Bonus Days

[the Ferret]

Here in the midwest good riding weather usually starts shutting down about mid October. This year has been quite extraordinary in that although we have had some very cold days, we have also had an abundance of very warm days. record breakers.

This week has been exceptional and I was able to ride 149 miles Wednesday, 141 miles yesterday, and today November 18th we got up to 76 degrees but I was stuck watching grandkids until 4:30 PM. Would have been another great day to rack up some miles. It is very dark by 6 PM these days, so as soon as the kids left I had the CB fired up, threw on a leather jacket, gloves and helmet and squirted out the driveway.

Headed for my favorite loop..222-743 (My road)- Laurel Moscow Rd,-756,-232,-222. As fun a loop as I can imagine... 36 miles with lots of curves, elevation changes, very little traffic, and 55 mph speed limits, plus it starts 7/10 ths of a mile from my garage door.

The low setting sun was casting some long shadows, but just lit up the trees surrounding the newly picked farm fields

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The curves were delicious as always

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turned over this milestone on the CB on the ride

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Near the end of the loop it was starting to get dark, as the sun had dipped below the treeline

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By the time I got in my drive the soft blue glow of the DLX's instruments were evident

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What a great way to spend a mid November evening