It seems like the weather has been better in November than it was in October! I have been lucky enough to get out the last two weekends in a row!
Saturday the 14th I had to make a choice. Some of my Ride Ohio friends were riding out in Amish country and visiting one of my favorite places, Heinis Cheese Factory. I also got a email from Ray inviting me to ride with the Gold Wing guys. I decided to go with the Wingers because I have not ridden with them yet this year. I was still a little nervous anout my decision because the last time I rode with them at the end of the season the ride resulted in tragedy for me.
Photo by Nick
In the photo above you see the bikes ready to leave. You don’t see a Vstrom because I was not there yet. I am very rarely late for a ride, but I was 8 minutes late for this one. Eight minutes was long enough because as I approached the gas station I saw them going through the traffic light heading north. To be fair, I never confirmed that I was riding so nobody was expecting me. A little twist of the throttle and I caught up to them. Of course, I was nearly out of gas so I made them immediately stop at the next gas station. I hate being the guy who shows up late with no gas!
Ray planned a really nice route, but he kept checking this strange poster that he called a “map” every time we stopped.
Photo by Nick
I guess it helps you find places, but it doesn’t tell you where you are and it does not have voice comands, but it is really easy to see even in direct sunlight and it uses no batteries. What will they think of next! I might get me one of those “direction posters” myself.
Picture by Nick
We stopped for lunch in some little town in the southern Ohio hills. Pretty good food and reasonably priced. Most of us had cheeseburgers and they were big, meaty, and delicious.
Ray - Photo by Nick
Ray is probably the cheapest person in the world. I have heard rumor that he plans his routes based on where the lowest priced gasoline is. We stopped for gas at a place where Christians were passing out free bread.
Free Bread
I have no idea how Ray found out about this, but we got a tank of gas and a loaf of free bread! The crazy thing is that we had just finished eating lunch, and Nick comes out of the gas station with two pepperoni rolls! I figured he was going to eat them later, but next thing I know:
Nick Eating Again! (?)
Free bread makes everyone happy!
I had a great day riding with some great folks on some great roads! Hopefully next year I can hook up with you guys more often!
