66F @ 6:30AM. Abundant sunshine. High 99F. Winds light and variable.
Good to see all fine celebrations over the holiday weekend. Seems like most of you really earned your Labor Day time off.
Last three days were spent motorcycling on a gypsy tour; three nights camped in three separate locations with 125 of my closest friends. We started out in Oreland, CA, with a delicious dinner at a local favorite bar and grill only a mile away from the fairgrounds. That made for a nice walk and a chance to see a bit of the town. Saturday and Sunday featured poker runs with cards awarded for correct answers to questions asked along the way, the clues for which were gathered by reading signs and seeing odd things at the side of the route. Catered meals were served Saturday and Sunday night and it was good and plentiful, I don't think anyone lost weight on this trip. Saturday's destination was originally Hayfork, CA, but the fires in Trinity county had the fairgrounds still occupied with firefighters and no room was left for us. That meant rerouting and re-planning all the meals with only two weeks notice, a huge undertaking but one carried off pretty well. The upshot is that all the riding took place within a hundred or so miles of my house, and on Sunday the route went within a mile of my place. Good thing, too, as one friend needed to work on his brakes, another fella thought he needed a new starter, and I was able to sneak in a quick shower when we stopped by. But by the time I got to Sunday's destination (Susanville) with the starter, the rider had gotten good enough at bump starting the bike that he decided not to fool with swapping his old one out. I suspect that his wife, who was riding pillion, was losing patience and just wanted to get home. That suited me as well, as it enabled an early start and I had breakfast in my own kitchen Monday. But the best part was sleeping in my own bed again, a huge improvement over a skinny air mattress.
Hope everyone gets off to a good start on the week!
