Friday, October 21, 2005

October 22, 2005 Ride to Lone Jack, MO

 Here is how lost I was on the 45 mile ride to Lone Jack, it took two and a half hours to get there and 55 mins to get back to Julie's.  I got off on the wrong road then encountered a detour, it was cloudy so I couldn't tell what direction I was going and then it started to rain.  I ended up making a giant clockwise circle, south, west, north to end up back in Olathe.  I did OK the second lap and got on the right road to Lone Jack with no more problems.

  Had a nice visit with my old Navy buddy, Wally.  He took me to a BBQ joint and we had the biggest pork chops I have ever seen.  He took it easy on his V-Star so I could keep up.  Since it was looking like more rain I headed back about 3pm.  Sure enough rain in varying amounts all the way home.  It never got bad thank goodness but I sure don't like riding that way.  The roads looked awful slick but I was very cautions.  The bike ran like crap, still too lean.  Oh I almost forgot it was 42 degrees when I got home.  I think it was about 49 when I left at 10am and the day just went down from there.

  Breakfast in DeSoto isn't looking like much fun right now, I'll see in the morning.


If I want a damned windshield I would have driven my truck........Leonard Williams (before riding 45 miles in the rain)


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