Holiday Ride
247 Miles, that’s how far it is to Locust Fork Alabama from my house in Clarksville TN. That was my little ride on the 22nd and 200 miles of it was under a dark gray sky with the weather trying to scare me into turning around the further I went. I was lucky, it never rained but I did find out that my gloves suck! The headwind made me burn about twice as much gas as I should have and I thought I was going to run out before I got to the gas station that I was going to fuel up at. Now other than it being a little cold the ride was great. Nothing like a good ride to help you clear the cobwebs out and give you some time to just relax and enjoy the wind blowing by you at 70+ miles an hour. I ended up riding the last hour or so in the dark and while I love riding at night you never know when that 12 point buck that you wish you could see on your hunting trip is going to decide to jump out in front of you and commit suicide in your headlights. I mentioned a little about the headwind above, well that wind was tossing my bike around all day. A few times I thought that it may blow me off the road. I did relearn a few lessons that I should have remembered before I left;
1. Eat! I got real busy getting everything ready before my little trip and I forgot to eat anything. I got up that morning and went to work getting ready, no breakfast, no food what so ever. By the time I made it to my gas stop I was starving. The little bit of junk food that I got there didn’t do me very much good either. Once I made it too Locust Fork sometime around 6:30 PM I was more than ready for a meal.
2. No matter how full your tank is always top it off before you take off. I was just a little below full when I left but I soon realized that I wouldn’t be able to go the 200 miles that I was expecting to
be able to go.
The trip back may just be in real bad weather. I am hoping that the rain that they are forecasting won’t materialize but I guess I should expect the worst and prepare for a cold, wet ride. I will tell you how that goes once my fingers thaw. Ride safe, ride hard, just ride!
( I will be talking about my ride back tomorrow so stay tuned)
Now a little about me, as of right now I am 36, a father of 2 and I have been happily married now for 16 years (time sure does fly when your having fun). I am in the military and have been for almost 10 years. Before that I did many other jobs like driving a truck, welding in a fabrication shop, doing a little carpenter and concrete work, and working on cars. Heck I still do some of that stuff just not full time. I have been working my hand at this website stuff since December of 06. I love to ride and sometimes that interferes in my web publishing so I hope you forgive me if I miss a few days while away at a rally or something. Well that is all for now, go read some of the stuff on the site.