The trip to Deals Gap was awesome. The weather Friday was perfect. The traffic on Friday was perfect. It was a perfect day and probably the best day I have ever had down there. I made it down in just 10 hours, 9 hours of riding with an hour of stops.
The weather Saturday was a little bit less than perfect. The day sure started out good, and I thought I would have another excellent day, but rain soon blew in and the temperature dropped. Most of the people who were there were smart enough to trailer their bikes in and most of them went home on Saturday. I spent the day waiting for it to stop raining. It never did.
Sunday was the trip home. This was an awful ride. I would have rather been at work than riding my motorcycle. The temperature never got above 40 degrees. At one point it was 35 degrees and raining. I have ridden in temperatures much colder than 40 degrees before, but I have never tried to ride 580 miles in this kind of cold. I suspect the reason I have never tried this is because it is a really stupid thing to do. I did everything I could to stay warm. I bought chemical heat pads and stuck them in my gloves and shoes. I bought a 12 volt electric blanket and cut a hole in the center of it to make an electric poncho for under the sweatshirt and three coats that I wore. I had three pairs of pants on. I suppose all these things probably helped a lot, but I was still colder than I have ever been in my life. The trip home took me 13 1/2 hours to complete. Even still, if I could do it all over again this weekend I would. The time I had down there on Friday was worth all of the suffering I did on the way home.
Below you can see my proudest moment – the front page of Killboy.com. This made the entire trip worth it.
