{"id":966,"date":"2010-10-25T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=966"},"modified":"2010-10-25T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T08:00:00","slug":"last-ride-of-the-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=966","title":{"rendered":"Last Ride of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I went on what I think was the last group ride (for me) of the season yesterday.  I say that because it is predicted to rain a lot this coming week, so I won’t be able to ride mid-week.  This coming weekend, I’ll be so busy I won’t be able to ride.  Then the week after that, I will have my hernia repaired, so I will not be able to ride for several weeks after that.<\/p>\n

Today’s ride was rather “spirited” — meaning it was rather fast for what was supposed to be short, casual, non-highway ride.  And there were a lot of us in the pack — some 21 bikes and 25 riders (that means four passengers).  I was planning to have a passenger, too, with my friend LC, but he wasn’t feeling well and wasn’t able to join me.  I am sorry that he couldn’t make it, but some of the turns and some of the riding was challenging to ride on my own, much less with a passenger.<\/p>\n

So there I am, in full leather — started off with a t-shirt and leather shirt with my motorcross jacket, my leather riding pants, medium-weight leather gloves and while you can’t tell from this photo, I had on my 17″ Chippewa Hi-Shine boots.  We stopped along the way for riders who got divided by a tough road crossing to catch up.  While stopped, I took off the leather shirt, as the temperatures were climbing, and put my jacket back on with thinner Damascus leather gloves. <\/p>\n

It was a fine, unexpectedly sunny, very pleasant day.  The temps by mid-day were 75\u00b0F (24\u00b0C) — absolutely wonderful on a great autumn day.<\/p>\n

While I was rather tired by the time the group pulled into a parking lot at the destination late lunch stop, I was jazzed because we all had a good time, including me.  What a great end to my riding season.<\/p>\n

Life is short:  RIDE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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