A short n sweet ride with my Dearest Daughter   going by Shenandoah river

That’s by the Shenandoah River in WVa

One hour and 45 min covering 71 miles of leisurely backroad. Lovely ride w my dearest daughter!

The route we r about to take.  Rolling through lovely Frederic county backcountry!Very windy. Hovering in the low 50’s

Yet a real nice morning ride! 

His first time riding a real road bike!

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It was great to ride on the bike especially after two weeks of rain!

Lovely sunny day to go! Starting at 39-41 degree early in the morning n raised up to 70-75 later in the day

Off I go

  Stopped by Eric s home then he followed me in his Yellowhawk bike on to 
  That intersection where Tom the King of the Korn met us on his bike and on we go to 
    
    
 Then some zig zagging back road heading southward toward Sheetz at Hayward in Va. A good one hour and 15 min ride. 3 of us. Met up w 3 other bikers there at Sheetz 

   6 or 7 of us on to EDB meeting site about 17-18 miles away together 

   Our dear Prez Darrell the Dallman

   
   15 of us altogether. A light lunch thereafter then off we go biking exploring  part of Virginia  
    
    
 Now back to Sheetz in Haymarket then some of us split headin back home 

    
 That is not all. – some cigar n pipe time chatting with my Dear wife  

 then hot tub before the night r over 

 what a great day! 

Finally had the opportunity to experience Ural. 

    
   Getting ready for the ride. First as a passenger
  The mechanic who took me on for a ride 
    
    
    
  Amazing experience. This guy sure rode fast especially doing curved. Gulp

   

Me looking like a little boy?  

 And then time for me to take control of the bike

Definitely an interesting experience!
  

Excitedly!!

  
Temp 39 degree.  Brrrr yet ain’t too bad because of heated seat and grip!

   
 Guess where I’m heading for?

   
   
No bike for us for the next one to two weeks! Dropped bike off for one big reason – factory recall on master cylinder plus need oil filter change n rear brake job.  First time using Dutrow Honda s service – they run an old fashioned business. First come first served  – estimate one to two weeks back log servicing   –  till then! Have a great day n week!

Yesterday, December 26th and again today, December 27th. Had the opportunity to enjoy a real leisure backroad ride for an hour each day with my dearest family members!!!!

    

 And

      
   
Notice on both Motion X-GPS map.  It stopped while running in background. Not sure why – gotta figure it out however what is shown both days r half of our actual back road riding! 😢

Weather – unusually warm – 70’s

Now we’r heading toward Potomac river north of Harper’s Ferry

  
Then toward Shepherdstown, our favorite town in WVa

Hemp burger – delicious!
 Wheat grass drink!
  Heading out toward Gathland State Park 
  
  
  
  
  

Always so wonderful to go biking with my children!  Thank you Karita for riding with me! A photo/biking afternoon!

And family in van alongside

   
    
    
 
And off we go

My 2nd time running down the famous National Park Skyline Drive – Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. – hosted by David Sipple. Small group due to Cold weather. Started at 39 degree early 7am and hover in low 40s almost all day long.

Off I go 6:50am – in sequence

  
  
  
  

Temp 39 degree

Met up with Craig and Tom

 The. On to Dinosaur Land a short n which photo stop enroute to Front Royal

 A nine minutes  hop later

Met up with David Sipple and his better half. David the road captain of the Skyline Drive

Accidentally killed this motion x gps app through most part of skyline drive on right side alongside the dotted route – 35mph almost all the way. Lots of cars.  Quite some motorcyclists.

Here come some selected pics we shot down the skyline drive

 Almost lunch time. Off we go to….

  See our bikes out there….

 Great lunch!  Great food!
Returning back to Skyline Drive

  
   Entry to National Park

  
  

  
  
  
Already 3pm and still quite cold. There s a frost warning for this evening throughout the region including Frederick. Decide not to go all the way to end of Skyline drive. Missed the last 30 miles n headed back home. A good 3 plus hours coming back via  scenic route 340

  
Actua 285 miles as this app was killed a portion of skyline drive 😰

Never less it was a great day of biking. We all enjoyed the trip very much. Thank you David for hosting and youn your half were a great company with the big V coming from Craig 👍

this time – with my precious wife, Risa!!! Monday, September 7, 2015   

Harpers Ferry. Always lovely!

Daugher Marika came home for Labor Day weekend n taking her out for a short n sweet ride before bringing her back to Gallaudet – Sunday, September 6, 2015 

   
    
    
    
   
 
And then drove her to Gallaudet immediately thereafter