Entry for October 25, 2006

About 25 miles into the ROMEO lunch ride today I began to think maybe we were going to luck out and not get rained on.  Oh Well.  The drizzle stared just south of Canton and there was still about 40 miles to our destination in Walton.  As the four of us pulled up to the Whistle Stop Cafe there was only two other bikes there.  It was evident that the rain was going to hold down the numbers.  A total of 10 bikes and 11 people braved the elements for a good lunch in a neat small town cafe.  We hadn't been there too long when I figured out why the place was called The Whistle Stop.  A train came rattling by on the tracks that were just across the road from the place.  Before we left there must have been four trains that went by and they all blew their horns/whistles.

  Four of us started working our way back home by stopping in Hesston at Scoops, a excellent 50's styled rock 'n' roll hamburger and ice cream joint.  I ordered a small malt and as the girl took my money she told me that they only have one size.  Turns out that it was plenty large.  One more stop in Moundridge at Victory motorcycle shop and we were in the home stretch. 

  Richard's wife rode with him on his scooter today and as near as I could tell she wasn't carrying any unnecessary gear.  She was a big help to me though cause she pulled on my right rain glove cause I couldn't get hold of it.

  A quick stop at Richard's for an O'douls and I got home before the sky opened up for a big downpour.  140 miles on the first ROMEO run for Dubya and it was so wet and crappy that I never pulled out the camera so you will just have to imagine a dirty W650