The lighting was tough on this day and our cameras certainly did not do a good job. It looked like rain most of the day and it was very dark, but we got the ride in with no sprinkles. The ride home to NY for some people was another matter. My first stop was to hook up with Fred W and his wife Joanne, next stop was to connect with Pepperell (Carl) and his wife Grace. The growing tribe moved on to Townsend where me met up with:
Throughout the day I kept seeing trees that are already starting to take on autumn colors.
DE OPPRESSO LIBER (CJ in the Army Coat) and BkrK12 (Dan in Blue/Gray)
CJ said that he knew of a little breakfast place that had a good reputation. The meal was very, very slow coming, we went from being early to late for the ride. The servings were huge and the food was certainly worth the wait. I've never had live banjo music for breakfast before.
L to R: Joanne holding her hair on, CJ, Grace, Fred, Dan and Ionbeam's skin yarmulke
Nice Tee CJ! Carl on the right shows the direction that Ionbeam's hair is heading in :lol:
Off the meet the rest of the group in Orange
After the swarm of Hardleys that were blocking everyone in cleared out we were left with the Quabbin ride contingency:
Looking down into the valley gives us the first glimpse of the Quabbin
There is always one in every crowd that is doing it different... (herfjr Iris)
L to R fhaze (Fred), Fred W (Fred), Road Runner (Art), Joanne and CJ
More post 9/11 road restrictions
CJ was the inspiration for the Chowda ride earlier this year but couldn't make his own ride so I chose a seafood place for lunch since he
did make this ride.
Too bad nobody mentioned that it was closed on Sundays.
So, we went across the street so Iris could get something from Dunkin' Donuts to stave off starvation. They missed out on the big breakfast the rest of us pigged out on.
Yackity-yack. Left side of the picture, Ionbeam and Zooomm (Jim) havin' a laugh.
As we were pulling out Iris mentioned that she wants a white FJR to match her boots and coat. Well, the French have white FJRs...
Classy upgrade from my house
Hardwick Vineyard and Winery. Art, this one is for Felicia
Covered bridge for people.
Maple Slurpel Sugar Shack.
There must be a gravity problem in this field
The obligatory dirt road that Dirty Fred missed out on.
My, uhh --- Say, that's a mighty interesting house you've got there...
On the right side of the picture are two emus. Trust me 
:lol:
Grace and I both spotted this car coming down a side road
The brandy new Pepperell Covered Bridge. How old does a bridge have to be to make our Covered Bridges Ride?
On our ride home this little black car drifted over into the space where my FJR was at the same time. Notice how dented Blondie's front fender is? And the paint stripe down the side of the car? Now, check out Blondie with the butt in her mouth while driving and texting.
This is a scene from a horror story, she is going to kill someone one of these days.
