February

Man here I am first comments on February and it is almost over. That will tell you how my month has been going.

Well here goes, I have finally installed the running lights and belly pan I received for Christmas (little slow). I also picked up a booster for my MP3 player, a battery tender jr and wind deflectors. I installed everything over the last couple of weeks and all seems good. The lighting I think is a little disappointing! The running lights really don't put out enough light to really make a difference in my opinion. I was hoping to get good ditch coverage but it isn't going to happen with these lights, my guess they are there to just make You more visible in traffic. I'll probably look for another set and put them higher on the bike.

I have been working on my NPT ride and have the first nine states mapped out. In theses states I mapped out 25 National parks or Monuments. That doesn't include Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. I'm planning to hit those 5 before meeting up with my wife and son in DC. Those extra 5 will give me at least 10 more Parks or Monuments. At that point once I start my trip home I'll only need 15 more Parks/Monuments in at least 11 states. All theses numbers still do not include New Mexico, Arizona and Utah that I'm planning to swing through after I get back.

Now believe or not, with all that going on I was able to get out for a few rides. I did travel to Grants tot he Uranium museum in Grants and then over to the WOW diner. That was fun, I met several riders from my Lunch with Dave group. This group is all LD Riders, most are capable of jumping on a bike and riding 1000 miles no problem. I had never been to WOW diner it is a nice dinner built like the old 50's dinner with a great menu. Next time I go I'm going to try the meatloaf, it looked awesome.

I also did a ride last week cruising by myself running the mountain roads, Running to the crest ran into a little ice not to bad a couple of slippery spots. Just enough to make you pucker a little. The weather was perfect and lunch was awesome. I've ridden about 600 miles this month. I'm well below my normal mileage for this time of year. I'm hoping to continue to increase as the months warm up. During the month of May I should get about at least 5000-6000 miles in. Eight months on the Goldwing and I have put 6000 miles on it. I'm not having a great year so far.

I'm also getting geared up for the 2011 LOE, I have moved the site to a new host server and working on building a new site. I'm running the old site while I'm building the new one. I figure I will be starting to accept applications by the end of March.
Well until next time ride safe.