Raining Here Again Today

[Old Michael]

...Being the bare-knuckled motorcycle adventurer

that I am....I took a ride around town.

Yes, summer is long gone, and as winter settles in,

and snow and cold and the end of

motorcycling season is just around the corner .....

Just kidding!

Hahahahahaha!

It NEVER snows here, and seldom gets really cold, and we ride

year 'round!

This ain't feckin' Sudbury, you know!

Moving along.

Had to work a little on Saturday.

"Sir, the problem appears to be that someone made a doogie in your metered main."

(That always kills 'em. :lol: )

It was almost noon on Sunday before I threw a leg over my

Wicked Blue,

Generation TWO!

Fast as a sonofabitch and pulls like a freight train.

Headed from my villa in the 'burbs :blink: down toward Sacramento proper.

Stopped by Sacramento Yamaha on the way. They were closed. Never shop there.

Roseville Yamaha is the choice of this area's discriminating FJR riders.

They're the best Yamaha dealer in the world. (And I get a discount every time I

mention them on the forum.)

Took a picture of me and my bike.

Then, I continued on by Cal Expo.

This is where the California State Fair is held every year.

Didn't actually go in, but I always like to stop and visit the bears.

Back onto the Cap City Freeway and into "downtown".

This famous bar is actually upstairs in this building.

Yeah, I know.

Bad idea.

Never been inside, ...but a fellow could easily break his ***

negotiating the dimly lit stairwell with the slippery steps coming

back down after a night of celebrating a victory with his softball team.

Stopped here and there in the quieter parts of town to breathe in the season and

snap a few more pics.

She's a BRICK - boomp-boo-boo---BAH!

- HOUSE!

As most of y'all are surely aware, Sacramento is the capital of California, so we've got

the capitol in the center of town.

Parked my viciously attractive 2006 nearby...

...and strolled around, making like a tourista.

They're putting up the Christmas tree,

but it appears they don't work on Sundays.

I studied the architectural and ornamental details of the structure.

Next - still clad in full motorcycle safety gear - I strolled around to the north side,

where I spotted a female California Highway Patrol officer, on a HORSE!

Her name was Karen. She'd spent years on regular patrol duty, received numerous

commendations, endured months of extensive training, and now considered herself very

fortunate to have landed this gig.

Also, she enjoys historical novels, adores green eyes,

and loves quiet times if front of a fire.

Probably.

Back near my bike (an ABS-equipped friggin' ROCKET), I looked up and noticed a

real, live window washer!

Must be tedious work.

Poor *******.

Next, it was down to the waterfront.

Be right back.

Got a soufflé in the oven.

 

[Old Michael]

I'm back.

I'll try to respond to all of your comments later. :blink:

To the waterfront.

Looking south.

North.

At the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, the Sac County Sheriffs

were practicing water rescues in the damn cold water.

There were even a few fishermen hoping

for a late fall-run salmon.

A good few people live in the park down here.

They don't have homes.

Next, it was over to good ol' Old Sacrmamento.

It's a touristy area, but, we're all tourists, aren't we?

Enjoyed a humble lunch on the wooden sidewalk.

Wow.

A drinking establishment with an Irish name.

Unique.

Did the pedestrian thing over the Tower Bridge.

The bridge's center section was being raised to allow passage of a riverboat.

(I think one of the passengers waved at me. Not sure. Didn't have my glasses.)

Finally, I cruised back to a residential area

to get a another dose of autumn ambience.

Homey needs to buy a rake!

Then, over near the deep-water channel. Many are unaware that Sacramento is actually

a port city. Ships with a shallow enough draft(?) can go under the Golden Gate Bridge,

through the bay, and all the way up the Sacramento River into town here.

I'll stop.

I try to make sure that my ride reports are NEVER informative.

A curiously colored mallard female, no?

Back west on US 50. There'd been another of those "Toy Runs" downtown earlier,

so there were quite a few of those motorcycle dudes who wear

-leather pants with no *** in them

-leather gloves with no fingers on them

-leather jackets with no sleeves attached

-and little helmets with no ...

"Okay if I take yer picture?"

And holy cow, I even encountered a New Hampsha car?

Don't see many of them around here. Prolly drunk.

And just before calling it a day, I had to stop and do some shopping.

Cycle Gear has a "SuperStore" here.

HUGE helmet inventory.

...Which is good, because that's my helmet size.

Lotsa stuff.

Didn't find what I wanted. (Goggles for my cat.)

Just wandered around until they were sure I was shoplifting.

Then back home, and reality.

Hoping to get out of town next week, so the next one won't be so ...weak. :lol:

Happy Holidays everybody.

