Yep, another excellent day with OM and Bokerfork. Started with a good breakfast at Brookfields and the usual amount of grief given and taken. If I had known shaving** would throw OM into such a state, I'd have done it years ago. He kept looking at me and shaking his head, but it was more an Alzheimers style head-shake: Amazement at meeting someone new (over and over and over) rather than the normal head-shake/eye-roll I warrant whenever I open my mouth...So, if you know OM, get a haircut/shave/glasses/hair color change shortly before seeing him next - Be kinda fun to further loosen his precarious grip on reality.
Once feeding and caffeinating were finished, we had KSU at a James Burleigh sanctioned 8:00 am. And the good times rolled - up the big hill on twisty roads and down the big hill on twisty roads, then try the same thing on a different hill. Have a blast with lots of throttle and brake and weight-shift action. Ooh and aah at the amazing views. It was beyond beeyooteeful out there, but I'll let OM's pics take the place of my 1K words.
Roads were in good shape, but had sand/gravel/rocks/flowing water in some pretty unexpected places - You couldn't find a clean track on some corners while others, where you'd expect lots of trash, were perfectly clean. Had both a M/C rally, which is why RenoJohn was out (Cal24, I believe - We watched for Iggy, but didn't see him) and a bicycle race - buncha nuts pedaling up STEEP hills at altitudes that would have made a Sherpa comfortable. Most civil group of bicyclists I think I've ever run across - only a couple with entitlement syndrome - you know, the ones who WILL use as much of the road as they want and screw you for wanting to get around them. The rally bikers, OTOH...
Traffic was also pretty light, but the genius move of the day was to PARK one's car in the middle of the road. Actually had 3 cars at complete stops and another couple at sub 5 mph at various times. It was bizarre; and unfortunately, took place most often when there were only 1 1/2 lanes available and those were bounded by 7 or 8 feet of snow, so even a bike couldn't get around the twits. For the most part, though, we got to go as fast as we thought prudent - given the road conditions and the number of LEOs and forest rats (seen or suspected).
Weather was also cooperative (bit cool in the snow, bit too warmly dressed for the sun --- but this is California-weather-bitching --- If it's not between 67 and 76 degrees Fahrenheit, the whining starts). Got to see a rainbow-type phenomenon I've never seen before - made me find the first turnout I could so OM could take pics (and me stopping while in the lead on good twisties usually ain't gonna happen).
Ended up with just about 500 miles on the day and another great bunch of memories. Thanks Michael and Mark.
**Just my face
