Last day of January

WOW, did January ever go out as a beautiful day and great day to ride a motorcycle. Two of the best days of the month were Jan 1 and Jan 31!! My friend Johnny took a day of vacation today and he and I went around 290 miles across Southside Virginia. Started off by meeting at 10 am in Amelia.

Had to take a picture of a US flag - bungee corded to a power pole near the parking lot. Something about this just seemed so down to earth patriotic!!

Just beautiful clear blue skies all days and warm temps! Saw a high temperature of 72 degrees on the bike thermometer.

Johnny had heard about a place in South Boston called Windmill Farm Bake Shop. Reported to be a great place for lunch. This was a solid recommendation, as it was great. I had chicken salad on home made whole wheat bread with a piece of home made chocolate pie for dessert. (Hey, I don't need to say "home made" anymore as everything in the bake shop was "home made" right there at the shop!!). Johnny had chicken salad in addition to a bologna sandwich and the chocolate pie too. It was so rich and so much to eat that Johnny couldn't finish his bologna sandwich! Now if anyone knows Johnny and how he can eat, you know that was a lot! Oh yes, forgot about the potato salad we had too. Delicious!! We both brought home a container of potato salad and a few other goodies to enjoy later with our wives!

We took country roads out of South Boston through Volens and Cody over to Altavista. Took SR 43 from Altavista to Bedford. A GREAT motorcycle road. Very little traffic and lots of nice twists and turns. Headed back on US 460/360. Had one stop for gas and a rest in Appomattox.

Another great day of riding with a great friend. It does seem that every time I go out on my motorcycle now, something happens to my bike!! This time the rubber insert in my footboard broke loose! The rubber mounts just were wore out. (Isn't that hard to imagine on my bike!!)

I guess this can be expected with a motorcycle with 72,000 miles on it and has been to Cape Spear, Newfoundland; Arctic Circle, Alaska; Mt. St. Helens, Washington; Grand Canyon, Arizona and Key West, Florida!! No big deal, I just had to keep my foot on it so it wouldn't blow away on the road. Now I have an excuse to get a nice chrome footboard insert!!!

We got back around 5 pm. Don't really know what the winter weather will be like for February, but December and January has been great here in Virginia for motorcycle riding.