28 Sep 2008
Posted by Dave under Dave's Thoughts
Fine Autumn Days
… for riding!
This has been the second of two glorious fall weekends in southern Alberta. I’ve managed 50% of this years mileage on my motorcycle over the past 9 days. Last Saturday (20 Sept) I went for a double header with 2 different groups of riders out in Kananaskis around Bragg Creek and Turner Valley – 465 km in all. This weekend I went out and rode the Highwood Pass loop on Saturday (27th) with some of the same guys and a couple of riders I’d not met before, that was about 360 km.
Today was my friend Sean’s birthday (Sean: don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone that you are 40 now) so we took the afternoon and rode out to Bragg Creek and did a couple of passes up and down Highway 762 before stopping for chai in Bragg Creek. Chai is the official beverage of motorcycle road trips and the little coffee shop in Bragg Creek makes quite good chai. After a bit of a break we headed back to Sean’s place via Black Diamond and Okotoks (about 270 km), arriving just in time for Sean’s surprise birthday party!
There can’t be too many more days like this left before the snow flies, so it’s nice to be able to get out and enjoy them.
