Poker Run and Strokers was a stop off point for them. There must have been about 80 bikes in the parking lot, not to mention that the bar was full of bikers eating. It was quite a sight to see.

We had our meeting, which are never very long, then made our way home. From Huntley we took Pryor Creek Road. It is only about 5 to 6 miles and we cut out about 10 miles going on the interstate. Pryor Creek Road hits I-90 just at the bottom of the big Billings Hill.

All in all it was a very good day for a ride. The weather was perfect. No rain, no wind and it was comfortable.