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365 group (f)
Since the Bikes,Blues and Bar B Que rally I have been doing lots of riding. Several miles and going really nowhere. Usually I would start out to work with a great early morning ride in cool weather. The end of the day was usually a little warmer and made for some of the best riding. A lot of days there were errands to run, parts to pick up and things like that. Then there were little side trips that were only going to be a few miles to be able to say that I had actually had a ride somewhere. These are the evenings that turned into getting home in the middle of the night. Add all of those little trips up and it came to just a little over 1700 miles in a large trip of several days that really did go no where. But it was the end of summer and the weather was about the best for riding that we have here. It really was great. One evening it was a quick seventy miles to show a friend the Natural bridge at Alum Cove National forest recreational area.
Other times it was a breakneck run to the barbecue joint. Ya know how it goes, last one there buys.
All of this is a preparation for the really big event in the riding year in NW Arkansas...
the Polar Bear Ride.
January 1. With only one cancelling factor, ice on the road, for a select few this is the one event that defines the year for a rider. For others it's "just too cold" to get out. (as in the year the temps hit the lower 50's)
It's not much. Not a poker run or anything organised. You just saddle up and head out to a local restaurant to be counted as one who rode. You even get to buy your own lunch. However you do get to stand in any crowd and puff your chest out and say "yep! I'm a polar bear."
catch ya on the road
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