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Saturday, June 4th
Saturday sounds great with us, meeting everyone at 7:30 and breakfast at Camp 18 too. Beautiful day for a ryde to Astoria. I would like to suggest a great place to eat there called Bowpicker, at 17th & Duane St, just west of the Maritime Musuem. Check it out on google! Excellent reviews and fish & chips. They open at 11:00AM. We're in no hurry and want to enjoy the day and the ryde. Look forward to it!
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I rode to Portland today on FloorBoard business and came back to Newberg via Hwy 26. Found the MD's and then backtracked thru Hillsbrough to Newberg just to confirm my route Sat. morning. No problem, just some light rain. Managed over 100 miles of great riding today and was ready to meet the gang Sat. Sometimes life just gets in the way of my plans. Today was one of those days.
John
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John - there are some terrific day rides in our area - a top pick is Estacada to Detroit to Silverton and home. One of our best day trips.
This will be my bride's FIRST long trip on any kind of bike in well over a decade. Depending on how she does, I may roll home after breakfast… this is a "break-in" for Yellowstone...
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Gang,
My plan for the ride was to enjoy the company and the scenery along the way.
So, we meet at MD at 7:30 in the morning and head out to Camp 18 for breakfast, no hurry to eat and go. Then out to the coast, again no hurry. Ride up to Astoria for a relaxing lunch, I will not be having an adult beverage but that is my choice. I like the place mentioned I say we go there. I like the name also, Bowpicker, it is. Since we have a newer rider on the Spyder and 2 up, I say we come back 30, as it will also be easier to get back to The Couve for anyone from there.
I do like the other route but it is, in MHO, a more of a intermiate ride then a first ride for a group.
See everyone Saturday.
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Darrell and I are so looking forward to meeting and riding with everyone on saturday. We will get to meet Dragonrider and his bride and we will get to meet Jewell. We have already met Slybird, MsKitty, 8 legged freak and SpyderDan and will be glad to see them all again.
The only long ride we have done on the Spyder was to the Spirit mountain casino and home by way of Tigard It was 129 miles round trip and it was awesome. We sure are loving our spyder.
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Originally Posted by sealfloorboards
Hi all,
Just got word of a family situation that's going to knock me out of the ride Saturday . This is a huge disappointment to me since it started with Scott and me wanting to go for a nice ride. I can't tell you how bummed-out I am. I hope you all have a great time. Stopping at a pub sure doesn't mean drinking alcohol. Many pubs just have great food and ambience. Hope this will just be the first of many great outings.
John
I am so sorry you can't make it. Hopefully next time.
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Hey Gang,
Believe me, I'll be thinking of you all day Saturday. Have a GREAT ride!
John
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John;
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It was an absolute ball! the scenery is spectacular! The new friends were great and I added 230 mi. to my Spyder. Looking forward to many more rides with the gang.
John
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The Sheriff and Hwy 30
I got to meet the Sheriff's deputy that patrols Hwy 30. He was nice but it was kind of funny.
He comes up to me and says, I stopped you for speeding, that when I passed the other Spyder I was doing 63 in a 55. I told him that I was the one who got passed on the right by another Spyder. The deputy got this smirk on his face and " Doggone you're right, that girl did pass you on the right and that's who I clocked."
The deputy then said "Well I bet you were a mile or two over the limit also." I said that may be possible.
His response was "I won't give you a ticket if you give me some honest answers about the bike."
Seems he has been riding 2 wheels but getting to mid-50s, he is feeling a little unsafe and has been looking at the Spyder. We chatted for about 10 minutes and said our have a good day and "slow down."
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Originally Posted by Spyder Couple
I wish I could say the same about our . Thank you Scott for stopping and helping us at Mcdonalds.
Hey, Guys! What's going on with your ??? Is everything ok?
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Originally Posted by Slybird
Hey, Guys! What's going on with your ??? Is everything ok?
the decided to have a mind of it own and wander badly, scared the **** out of us and was very frustrating trying to keep it in our own lane. Scott stopped and talked to us about what the cause might be. We took it really easy coming home. It took us 3 hours from Astoria. I am calling Brent at sk tuesday and see when we can get it in and get the aliment looked into, tow in-tow out stuff and what is causing the vibrations.
Bad !!!!!
I was able to up load a few pics from today but not able to upload anymore tonight will try again tomorrow.
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Last edited by Slybird; 06-07-2011 at 07:16 PM.
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