GL Cruising

We’ve had crazy back to back storms. There was a couple days where the winds topped 60 miles per hour. Yeah, I rode to work. There were a few times I second guessed my decision to ride. Mostly in areas where it was too flooded to ride the sled through, trees that had fallen in the middle of the road and winds that were catching me from the side (crosswinds).

This is one of my go to spots on my way home from work. Not so much on my way to work as it is still normally dark. I don’t even know the name of this “look out” point It is near the Pardee Dam single lane road.

The mountain scape behind me is part of Mt. Diablo. Between us lays the San Joaquin Valley, Stockton CA. And Lodi.

Rain, shine or hell of stormy weather. I’m out there. Period.

Gassing up after a long Christmas and New Years holiday time off. Storms are coming in so riding in the mountains is not as spirited. Still heck of fun!

Burger stop at the local McDonalds.

Rode the sled from work to Manteca for gear pickup. I took the freeways from Rancho Cordova and having a lane splitter makes the difference between a long night or not.

The temp this morning was around 41 degrees. It’s a little chilly but not too bad. I didn’t even turn in the heater grips or seat.

I had a spirited cat and mouse chase game on the country side twisted roads. A VW Golf GTI wanted to see if I could keep up and the fun began.

Let’s in the end the V-Dub pulled over to the side of the road and rolled down his windows and gave me the sweeping arm gesture to allow me to pass on by.

I’ll be 60 next year and I still can’t resist a friendly competition on the roadways.