 

[Dudewado]

Very nice, OM. I enjoyed the tour.

I've only seen Old Town; never looked around much else. My son and his family live in Citrus Heights.

You double posting pictures to fluff up your ride report? Or was that a tequila souffle?

 

[Old Michael]

You double posting pictures to fluff up your ride report?

If I knew how to "fluff", I'd do something about the top of my head.

Thanks, John.

 

[CaptainK]

You went to Old Town to eat at SUBWAY???

You need to get out more.

Frost on the Feejr when I got off work today.

 

[dcarver]

Very kewl RR mi amigo!

Sac town does have much to offer and is a beautiful place to explore.

.but, I'm to to sure about all of the backgroundbutts? :lol:

 

[MEM]

VERY nice, OM.

The photo of the blue house is crooked.

You didn't have your glasses?! You must have left BOTH (? :blink: ) pairs on your lunch table. (aren't those Subway cookies YUMMY?!)

Waiting with a worm on my tongue for the out-of-town report

 

[beemerdons]

Fantastic Ride Report, Michael; Outstanding and one of Your Best Ever! I love Sacramento (old style Classy!), especially the California Train Museum. Did you give madmike2 a buck or two, when you saw him sitting alone in the park at the picnic table?

 

[wheatonFJR]

excellent ride report.

Informative and entertaining as always. I think you have a few spots on your camera lens though...better clean the lens off...I swear one of the spots looked like Bust's ***.

 

[beemerdons]

excellent ride report.

Informative and entertaining as always. I think you have a few spots on your camera lens though...better clean the lens off...I swear one of the spots looked like Bust's ***.

Bust's *** or Andy's face, what's the difference? jes' sayin'

OK, I feel bad and I take it back! Merry Christmas Biker Geek 99 and Happy New Year Bustanut joker, ya *******!!!

 

[Bungie]

Do you think it's a co-inky-dink that Bust rides on a ship called the Empress Hornblower?

 

[Dr. Rich]

Very nice report... Why do you think people are always mooning you? Could it be that you have a fixation on guys butts?

I think you love Sacramento and that you should invest some of your ill gotten gain in some real estate and purchase a place that is big enough for you to store your replacement 2006 Gen II rocket and has ample space to accomodate us when we come to visit. You could furnish it like the Madonna Inn up in San Luis Obispo. I'm sure that if you are as accomplished in your decorating as you are in your photography, we would all come for a visit just to see what an Irish bachelor pad looks like. Maybe you could get Beemerdons to help you pick out the color green to paint the walls. I am sure that the Irish Government could pick up the mortgage since it is just getting an infusion of cash. I for one would be happy to set up the ride for us to all converge on your pad! Something to think about! Hugs

 

[Bustanut joker]

I'll have you know I froze my *** off doing those photo shoots!

 

[Old Michael]

You need to get out more.

Can't argue that.

I'm to to sure about all of the backgroundbutts?

Shouldn't that word be hyphenated?

The photo of the blue house is crooked.

Hill?

(aren't those Subway cookies YUMMY?!)

Unfortunately, ALL cookies are yummy, FreddyGirl.

... and one of Your Best Ever!

That hurts, Don.

 

[Old Michael]

...I swear one of the spots looked like Bust's ***.

Thanks, Wheaties. Gotta say, it's incredible how many folks recognize Bust

just by seeing his ***. Is it that unique?

Bust's *** or Andy's face, what's the difference? jes' sayin'

One has more stubble?

(Not MUCH more, mind you.)

Do you think it's a co-inky-dink that Bust rides on a ship called the Empress Hornblower?

So, that was him waving?

...Something to think about!

Other than starting ****, and annoying poor Susan, what do you DO?

(Ireland will make good use of that money.

They're going to buy the Liverpool Football Club.)

I'll have you know I froze my *** off doing those photo shoots!

So, it's the cold that makes it white and pimply?

Hey, have any of y'all ever camped at McGrath State Beach?

Wondering if it's windy.

 

[James Burleigh]

Read this right after reading the San Francisco Chronicle on-line. Hard to tell when I made the transition. Really enjoyed this, but all the laughing almost gave me a heart attack, ya bastage. Watch it next time. :glare:

 

[user 6393]

Dr. Rich....

"hugs"

Really?

I mean...........................really?

 

[Niehart]

Good read and pics but the title is misleading. Maybe call it "Barry Butt Report" or something of that nature.

 

[madmike2]

Did you give madmike2 a buck or two, when you saw him sitting alone in the park at the picnic table?

Heck no! He ignored me, even after I turned, smiled and waved. He just walked away pretending he didn't see me.

Bastage!

Prolly was afraid he'd have to buy me lunch.

Bastage Irishman!