The Saturday Sept 8 monthly ride
is called the 5 Lakes Ride but I can only find 4 of them, Lake Arrowhead, Big
Bear, Silverwood Lake, and Lake Gregory.
It is possible the 5th lake is called Green Valley Lake, but
I am not sure about that. The ride was
planned by our co-Ride Captain Dan, who conjured up a very well thought out
trip with no u-turns, great roads, and even a back road or two that I had never
been on. The group 1 Ride leader was
Brian on his yellow Gold Wing and you would never know that he is learning the
ropes as a Ride Captain.
A smaller group than normal but plenty of riders for two groups
Before we can get to the ride we have our meeting with President Ed normally handling the reins of power
and presentation. Ed and Susan were
there holding court but due to Ed’s knee replacement he is still is taking it
easy, letting some industrial strength pain killers work their magic by helping
him overcome the pain of recovery and healing. Ed does confirm that our Thursday
meeting in Costa Mesa was well received. Meeting duties and reading of notes were ably
handled by Vice-President Chuck. Our
raffle and 50/50 drawing ticket sales are now handled by Barb and Rick, two
newer members that have become very involved with the group as valued additions
to the roster. I missed the drawing for
the 50/50 pot but somehow Richard Taz Green did not win it again, instead
Charlie carted off the loot. I did not
win a prize like Luis and Minita did. Several attendees to the meeting did not do
the ride including Charlie and Carol plus Stan, Richard-Taz and Mark made the
meeting as well. Two guests, Doug and
Cindy were going on the ride, I forgot they were still guests and Stan has been
their friend for a long time. Looks like
Doug and Cindy are getting close to the three ride threshold to finally become
members. There is a 3 ride minimum to join and maybe even a 3 ride maximum if
you don’t, not sure about that. I spoke
to Floyd at the end of the ride about cardiac issues and hopefully he will be
having some of them checked out. Staci
mentioned and I agreed that it seemed like we have not been on a ride with all
of us for a long time, like months, maybe it was just the extra week due to
moving the ride back because of Labor Day.
Whenever you mention mountains
think of twisting, curvy roads going up down as they wind around
contours of the terrain to bring you to your mountain top destination and back
down again. This is what lies ahead on today’s adventure past all the lakes. As often happens with me I am a bit concerned
about keeping up with the rider in front on the tight twisting roads and this
time that is Patty on her V-Star 950.
With just a couple years on two wheels she does a very credible job of
planting that motorcycle right where it is supposed to be and all I need to do
is maintaining proper spacing. The pace
set by Brian seems about perfect and everyone has a great ride. Well mostly, turns out Doug on his 2008 Gold
Wing discovers a leaking shock absorber making it somewhat difficult to cope
with big bumps and slowing him down in spots.
These two planes flew overhead while we are getting ready to leave
We arrive at Big Bear and head
for the Old Country Inn, a previous stop on a past ride. Lunch goes well and I look up through the
overhead and see some dark clouds moving in.
During lunch I was trying to help Glenn with his phone and e-mail, but
looks like another case of forgotten password.
Evan Brown has a birthday coming up and I think he was hiding during the
video as he did not want Chipotle to know he ate someplace else. We could do an entire blog just on his visits
to Chipotle, I have been there once.
All in all a very successful day
riding with some of the best people around, on some challenging but fun roads,
making it a very therapeutic adventure.
One more thing, we have to help Larry find a left side saddlebag for his
Blue and Black Royal Star Venture as he lost the lid a while ago and can’t find
a replacement. This could be a great
Craigslist challenge.
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