A beautiful sunny day here in Colorado with temperatures in the mid 50s.
I left home a bit after lunch after a morning of watching my two sons sledding down a somewhat snow covered hill at the local high school. They seemed to have a blast in spite of the very little snow remaining from Thursday's storm.
During my ride, I rode by the same spot where the boys had sledded in the morning, the snow was all gone. That's pretty much what I saw as I wandered about the county roads to the east of where I live.
I took these shots on a side road off of Quincy Road, it leads to the International Order of Operating Engineers' post #9 I think. The angle is nice in that you can pose the motorcycle and see the two lane road leading off to the East amidst the plains.
I continued on Quincy until it junctions with County 137 which is also known as Kiowa-Bennett Road. I headed south and after a couple of miles or so, ran out of pavement. I'd usually turned around at this point when riding on Maria but continued on as I was riding Brigitta.
This road was packed dirt with some loose dirt around where driveways connected up to the road. Not too bad really, only one spot where I had to throttle down since the motorcycle was getting a bit "loose". Still, not too bad.
Eventually, as you near Kiowa, the road becomes nicely paved again and it's a smooth ride into the small town of Kiowa. I transited the town heading towards it's new water tower to the East of the town:
I pretty much did a clock-wise circuit with Kiowa at its 5 O'clock location, the town of Elizabeth at Six O'clock and my home at about 11 O'clock. All two lane county roads, lightly occupied by pickup trucks mostly. A nice little ride, less than 85 miles and perhaps 2.5hrs in the saddle. I also tried and enjoyed resting my legs on the upper portions of my engine guards; it felt good to stretch out the legs like the harley riders do.
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Dear Charlie6 (Dom):
I haven't ridden in over a month due to cold weather or snow on the road. We are expecting a wet week, with one day in the 60's, and then a dramatic drop in temperature toward the weekend. I have mu doubts for riding in the immediate future.
Fondest regards,
Jack
Twisted Roads
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