Picture: That's what happens when you get to a ROMEO lunch late. You can't find a place to sit.
A new record for the ROMEO lunch bunch, 45 (more or less) people showed up at the Whistle Stop cafe in Melvern, KS to day for lunch.
Three of us made the trip to Melvern from Salina, me and the REB(Royal Enfield Bullet), Pat and his Atlantic and Louie on a big Harley cruiser. Louie was making a test ride with his luggage as he is heading for Daytona Beach next week with some of the other ROMEOs. Everyone slowed down for the REB as usual but we made good time, stopping in Council Grove for coffee at the world famous Hays House. We were clipping along on schedule until my planned route suddenly ran out of pavement. Since it would have taken too long to backtrack we braved ahead on the gravel/rock for about 3 miles until we hit the tarmac again. There were already a bunch of bikes there and the cafe was getting full. Look at the picture to see what the late comers had to deal with. Richard finally did get to set down. We had a long wait for lunch again, seems that we can pretty much overwhelm these small cafes. My odometer read 280 miles round trip but Pat's Atlantic high tech electronic odo read 265. I suppose my odo is as optimistic as the speedometer. What ever the mileage it was a long trip on the REB and my back was sore by the time we got back.
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