That time of year!

It's getting to the time of year we do a lot of the "same" local area rides, the days are shorter and there's a lot colder starts! Last Sunday we put on 150 miles just putt'in on local roads, one of our favorite is CO. Hwy. 50, thru Big Horn Sheep Canyon.  The road winds along the Arkansas River and with the lower sun, it really makes the river "shine" in the open places. It was a sweet sunny day, in the middle 60 degree F, temps. and we just enjoyed being out on the Sporty.

We stopped at Micky D's for lunch as we were a bit POOR, money wise, we picked up a "Roofing Staple" in our rear tire and had to come up with almost $200 for the tire and $100 for the labor to put it on and that really KILLED the budget for any longer rides, RATS! :(  Still we enjoy any miles we can put on the machine, that let's us "Get out of Dodge" for a spell, LOL! ;)

CO. Hwy. 50 rides right along the Arkansas River, between Canon City and Salida, CO.

One last Color Ride!

Jo and I headed south on I-25 to Colorado City, picked up CO. Hwy. 165 N. up to San Isabel and San Isabel Lake on Saturday, Oct. 10th. Most of the Aspens have lost their color in the higher mountains but there is still some decent color in the lower mnts. We really enjoy the ride on 165 it's twisty and very scenic. 

 

 

The lake has a walking trail all the way around it and lot of folks were doing their best to catch a fish or two. Just up the road is the hamlet of San Isabel with a decent cafe and you can rent paddle boats too! From there we continued on 165 N. to the 165/96 Junction at the top of Hardscrabble Pass, turned left and headed to Westcliffe, CO.  At the end of the main drag is the new community center and bowling alley with Rustler's Cafe. They make a excellent Red Chilli and Cheese Fries, add a rootbeer and we are in heaven! After than we pick up CO. Hwy. 69 to Texas Creek, then 50 E. into Canon City. Finally 115 N. back into Colorado Springs! It was great to get up and see some color before old man winter makes it impossible! :)

High Country Toy Run: CANCELLED, we gave anyway! :)

We headed out in the FOG for Pikes Peak Harley-Davidson, which with the Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Museum, lends it's parking lot for the yearly, High Country Toy Run, which sponsors the "Toys For Tot's" program put on by the US Marines. Usually there is a "ride" from PPHD to downtown Colorado Springs, CO. where the toys are collected and a really good $7 lunch is provided by Cowboy's Night Club and all the monies go to buying "More Toys"!

This is normally a "Police" escorted run but the City of Colorado Springs decided it wanted to change the status of the event to a "City Wide Event", which cost's DOUBLE and requires a long paperwork process. The organizers couldn't afford the cost's so the Toy Run was cancelled! Still the Toy's For Tot's program, went ahead and did their set up at PPHD and hundred's of riders showed up with "TOY's" for local area needy kids, even in the FOG! It's a great feeling to give back and know that some child will have something under their tree for Christmas Day! :)

After dropping off the toys we headed out north on Hwy. 83 and 105 to Monument but the weather got worse so we headed south to pick up Hwy. 115 towards Penrose and Canon City. The sunshine finally come out and we enjoyed our kickbacked ride. Had a Meatball sub in Florence, rode into Canon City and then back home to the Springs. Hopefully next year the City will decide to "support" the Charity Toy Run, if not we will be there and give anyway! :) Below is a link to Channel 13 News broadcast for Toys for Tot's 2015!
Channel 13 News Toys For Tot's 2015