The day was outstandingly beautiful, the temps perfect. The bonus was that for The Sandies who made the trip to The Chautauqua Wine Festival it was a fantastic day. 8 Sandies made the 135 miles of great roads and Wine Fest to boot. We got to GTD early, well JoeJoe and Tony G decided a pre-breakfast of doughnuts and sweet rolls were in order. Sam jumped off her Ride and hot footed inside to join the fun. M2 showed up on his new Transalp. It is always a pleasure to ride with Michael, anytime Michael is with us it’s a good riding day. We normally meet Tommy and Sandy under the Beach connector bridge. I love throwing around Troll remarks but this time it was at the CEFCO, darn it.
We arrived at the Festival site just after it opened and it was already filling up. We had a very pleasant surprise, motorcycle parking was on a concrete slab by ourselves, it was great. We kinda spread out, JoeJoe and Sandy headed up to the wine tent to what else, buy copious amounts of wine. One of the pictures from JoeJoe, shows his packing a full case into his Tour Pac. I wonder the clinking sound made by the bottles on the rough roads made JoeJoe a little more cautious Sam and I roamed around looking and yes buying stuff. Sam had bought a nice cat bag at a booth. This is where Sam channels her dad, John loved to bargain. Sam inherited that gene, bag was marked eight bucks. Sam offered four, lady went to seven, Sam four fifty, both agreed at five. This was at all the booths we bought stuff from. I really think that’s why Sam goes to these Festivals, don’t even get me started on yard sales.
After a bite to eat it was decided to ride a bit. So off to the Valley we went. Here I gotta thank Tim W for his Lewis and Clarking throughout the local roads. He put an incredible ride together on these new roads. Michael had to get back so we headed back ourselves. This was such a great day, roads, fellow Sandies and a very nice local Fall Festival it don’t get better.
Next Saturday
is the riding portion of Michaels Road Aware Program. Meet at GTD at 8 am, understand we will probably be gone the better part of the day. The class is open to all Sandies in good standing. This is an outstanding opportunity whether on Two or Three wheels. This class does make you much more aware of the road and the clues it shows.
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