Father's Day Ride with the Zebulon Cruisers

I lead a ride on Father's Day, for the Zebulon Cruisers, Meetup.com motorcycle group. It was a 200 mile run thru the back roads of Teller Co. Colorado. It was a good group of 6 riders on all types of bikes and trikes and it was "HOT", even in the mountains it was in the high 80's and on the plains, 90 to 100F, YIKES!

Since I was leading it was an easy cruise as being 60+ my "Need For SPEED" days are far behind me, LOL! ;) Up Hwy. 24 W. over Ute Pass, then to Florissant, CO. to pick up Teller Co. Rd. 1 to the Evergreen Station for a break, then Teller Co. Rd. 11 to Bailey, CO., then CO. Hwy. 9N. to Hartsel for a fuel stop and CO. Hwy. 24 E. back to the Springs. 3 of us pulled off at Woodland Park and picked up CO. Hwy. 67 N. to Deckers, CO. for lunch. It's a really sweet twisty little road but even there it was HOT! After a good lunch we headed back to the Springs to get in some AC! :)

The ZC riders on top of Wilkerson Pass, CO.

Deckers Corner Café in the hamlet of Deckers, CO.

Ride to Westcliffe, CO. with the Zebulon Cruisers

Last Saturday I lead a ride up to the Rancher's Roost Cafe in Westcliffe, CO. for the Zebulon Cruisers a Meetup.com motorcycle group and we had a beautiful sunny day around 200 miles round trip and a great lunch with good company! Some of the Zeb's were new members so it was great to meet them and get to ride with them. Looking forward to the next ride! :)

BUMMER!!

Well due to financial problems, unexpected family and awaiting a new rear tire for the Sporty, we've been limited to "battery charge runs" over the month of May, arrugh!!!!! Hopefully the tire will be in by next Wednesday and we can get it put on before next weekend!   As stated before our Sporty takes a very specific tire due to it's being "low profile" and for some reason my local dealer won't keep a set in stock so there's always 10 days needed to order the tire, RATS! :(

Missed some great rides with our motorcycle meetup.com group, Zebulon Cruisers so hopefully in June we will be able to hook up and RIDE!  Hope your luck is better than ours and you've been out riding and putting on the SMILES! :)

Getting in some riding, between storms!

Yep, it's Spring time in So. Colorado, you have to find the semi-decent days between storms and WIND! Jo's finally able to ride on the Sporty again, YEA! She broke here wrist a while back and it's healed enough she can pull herself on the back seat so we are a "TEAM" again! :) We rode on Sunday, went on what seems to be our favorite short ride, CO. Hwy. 115 S. to CO. Hwy. 50 W. to Texas Creek, then CO. Hwy. 96, a sweet road of sweepers following streams and with a view of the San Juan Mountains, that can't be beat, anywhere in CO., JMHO!

Our destination was the town of Westcliffe, CO. and the Rustler's Cafe at the end of the Main street. It's a combo bowling alley/Cafe/community center, the hub of the little tiny town. They make excellent "Red Chili-Cheese Fries"!  We got a couple of plates and some rootbeers and chowed down! :) Here's a view out the window of the cafe and Jo finally getting to the end of her plate of chili-cheese fries!

The view of the local mountains outside of the Rustler's Cafe in Westcliffe, CO. 

My wife, Jo, finally getting to the end of her Chili-Cheese Fries! :)

We had to be careful on the road, saw more DEER on the road then any other time we've done the ride! It was windy and a bit chilly so maybe that's the reason for the extra deer but still enjoyed the ride in the open spaces! Heading back down CO. Hwy. 96 to CO. Hwy. 50 E, a fun ride thru Big Horn Sheep Canyon into Canon City and up CO. 115 N. to home. 204 miles, all SMILES! :)

First Ride with the Zebulon Cruisers!

LOL, well due to a name being very close, ie: Black Bear Diner and Black Bear Coffee Shop, we didn't start out well with our first ride with a local "MeetUp.com" group, the Zebulon Cruisers. There were three of us waiting for the ride leader at the Black Bear Diner and when 11AM. came and went we headed to the Black Bear Coffee Shop at S. Academy Blvd and Hwy. 115.

 Well rat's we missed the main group but had an idea where they were headed so we took a good ride on a beautiful sunny April saturday heading south to Wetmore, then behind the Pueblo Dam and into Pueblo, CO. itself. Luckly Roger is a "techie" and had a Smart Phone with internet and found out that the main group was in Downtown Pueblo by the Riverwalk at Angelo's Pizza so we headed that way via google map instructions and after a bit of search for a parking spot we joined the rest of the group for a great lunch and excellent conversations!

After eating we headed back to C. Springs via Hwy. 50 W. and Hwy. 115 N., doing a quick "relief" stop in Penrose, CO. It's been a few years since we've done any "group riding" and it was good, kinda fun to "share" moment with like minded others! So we will be doing more group riding in the future!