One Week Before Christmas Ride

Greg saw that the weather forecast for Sunday December 18th was going to be good . . . . . real good for December, highs in the 50’s. He proposed a lunch ride, folks were invited, and it happened.

Greg, Gary, Larry, Mel, Bruce, Bill, Mike and I left the gas station and convenience store at 83rd and K-7 riding south on K-7 and then south on Hwy 169 to the south Paola exit. Our destination was We-Be-Smokin Barbeque (http://websmokin.com/) at the Miami County Airport. Mel had a hankering for BBQ so that was our goal for lunch.

We found out that on Sundays, We-Be-Smokin serves breakfast only all day long. I’ve had their breakfasts, which are larrapin good, but today we were looking for BBQ.

So we took off north on Hwy 169 headed for our next destination. At Hwy 68 we turned westbound and at Hwy 33 we turned northbound. We stopped at Smokey’s BBQ (http://www.smokeysbbqks.com/) in Wellsville, KS. Fortunately, for us, it was open and serving BBQ.

After a most excellent lunch we rode west on Hwy 68 to Ottawa, KS, where we picked up Hwy 59 north to Lawrence, KS. Hwy 10 took us east and back home.

Greg’s suggestion for a ride was an inspiration. We all had a good time, a nice ride of 150 miles. When I left home the temperature was 48. The high during the ride was 59 according to my motorcycle’s temperature gauge.  The temperature gauge on Gary’s motorcycle,  however, showed 61 at the same time mine showed 59. So, I’ll say we had a high of 60.

A nice pre-Christmas present.

No photos were taken today.

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