ABC's of touring, week 2, or is it week 1?

After a not so great start to the contest pictures, this is week 2, but since we have to start over, it's more like week 1.  This week we rode to Beaver Dam to the HD dealer there, then over to Green Lake and back home.


It was only in the low 60's, (still well above normal for this time of year) but I was comfy in my riding gear and especially with the heated hand grips.  I think Ed was enjoying his as well.  We did about 117 miles, had lunch at the Arby's in Beaver Dam and managed to get a couple of pictures.


The scenery was beautiful.  There were rolling hills and fields of green next to fields of golden remains of last year's harvest, and the trees are juuuuust starting to turn green so there were hints of green in the woods along with the brave flowering trees and shrubs that are already in bloom.  I'm still amazed that it's only March, it's almost like everything is a month ahead of time.


My ankle is holding up well at 8 weeks post surgery, I seem to do better if I am just riding and not doing a lot of stopping and starting since it's my brake foot that had the surgery.  I can hardly wait until we can get out consistently and ride!  This weekend doesn't look so good, but that's ok since I have to work on Saturday anyway.  Let it rain ;-)


Until next time...

Riding season is here? In March? In Wisconsin?

Yep, it's true!  I went to pick my bike up on March 14th, and the temp on the HD Dealership sign was 78 degrees, at 5 PM!  It was an amazing ride home, nice way to end my workday.


That Saturday, for St. Patrick's day, we rode up to Greenville to The Twist for a cone and ended up with a mint twist cone.  I had a hard time eating it fast enough and ended up with sticky fingers so I had to go in and wash up.  No complaints here though!  


The next day we started doing the ABC's of Touring contest.  We went to Chilton, Fond du Lac, and the HD dealer in Appleton.  Come to find out, we had to have our bikes in all of the pictures, so we have to do them all over again.  Someone (ahem, Ed) didn't read the rules close enough.  Oh well, just an excuse to put on some more miles!!


Check out the blog for the next round of adventures.

The 2012 Riding season is soooooooo close!

Yesterday it was almost 60 degrees and it rained, a lot, which helped get rid of the 6 inches of snow we had last weekend.

On Monday, Harley Davidson, Appleton, is coming to pick up the bikes and get them ready to ride.  Ed  decided that he is going to try out some Heat Demons on his bike like I had put on mine last winter.  If we don't get anymore snow, and if the weather stays nice enough, and if my recently operated on ankle cooperates, I hope to be riding by next month!