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My dear friends, Sue and Scott Wade, had done trips to Baja and it was something that was on my bucket list. So when they said they were going to do a trip in March 2012 and asked if I wanted to join them, I said HELL YES!!! So the preparations began and on Friday, March 16th, I headed out in the afternoon to meet up with Geoff, Dorothy, and Curt to knock off a few miles to Santee where we would meet the group the next day.
The afternoon’s ride was a bit wet but not too bad and we arrived at the Best Western in Santa Maria, got a bit to eat, and headed to bed. The next morning dawned grey, gloomy, and wet. My camera was accidentally on the wrong setting so this photo is a bit greyer than it was… or was it?
Our intrepid quartet geared up in multiple layers and off we went into the weather.
It was quite an adventure just getting to Santee. On 101, near Malibu, the Spyder actually hydroplaned due to the standing water on the freeway so I moved to the slow lane and reduced speed. The others graciously waited for me to catch up and then we detoured off of 101 and along 1 through Malibu which was actually quite nice since there was no traffic this particular day.
Dorothy summed up the day’s mood quite nicely…
After a bit of getting turned around and almost missing the group as they veered left at a freeway split (really hard to see them with the rain and spray being kicked up by all the cars), we finally arrived at the hotel in Santee where Scott, Sue, Isaac, Jim, Chris, and my dear friend, Sally Tyler (all the way from UK once again to join us!) were waiting for us in the hot tub. And so the next episode of the Sally Tyler Risk show, with special guest stars, was set to start rolling.
We walked across the street to the local cowboy joint for dinner, Lacy’s Bar & Grill. The place was hopping with line dancing and some really impressive dancing couples. Food was great and it was nice to unwind after the day’s challenging ride down.
The lead singer had nice, um, jeans.
Isaac had taken a shine to the owner, Lacy, after he had the homemade meatloaf for dinner and chatted her up about it.
My dear friends, Sue and Scott Wade, had done trips to Baja and it was something that was on my bucket list. So when they said they were going to do a trip in March 2012 and asked if I wanted to join them, I said HELL YES!!! So the preparations began and on Friday, March 16th, I headed out in the afternoon to meet up with Geoff, Dorothy, and Curt to knock off a few miles to Santee where we would meet the group the next day.
The afternoon’s ride was a bit wet but not too bad and we arrived at the Best Western in Santa Maria, got a bit to eat, and headed to bed. The next morning dawned grey, gloomy, and wet. My camera was accidentally on the wrong setting so this photo is a bit greyer than it was… or was it?
Our intrepid quartet geared up in multiple layers and off we went into the weather.
It was quite an adventure just getting to Santee. On 101, near Malibu, the Spyder actually hydroplaned due to the standing water on the freeway so I moved to the slow lane and reduced speed. The others graciously waited for me to catch up and then we detoured off of 101 and along 1 through Malibu which was actually quite nice since there was no traffic this particular day.
Dorothy summed up the day’s mood quite nicely…
After a bit of getting turned around and almost missing the group as they veered left at a freeway split (really hard to see them with the rain and spray being kicked up by all the cars), we finally arrived at the hotel in Santee where Scott, Sue, Isaac, Jim, Chris, and my dear friend, Sally Tyler (all the way from UK once again to join us!) were waiting for us in the hot tub. And so the next episode of the Sally Tyler Risk show, with special guest stars, was set to start rolling.
We walked across the street to the local cowboy joint for dinner, Lacy’s Bar & Grill. The place was hopping with line dancing and some really impressive dancing couples. Food was great and it was nice to unwind after the day’s challenging ride down.
The lead singer had nice, um, jeans.
Isaac had taken a shine to the owner, Lacy, after he had the homemade meatloaf for dinner and chatted her up about it.
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