Today’s Ride
- September 27th, 2009
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The weather was nice today but Fall is in the air and sunny days in the 60-70s are (likely) going to be few and far between the rest of the year. So I adjusted my chain, loaded up and headed for MacDonald Pass, which is currently on fire. Other than emergency equipment, fire camps, helicopters and ‘no parking’ signs littered all the way up the pass, it was pretty anti-climactic, but that’s good because I think they have it under control.
I had two passes to go over, the aforementioned MacDonald Pass and Flesher Pass, between Lincoln and Helena. Both passes were very, and I mean very, cold. While I have my waterproof heavy gauntlets in the saddlebags, but like an idiot I didn’t wear my chaps or take any kind of a liner for my Fieldsheer jacket, least of all my Gerbing heated liner (okay, it wasn’t that cold). The other stupid move was leaving town at about 4pm. While most of the ride was merely chilly, leaving Lincoln at 6pm put most of Flesher Pass, both sides, in shadow. That was some cold assed shit. The final FNG move was not telling anyone where I was going. I did finally send Sherri a text from Lincoln so somebody knew. The recent story of a Washington man gone missing for a week or so because he ran off the road, landed in a ditch and his body eventually discovered by a maintenance crew, was fresh in my mind. I knew Sherri would call out the National Guard if I didn’t call her by 8pm.
But nothing major happened and it was a nice little 152 mile loop. It was mostly a pleasant trip. Bike ran fine. I’ve got 44 more miles until the 45,000 mark on the odometer. I’m glad I went rather than staying home and tearing it apart for the next set of mods. I’ve got all winter for that, but I think I’ll make sure I hit that 45k first.


