GOE X Day Two: Ferrari's and Thunderstorms
Thursday, June 22, 2006
The day started out with more clouds hanging over Fort Wayne. After getting the bike packed up, I headed around the hotel to join up with the rest of the group. I volunteered to help out, as I have the CB and GPS.
We had to make a left turn out of the hotel, which always a trying situation for 40 or so bikes. We rode about 15 miles of the route dad and I took the day before. We then join US 30 for a length of time. Along that route, I was tailgunning and with that I warn the riders of what is about to pass. For the first time, I could let the riders in front of me know that a bright red, Ferrari Testarossa was about to pass the group.
The rest of the trip was through country roads across northern Indiana, and the looks of a storm brewing in front of us. As we headed further east to Kersting's Motorcycle Museum, the sky got darker and darker. We made it dry, and that to the people there, most of the bike were under cover.
After a run through the museum and the two dealerships, we assembled, and headed off after dark skies once again. It poured pretty good while were inside, and some bikes got wet. They all would get wet when we took off on the wet streets. Thankfully, we headed a little west, and then north, before heading back east. We would chase the lightning crossing the sky until we stopped in Warsaw, Indiana, at the Golden Corral for a late lunch.
The last leg of the trip would be about forty miles back to Fort Wayne. We never rode in rain, but it was always lurking over head! We never saw another Ferrari though?
The day started out with more clouds hanging over Fort Wayne. After getting the bike packed up, I headed around the hotel to join up with the rest of the group. I volunteered to help out, as I have the CB and GPS.
We had to make a left turn out of the hotel, which always a trying situation for 40 or so bikes. We rode about 15 miles of the route dad and I took the day before. We then join US 30 for a length of time. Along that route, I was tailgunning and with that I warn the riders of what is about to pass. For the first time, I could let the riders in front of me know that a bright red, Ferrari Testarossa was about to pass the group.
The rest of the trip was through country roads across northern Indiana, and the looks of a storm brewing in front of us. As we headed further east to Kersting's Motorcycle Museum, the sky got darker and darker. We made it dry, and that to the people there, most of the bike were under cover.
After a run through the museum and the two dealerships, we assembled, and headed off after dark skies once again. It poured pretty good while were inside, and some bikes got wet. They all would get wet when we took off on the wet streets. Thankfully, we headed a little west, and then north, before heading back east. We would chase the lightning crossing the sky until we stopped in Warsaw, Indiana, at the Golden Corral for a late lunch.
The last leg of the trip would be about forty miles back to Fort Wayne. We never rode in rain, but it was always lurking over head! We never saw another Ferrari though?
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