. . . but I’m glad I did. It was a local event at the Santa Fe store. A rodeo to help make el Valle kids’ Christmas a nicer day. A lot of people recognized me and thanked me for coming to the event. They were not aware that I was planning to be there anyway for the monthly chapter meeting.

• I’ve been to Harley-Davidson a lot recently, so I think that’s out for today.
• I could visit a state park to work on the state park challenge, but as of this writing I don’t know what the weather is going to be like.
• I could sit on my ass and just watch some of the shows I’ve recorded on my DVR to clear some room on it.
• Erin found a couple black widow spiders in the garage, so I should clean the garage, but I prefer it to be cooler when I do that.
• I guess I’ll take the bike out for a ride and maybe go someplace where I can do a hike too.

OK, I don’t have a bucket list, but if I did I doubt that “riding a Harley in an Indian Casino” would have made the list. I doubt I would have even thought of that one, but sure as shit, today I did just that. I just happened to be at the dealership when they asked me to deliver a bike to the Camel Rock Casino. It was a 2015 Wide Glide and while a friend has and loves the model, I’d rather stay with my Ultra Limited. Comfort vs. cool.

Erin

Erin is back where she belongs. Last night she slept over and slept like the dead, according to Nina. I’m glad she’s back. Sadly, she leaves again on Thursday morning. She’s losing teeth now, as in multiple. Can’t wait to see what grows back.

Old Fartz

There’s an Old Fartz ride tomorrow. I may ride down to the dealership and see where they’re going and decide to join them or not once I find out where.

We had a nice ride home this morning. Here are the pictures of the weekend.

Well, we rode up to Durango with a few stops prior to arrival and we ended the ride at Durango Harley-Davidson. I bought some poker chips and a new shirt. They have a nice store and Debby spent time talking with (I assume) the owner or his wife. I rode sweep the entire way and it was frustrating at times.

A group of us went out to dinner and drinks happened after the dinner. Thankfully we did take a cab both ways and I slept very well that night. Sleeping well did not stop me from tiring early and I had a 3 hour nap in the afternoon, after our ride to Ouray.  While it was nice being in Ouray, the trip there was filled with traffic and 2 sections where the road was missing in action. Well, half the road anyway and they controlled things with stop lights and one way traffic alternating in the areas being repaired. Lucky it was a weekend or the road would be shut down completely.

Nina and I will leave in the morning for our trip back, solo. All the others made the trip back today. We decided to enjoy ourselves and stay an extra night. We expect nothing but the most beautiful day tomorrow, as the weatherliars have predicted.

The pictures were taken by my Go Pro camera and while they’re nice, they lack any people in them. Beautiful scenery and challenging roads.

Finished the class and did fairly well. I was told that I would learn a lot and I did learn some stuff, but not as much as I thought I would. The riding was harder than I thought because of the tiny bikes we had to ride. I managed to ride, but my ankles and calves suffered. I even got 2 certificates, one say I completed the course and the other stating that I was “Most Likely to Accelerate” in the class. We also had cake and ice cream after the class.

One the range today. We meet in 1.5 hours at the National Guard range for riding the little bikes.