BeniciaRT_GT Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Please check in here if you went for the ride in Woodside this morning. I plan on putting together a ride tale here later... Obviously, I'm home, and had an incredible day! Thanks so much all of you for coming out and helping me enjoy a great day off. This whole "Get a Life" thing is really fun!!! Link to comment
Traveler1 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Thanks for organizing a great ride (and breakfast) Richard. Got home about 2:00. The anti-rain gods were with us. Link to comment
2wheelterry Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Thanks for setting this up Richard. My friend (Joe Fogal) and I enjoyed the company. Good eats too. Link to comment
downwind Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 I am back. Thanks Richard for creating the ride map that nobody used So, what happened to Roburt and the other +20 riders after breakfast? Link to comment
Shaman97 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Richard, Thanks for the route, the food, and the company. Arrived home about 5:00 PM after picking up groceries for Easter dinner. BTW - for those that I told that I lost the twenty bucks on the road at 5:30 AM in Folsom...guess what?...it was still there, in the road, folded in half, plastered against the curb, about 20 feet from where I met Tom. Must have been about a thousand people passed this spot from Sam's, Best Buy, etc for eleven hours, and nobody saw it!! Amazing Thanks again to everybody!! Bob Link to comment
eej1 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Great fun, thanks for putting it together Rich, and nice meeting everyone. Eric Link to comment
ian408 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Just got home...that map was no good Only kidding. It was great to see you all yesterday morning! Link to comment
BeniciaRT_GT Posted April 8, 2007 Author Share Posted April 8, 2007 Unfortunately, I will have to rely on the possibility that others took some pictures during the ride, because as I was snapping away on the ride, my camera was ignoring my wishes and didn’t take any pictures after breakfast!!! Therefore, this ride tale will be woefully short of pictures of the beautiful country we went though. The weather was “iffy” at best, but many brave souls (EXCEPT JoeG) showed up for the first annual “Get a Life” ride in the hills south of San Francisco. Everyone was there by 08:00 ( yes, even me) and we stood around the parking lot in Woodside swapping lies about our riding prowess for a few minutes while enjoying the sunny morning. Here you can see Roburt (SideToSide) and Ian (Ian408) plotting to do something shady. And here, Joe (Coarsegoldkid) is describing his terrible dilemma of not knowing which way he is going after the ride. He doesn’t have to be home soon, so he plans to just go exploring. Poor guy!!! Here Kevin and Tom discuss styles of hooning. As we all started wandering in to sit down, a Deputy Sheriff wandered over and admired the bikes. Of course, he asked, innocently, “So, where are Y’all riding today?” Not near young or dumb enough to fall for that one, we told him we hadn’t decided yet. Nice try Deputy! Wonderful Breakfast was had by all, and no one left hungry or in want of coffee. I had the Huevos rancheros: Now I had planned a tentative route (All thanks go to Kevin however) subject to change as the group went over it and decided where they wanted to go. I had a bunch of printed versions and handed them out to talk about during breakfast. I have only used MS Streets and Trips once before, so I couldn’t figure out how to zoom in on some of the “off the beaten path” parts of the route. On the map it looked like we were taking Highway 1 down the coast. There were several roads that just run inland of 1, that turned out to be beautiful and more importantly, traffic free. This was in the details of the printout, but I didn’t make a point of telling everyone. That led to us getting split up into two groups. It all worked out great though, and I’m pretty sure everyone had a great time. Incident free which is always a good thing. Well, there was one standard RT “stop and drop”. I’ll let him tell that story. Considering some of the weather/road conditions we rode through, that says a lot about the riding skills of this great little group! The whole ride was all done on one tank for everyone, even on Tom’s short legged R1. I wish I had more pictures, but I guess I’ll just have to go ride it again some day soon to make up for it! Link to comment
azkaisr Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Wow that has to be a Richard Posts a Ride tale record! Less then 2 days! Very worthy tale! Kaisr Link to comment
roydog007 Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 I had the Huevos rancheros: I shoulda went for the food Nice Ride Tale Link to comment
