Time to Wake Up

OK, Blog Central, it has been months of no activity here. But warm-up time is getting near.

For those non-locals, this has been one hell of a winter. We are now at 120" for the season and still have 6 weeks to go of potential snow fall. The real issue this winter was the long, consistent cold that prevented complete melt out. I could not get my motos out of my subdivision for a couple of months due to a long ice slick at the bottom of my street that would not go away. I have ridden the bikes about once every 2 or 3 weeks since mid-January when the ice flow finally went away. Again, the issue being non-stop snow and consistent cold. The average high temp here in December was 26 degrees (F).

But things are improving. I have purchased all the necessary toys for the new GSA and need some garage warmth to get everything hooked up and installed. And I need saddle time to get more comfortable on the GSA. That is one really nice bike!

On the very few days I could get the bikes out this winter, the first couple of times I would take the 650 out first, then jump on the 1200GSA. Big mistake - I nearly threw myself off the big bike every time. So lesson learned was to take the GSA for a ride first!

Trip planning for another epic this summer is well under way. Been working maps, checking web sites, talking to friends that live or lived in the areas I want to go to and a plan is coming together. Heading East this year, AR, TN, NC, KY, and MI, and some close encounters to neighboring states (state bagging). Stay tuned, the fun starts in mid-June.

I picked up a SPOT tracker and will put it in tracking mode this summer. The link will be here.

Happy Trails, my friends.