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November 12 Veteran's Day ride to Yountville 2006Woke up about 6:00 to rain. By 6:30 it was down to a sprinkle. Shortly there after all rain had stopped and all there was is road wet. As the weather was very wet i figured there would be a no show and i would rethink this ride. But out of nowhere Rick Brown showed up and was ready to ride. By 8 am no other riders had ventured out, So on the road we went.
From Lyons we jumped on to 5 and the caught 80 .Coming into Davis we started to see the the fog. This is caused by cars and trucks kicking up the water. Keeping the speed respectful of conditions it took us just under an hour to get to the Harley shop in Vacaville. Our bikes were covered in road grime (this may take some time to get cleaned up).
Rick and I went into the shop insearch of coffee. Rich found the coffee and i wondered around for a while checking out gloves then headed outside to swap tales about our latest rides when up rides Ron. Ron has completed 48 states this year. He mentioned that the ride was about 1400 miles.
Ron headed for registration and up rides Walt, Valerie, Dave McNabb, Dave Vogel and 2 passengers for the day. Both the gentelmen served in WWII.
Once everybody was registered there was a report of an accident just west and the traffic was backed up on west bound. So Walt and his group headed out in case this was true and another route could be found or split lane throught it. The reported backup did not appear. Rick, Ron and myself headed out shortly after with a sprinkle of rain again. The traffic was the normal for the area just keep ones head on the old swivle really helps. The rain quit on Hwy 12 but where i am not sure. By the time we got to Yountville the roads were starting to dry out.
We arrived early and as far as we know there was no parade this year.
The crowd was very small this year. At one point there were more of the veterans from the home than bikers. About noon the last group of riders made it into the home. we stood around untill 1:30 when they had the drawings. No winners here, So home we headed. It seems walt's group had already headed out.
We left Ron at Hwy 12 as we headed for Sac town. Hwy 80 was at a crawl for no apparent reason. So Rick and I split laned until we got to the faster traffic and kind of split our way out of Fairfield. I split off at 5 and headed for the barn. Rick took 80 to Roseville.
For the most part it was cold and wet. But Saturday was one of those days were the weather means nothing copared to the feeling of meeting with those who went before you.
See you on the next ride. |
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