Second Ride of the Season

It was a short ride, but we rode! This time Noman decided to accompany us. We three enjoyed it very much. We just went here and there, enjoying the day. We did go down by the sound and stopped by Richmond Beach Saltwater Park just to see the scenery. It's good to be out and about on the bikes after such a long winter.

But rain for the next 3 days, so there won't be much riding going on at our house.

hmm. We need to figure out what to do about the rain and Norman and his bed in the sidecar. hmmm

Name Change and A Ride!

Having been badgered about drifing from motorcycling, I decided it was time to change the name of the blog. After all, it will soon be too wet and cold for the likes of this old lady to be out riding. It's always too something around here. But the Big Wet is upon us altogether too soon.

Tomorrow, Ray, Norman and I are riding over to Pacific Beach. We'll ride the ferry across the Sound, go over the top of the Olympic Peninsula and catch Highway 101 around Forks and head down the coast. On the return trip we'll take a slightly different route.

It is a route full of hairpins, squigglies and twisties and it will be quite a challenge for a beginning sidecarist. But the Sidecar Dog should enjoy it because quite alot of the trip won't be speeds out of his comfort zone.

So this name may turn out to be temporary, or maybe not. Ya gotta keep up to find out!

Here's a picture of some fat lady and our huge tomato plants.



We had such good luck this year. The first tomatoes of the season were around a pound apiece. We've eaten alot of BLT's and I made a batch of tomato sauce. We have lots of tomatoes left!



Ray's T-Clocking and we're both checking our bike supplies. Some little stuff like the hand cream, wipes, kleenex, sunblock, hand sanitizer, bike lock, flashlight, plus some tools are stored in the 3 gloveboxes Mr. Burgman has. There's still room in the center one for my sunglasses.

Not sure yet what I'll do with my purse. My bike purse doesn't fit in any of the gloveboxes, so I'm not sure...perhaps under the seat.

I've put some stuff in a canvas bag and put it behind the sidecar seat with my rain gear.The gloves, glove liners, mini tp rolls for those woodsy unstocked porta potties, knit neck warmers, 2 chemical hand warmers and my microweight windbreaker are in the bag. Shield cleaner and microfiber cloth are in their own bag behind the seat in the "trunk" of the sidecar. My tail bag is going in the toe of the sidecar, along with Norman's travel bag and water. I think after we get the sidecar painted some year, I'll add a trunk rack for the luggages.

There's room under Mr. Burgman's seat for both my helmet and Ray's or my helmet and a jacket or two.

Trying to decide which jacket to wear. We live in such an odd weather area and going to the coast is nearly always much cooler. Hmmm. 80 degrees here, 65 degrees there. Which jacket? Solid jacket or mesh jacket? Windbreaker under mesh? Long or short sleeves? So many things to think about getting ready for a ride.

Whoopie! My van is finally fixed! It's been in the shop for a week waiting for a new transmission. Finally done! We can go get it! Yay!

Whoopie!

My sidecar is ready at last! Yippee! Hooray!

We'll take Mr. Burgman to Dauntless Motors on Monday afternoon to have his Kenna sidecar fitted and affixed.

To say I am very excited is an understatement.

Norman had a test ride in the back of the truck, safely tethered in. It appears that he may love riding in a sidecar. He sure loved riding in the truck bed.

If you don't see any entries here, it's because I'm out riding again.

Sidecar Update

My sidecar body has been made.

The frame is finished and was delivered to the shop today.

The parts to connect the sidecar to the scooter are finished.

It won't be long now!

And yet, it's taking soooooo long.

I've wasted so much good weather waiting, waiting, waiting.

Soon, it will all be over and we'll be riding again.