11-03-2018, 02:38 AM
Rock, Offroad was on that trip too. If it wasn't 37 degrees that day, it certainly felt like it. Wet, slushy, nasty. But there were several differences. It was July, not November, and we had been in 80+ degree temps in the Vail Valley about thirty minutes earlier, so we weren't mentally or physically prepared for it. And Ferret and Offroad were riding their CB's, so they had minimal protection from the elements. Offroad today can bask behind his K1600's fairing, raise the windscreen, crank up the heated grips and seat, and not suffer. Well, perhaps suffer a bit less.