2017 West Coast Rally

[Jonz_imp]

I'm loving the pics too! Here's a few more words.
The rally starts:
Thursday 7pm- Mike, John(the other Jon), Karl, Lisa, and I met at the “Rivers Edge” pizza restaurant . Karl, Lisa and I had met once before for about 30 seconds at Sultan Days bike show a year or so earlier. I think we live about 5 miles apart. The food was better than expected, and my beer was great. John had seen Kenny’s post about a delayed arrival, but with the rain, Missoula’s rush hour, and almost 600 miles to ride, I was a little worried about our entrepid leader. As the deserts arrived so did Kenny. Sitting on the deck with the river flowing just below, we made some plans and got to know each other a bit more. I hadn’t realized that Mike wasn’t going to be there for other dinners or I would have talked with him more. Next time!

Friday 9am - Line up for pics!
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Right off the bat John saw that my front tire was mounted backward. On the rim correctly but the rim was backwards. I wasn’t to happy with my dealer who had mounted my PR3’s almost 5000 miles earlier. I felt a little stupid for not noticing the clearly marked arrows before. Oh well, lets ride!

Kenny lead the 6 of us to some beautiful places on unexpectedly enjoyable gravel roads. I’ll let our posted pics describe the wonders we beheld. Kenny balanced the pace with the challenge of navigating the gravel/dirt road while taking in the scenery and having a blast riding. I want to see Flynriders (the other John) photos , he was using Ferrets technique with camera on a lanyard. Riding last, on the way back,watching the line of our bikes wind through the valley will be a mental picture I hope never to forget.

For dinner we rode a few miles north to the Mexican restaurant in Gibbonsville. Some of our group decided that pie was all that was required. We all returned to our beds without any deer traffic and reflected on what a good day it had been.

Still more later-- Jon Z