Where Do You Want To Ride This Summer?
Summer really will return eventually–where do you want to go then?
This 2016 has actually been a pretty disappointing year for me in terms of riding. I haven’t totaled my motorcycle miles for the year yet but I know when I do the number is going to be a lot lower than last year. And lower than what I had intended. A lot of it has to do with this thing they call a “job.” But that’s going to end at the end of January; I’ll be leaving the National Park Service for the fourth time. And this time if they call me to come back the answer is going to be “No.”
So what riding plans do I have for 2017? Good question.
Of course I’ll be doing a ride with the OFMC. That’s a given. We’ve been doing these summer trips for more than 25 years now.
And I want to take at least a couple trips just on my own. I like riding alone. I like going where and when I want and stopping when I want for as long or as short as I want. I don’t have any definite plans yet but I’m doing some thinking.
The really big question for me is what rides the Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Riders Club will have and which ones I’ll go on. At the November meeting the whole meeting was focused on next year’s rides and there were a lot of ideas thrown out for consideration. Being new to the group I’m not sure how this all works with the winnowing down of ideas and the decision-making that determines which ones actually happen. But there were quite a few that sounded pretty darn good to me.
Some of the proposals are pretty local; others are not at all local–we’re talking some serious rides. I’m interested in both, and I’m figuring some of these would be really good for Judy and me to do together. Here’s the list that was sent out.
- Bear Tooth Pass (3 Days)
- Wind River Canyon (TBD Days)
- Gateway Auto Museum (2 Days)
- Capulin Volcano (2 days)
- Guanella Pass (1 day)
- Gore Pass (1 Day)
- Chama, NM / Pagosa Springs / Gunnison (2 days)
- Saratoga, WY / Snowy Range (2 Days)
- Red River, NM (3 Days)
- Vermillion Cliffs, UT (3 Days)
- Pie Ride (1 Day)
- Ice Cream Ride (1 Day)
- Carousel Ride Burlington (1 Day)
- Yellowstone / Jackson (9 Days)
- Fall Colors / Ozarks (8 Days)
- Nova Scotia / New Brunswick / Newfoundland (35 Days)
- Roy’s Mystery Ride (1 Day)
- Texas Hill Country (TBD days)
- Louisiana / Cajun Ride (TBD days)
- Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum (TBD days)
- St. Francis Motorcycle Museum – First Annual Motorcycle Rally (1 day)
Anything there sound good to you? Maybe you ought to consider joining the group. Come on summer!
Biker Quote for Today
Friends will bail you out a jail. Biker friends can’t because they are sitting in the cell next to you.
