New Years Day Ride

[Groucho]

Put seventy five miles under my Dunlop Qualifiers today, travelling a bit further up the twisties well into the Sierra Nevada foothills. Very little traffic on the roads, and just jaw-droppingly beautiful weather. I felt like I wanted to just keep climbing- Another 45 minutes up, and I'd be in Giant Sequoia Nat'l Park- but I had promised my son I'd spend time with him so I turned around. Gotta get him a helmet so he and I can make these nature rides together- I ****ing love this kind of exploring. There are hundreds if not thousands of miles of two-lane, paved mountain roads up there.

Need new batteries for the stupid digicam, and fitting a mount for the GPS is now a priority.

On the way down, I took a different road home. As it descended into the valley, I hit a very long, deserted straightaway... and I used this piece of road to break (very briefly) into the triple digits for the first time. :acool

The snowcapped Mount Whitney beckoned in the distance- come springtime, that's my target destination.

I'm so hooked.

[JR57]

Greetings Groucho, sounds like you went to Glenville, allmost went myself today. I'm in northeast Bakersfield (BC). We must get togather and ride sometime. Jim.

[Groucho]

Originally Posted by JR57

Greetings Groucho, sounds like you went to Glenville, allmost went myself today. I'm in northeast Bakersfield (BC). We must get togather and ride sometime. Jim.

Definitely! PM sent!

...actually, stopped just short of Glennville, though.

[steventhechef]

Great story groucho. Be careful the twisties are sooooo addictive on the Sprints..

[alii1959]

Planned to go for a New Year's ride today....but, got a call from my Uncle's wife... Seems he is dying. He is the one that gave me the wanderlust when I was a kid. Although he was never able to ride a motorcycle, he would have loved the freedom. The news from Vermont kinda kept me off the road....and staring at my family a lot.

Glad you had a great ride.

[BMWK100]

Originally Posted by alii1959

Planned to go for a New Year's ride today....but, got a call from my Uncle's wife... Seems he is dying. He is the one that gave me the wanderlust when I was a kid. Although he was never able to ride a motorcycle, he would have loved the freedom. The news from Vermont kinda kept me off the road....and staring at my family a lot.

Glad you had a great ride.

Not the way to start the New Year. Good luck to your uncle.

[dolson]

Freezing fog the last few days. A bit too slick for me.

Don

[Groucho]

Originally Posted by steventhechef

Great story groucho. Be careful the twisties are sooooo addictive on the Sprints..

No kidding! As a n00bie, I'm not confident enough to attack those corners too agressively, but I do love twisting the right grip coming out of the curves!

It's the... I dunno... everything of riding that I love.

Coming out of a curve, I spooked a large hawk by the roadside. He launched, and flew alongside me for a couple hundred yards before peeling off into a ravine.

I mean, how cool is that?