Just a nice Saturday Ride.

[TopCatGr58]

I don't ride my bike every day, not even every week! I know, blasphemy!! I mostly ride during our wonderful RALLIES here on the east coast. After attending the last XS East in W. Va. and meeting several new Xsives, John(Oldbiker) who lives relatively near me in Richmond wanted to get together for a ride before Labor Day!

So...John came down from Richmond and I drove up from Portsmouth, we met in Surry, Va., and we first rode the FREE ferry across the James River to Yorktown! We barely got there in time before it was full. You can see there were a lot of other bikers out for the same reason!

This is John(Oldbiker) standing beside our bikes, I took off my jacket to stay cool, it was already 85 degrees at 10:15 am!


We took a nice leisurely ride thru the Colonial Parkway from Wmsburg to Yorktown, and visited the battlefield area for a bit.
A nice surprise was to encounter a machine much older than ours!




The owner was meeting a bunch of others in his group, and they arrived by the time we were ready to leave!


We ate at the Yorktown PUB, a nice little place well known to bikers and others.


The view out the window also was a nice bonus!




Amazing how a well played game of beach volleyball aides the digestion!!

Afterlunch we rode around Gloucester a bit trying to find some fun roads, found a few with a few good turns and sweeps. We then stopped for our last gas up in WestPoint, and then we said our "see you laters", and left via W64 west and east to our respective homes. I hit some horrible stop and go traffic for about 8 miles worth before it opened up in Newport News.
My total miles were about 210 or so. Was great weather, good roads, and great company! Can't wait till Suches, Ga!!
T.C.

[DiverRay]

TC,
I thought you were trying to get a picture of the sailboats in the background, but the "trees" got in the way.
Looks like I need to make it all the way out to the other coast and try some new roads.....
Ray

[81XS1100-2006]

When I lived in Richmond a few years back we used to ride down to Yorktown a couple of times each summer. Always a fun ride with that ferry trip in the middle and the pub at the end. Makes me miss Virginia.

[prometheus578]

"Nice pics, T.C."

Although, the ride for me would have been over once I saw the old cars. Old engines are ... interesting. "Say Pal... can you pop the hood so I can stare at it for a while?"
And speaking of things to stare at. I know all you high-tech guys are up on that Photoshop stuff. That picture of "Susie" with the volleyball... No matter how hard I try, my gaze is always diverted over to that guy's shiney head. Couldn't you just delete him, or something?
That second beach photo... to the right of the dark-haired "Susie, talking to the blonde, there is something... I don't know... was somebody mooning you?

[MikeFromMT]

there is something... I don't know... was somebody mooning you?

Hey ya, wtf? I've been squinting at that picture for a while and at first thought it was someones back (I think it is) but, if you look at the swim suit you can see a "peak/point" in the middle, kinda like if you put your butt in the air and flipped down your shorts for a quick flash of flesh.

[JWSanders]

Heh, not quite a removal, but how's this:

[prometheus578]

Quite good.

[Douglas Money]

Prometheus, you are impressed my those modern cars?
Just teasing. I have a 26 Ford and a 28 Olds. The old cars are a blast to drive. And almost as much fun to work on. Not quite as fast as an XS11, but still a lot of fun.

[Douglas Money]

Prom, here is my 26 Model T.

[Ken Talbot]

Getting back to TC's Saturday ride theme, here's where SWMBO and I rode this afternoon:



Swwweeeeettttt!!!!

[prometheus578]

Ahhh, Mr. Money, I could tinker with that all day. 'course, it looks too well kept to be seen sitting in my driveway.

(Ken) "Dadburned Canadians... get all the great scenery!"

[Douglas Money]

Prom, if you were closer I'd take you for a ride.