Wilmington, NC

Had a great motorcycle trip over the past two days to and back from Wilmington, NC. Did a little over 600 miles. It was cold both morning with temps in the upper 20's to lower 30's with a heavy frost both in Powhatan, VA and Wilmington, NC!

I left on Thursday around 10am and it had "warmed up" to the mid 40's. The heated jacket and gloves kept me nice and toasty. It was a great ride. I took a lot of two land roads, but had to ride I95 for a few miles! The afternoon temps only warmed up to the low 50's so the heated gear stayed on for the entire trip. Only saw a total of 3 other motorcycles on the road. Arrived in Wilmington around 4pm. Had dinner with my daughter at the Copper Penny in downtown Wilmington. It was very good. They, of course, had Fat Tire beer on draft. We had wings for our appetizer and I had Fish and Chips. Nice place. They had a dessert I have to try sometime, called "Soon to be famous" bread pudding. Didn't have room this time, but the next!!

Left on Friday morning around 8:30am from Wilmington. Again, heavy frost and around 30 degrees. Heated gear is great for days like this! Took my time on two lane roads to head over to I95 for the trip home. Stopped at Sheltons Harley Davidson in Smithfield. First time I had visited that shop. Had a cup of coffee and just browsed around. I was surprised to see they had two 2011 Ultra Limited bikes on the floor with a discount of $1,000. I was there for about 30 minutes, had a cup of coffee and only one person in the entire store spoke to me. As friendly as they were, I then could understand how they still have 2011 motorcycles still for sale!! Temps were around 60 by noon so I disconnected all the heated gear. Temps stayed in the low 60's for the rest of the trip. Really felt good and is just about perfect riding weather. Was surprised that I only saw one other motorcycle on the entire trip back and for a Friday!! Got back home to Powhatan around 4pm

A great relaxing two day trip and got in a great visit with my daughter! Gotta do an oil change on the Ultra now and get a 10,000 mile maintenance done. Have almost 71,000 miles on the clock!