FreightGuy Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 I am back. Thanks Richard for creating the ride map that nobody used So, what happened to Roburt and the other +20 riders after breakfast? Well....you see, some of us are born leaders and others are born followers. The problem is when you get too many followers in a group, then that group tends to go astray. Just a mile or so after leaving Bucks, a few of us stopped to "assist" (more like watch) while our fallen comrad practiced the aformentioned "stop and drop" technique with his RT. After a few minutes we ambled up the road and fully expected to catch the group. After about 20+ miles of HWY 1, and having the Moss Landing power station in sight, someone decided we should make a left somewhere, soooo.... we just turned left on Bonny Doon Rd since that name appears on the directions somewhere, just not necessarilly in the place where we decided to turn. After that we just alternated left and right turns at any road that was mentioned on the directions and somehow got lost "amazing". Someone then had the great idea of letting me lead the pack. After directions (and a disturbing grin) from a local, we forged ahead only to make a giant circle around Ice Cream grade and pulled up right at the spot where we asked for directions . This time we turned left up Empire Grade and found ourselves back on the route again. The way I figure it, we cut about 1 hour off the planned route. We were drying out up at Roburt's place when Richard called wondering where the %$#& we were. It was a wonderful ride and a fantastic way to spend the day. Thank's to Richard for providing the motivation and apologies all around if our unintentional delay caused any stress. Happy Easter! Nathan Link to comment
PRC Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 As we all started wandering in to sit down, a Deputy Sheriff wandered over and admired the bikes. Of course, he asked, innocently, “So, where are Y’all riding today?” Not near young or dumb enough to fall for that one, we told him we hadn’t decided yet. Nice try Deputy! If I didn't know you better, I'd be offended! Looks like a great time was had...I'm still in shock you were on time. Happy Easter to you. Link to comment
K^2 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Just had time to check the board and saw this posting. Thanks so much for being the catalyst for this ride, Richard. It was nice to see some old BMW friends and meet new ones. I had a blast. The only thing that could have been better was dry weather on Rte 9 climbing from Boulder up to Skyline. We missed out on some great curves that can be taken quite fast. Next time! K^2 Link to comment
texcal Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Thank you, Richard, for organizing a great ride. It was a treat to meet everyone and then get out for a ride. So what if it rained a bit? It was still fun. Trey Link to comment
CoarsegoldKid Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hello folks. It's Monday at 4pm and just got back from my ride out there. I took as many backroads as I could. I had a good time and hope to see ya all again. joe Link to comment
BeniciaRT_GT Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 One housekeeping item! For those of you who came to breakfast: We settled the bill and gave our great waitress and staff a generous tip, however, we had $30 dollars left over. That says much of the honesty and integrity of the folks, but it presents me with an issue. Roburt and I talked about it quckly and decided we would put it in the kitty at our break/lunch stop before we settled the bill. since we got split up we didn't stop for lunch together, I now have $30 dollars of everyone elses money. I forgot aobut it until I emptied my pockets yesterday. I'd like to know what Y'all want to do with it. I'm inclined to donate it to the board as a small group donation. What would Y'all like to do? (And NO, I'm not inclined to send everyone a check for $1.75 ) Link to comment
Shaman97 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Donate to the Board. Oh, YOU were the guy with the Huevos!! I thought I heard you when the waitress asked who had 'em Link to comment
BeniciaRT_GT Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 Hence my name on the board for a long time... Link to comment
sidetoside Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 I vote for donation to the board. Link to comment
tobyzusa Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 I vote for a donation to the Board. Oh wait, I've never even met you guys Link to comment
Cheechoo Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Buy some booze and go on a nice bender. Link to comment
CoarsegoldKid Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Donate to the board. Good idea. This act may even start something other pickup rides will continue to do. Link to comment
K^2 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 I vote for donation to the board. ditto K^2 Link to comment
ian408 Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 donation to the board. Works for me. Thanks again for organizing this! Ian Link to comment
texcal Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 No question -- donate to the board. Link to comment
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