Well, it's officially July the second, as I write this. Our Canada birthday party is over and the Americans are yet two days away from theirs.Got a call from MJ today, wants to go for a ride. I said "Sure..."
Knowing it was the final day of Atlanticade, and the first good day this week, about 25 little wind, no rain, the roads where Mike wanted to go would be busy. Busy for a guy just trying to get back into bikes after decades, is a No-No, so in the interim, I got my two Yamaha XT's out and when the big guy showed up, "We have a change of plans."
Being a firm believer in smaller is better in many instances, this being one of them, I took him across country alternating on little used semi paved and clay roads. Not really having a plan is sometimes the only way to go and in this case, it was a great success. We clocked about 150km over a period of several hours, stopping for a photo op now and again and to check and see how he was doing.
Loving it... that's how. Interesting when you put a guy on a smaller, lighter bike with a very user friendly riding position, a smooth torquey engine and six gears to row, and spend quality time in the saddle, going no particular place in particular.
He wants to do it over again tomorrow.
Spent the evening on "official" duty at Twin Shore campgrounds, watching the fireworks up close and personal, no really... very close as they had no breeze and we were virtually underneath the display. It's now 12:22 and I am ready for the sack.
A good way to celebrate the Big Day... 146 and counting...
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