Ride of a Lifetime

Picture:  The three amigos ham it up for the camera

What have I gotten myself into now?  Last week after the ROMEOs arctic lunch ride Richard and Louie stopped off at the local Suzuki dealership kick some tires and Richard came across a flyer for Suzuki's 'Ride of a Lifetime' promotion.  What it boils down to is three friends submit information about themselves and some pictures and if they are selected Suzuki will outfit them with motorcycles and gear for a 1100 mile, 5 day ride.  Of course they tag along shooting for commercials, etc.  The dealer convinced Richard and Louie that they would be good candidates, all they had to do was come up with a third rider..........me.  And since I have such "technical expertise" and a camera I got tapped to put the package together.  http://castingcall.suzukicycles.com/ if you are interested.  So that is what we did today.  After lunch at Taco Bueno we rode to Coronado Heights http://www.naturalkansas.org/coronado.htm and I snapped a few shots.  Then it was off to Marquette, via the twisty Falun road, for ice cream and to go over the entry form.  Of course you can't go to Marquette without making a call on Stan the Man at the Kansas Motorcycle museum http://www.ksmm.us/.  They had some new bikes and are in the process of building on so they can add more. 

  By now we have rode the afternoon away and it's time to head home.  I told Richard that if he wanted to go for a ride all he had to do was say so, no need to enter some contest as an excuse.  Winning would be fun though.