April Fool’s Breakfast Ride

Gary the Ridemeister planned a breakfast ride for Sunday, April 1, 2012.  And a fine day for a ride it was. We met at 75th and Switzer at 7:00 am. We started with 7 motorcycles and 13 people (Gary the Ridemeister, Bill & Shannon, Rod & Maureen, Carl & Marge, Larry & Bev, Gary & Allison, and Chris & I). Just south of Olathe on Hwy 169 we picked up another person, Ron.

Gary and Allison on I-35We departed south on I-35. It was 66 and mostly clear. As we rode south on 169 Hwy we rode through some low-lying fog and the temperature dropped as low as 57.

We exited 169 at the south Paola exit and rode a short distance to the Miami County Airport (http://www.miamicountyks.org/airport.html).Miami County AirportA restaurant, We B Smokin BBQ (http://websmokin.com/), is located at the airport and on weekends they serve tasty bountiful breakfasts. We all partook of the bounty.

After breakfast Rod & Maureen and Ron left to ride directly home. The rest of us rode north on Old KC Road through Paola to Hwy 68 where we turned westbound.Hwy 68 & Hwy 33At Hwy 33 we took off northbound through Wellsville to Hwy 56 westbound to County Road 1061 north to Eudora where we rode home on Hwy 10 eastbound.

Chris and I arrived home at about 10:40 am.  It was a very nice ride with a high temperature of 72.

For more pictures from today click on the following link: https://picasaweb.google.com/goldwinger.shawnee/AprilFoolSBreakfastRide?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCNXjifT21aa19gE&feat=directlink

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