Saturday, June 4th

[Slybird]

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

Sorry to see you having to back out. I was looking forward to putting a face to your moniker. Being retired, I'm usually available to ryde most anytime. (hint - hint!!) PM me if you feel the urge - and we'll keep it simple. Like John Travolta said in Wild Hogs when he was freaking out about the Del Fuegos, "I just want to ryde, Man! I just wanna RYDE!!!"

[spyderdan]

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!

[Slybird]

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!

Rumor has it they have fresh TUNA fish & chips!!!

[sealfloorboards]

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

[Dragonrider]

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...

[8 Legged Freak]

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.

[Spyder Couple]

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.

[Spyder Couple]

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.

[sealfloorboards]

Hey Gang,

Believe me, I'll be thinking of you all day Saturday. Have a GREAT ride!

John

[Dragonrider]

John;

Can you come to breakfast? You'd be home by 11 -

[sealfloorboards]

Hey gang,

HOLD THE PRESSES!!! I got my Seattle Problem resolved and I will be able to go after all!

See ya all in the morning...yippee skippy!

John

[Spyder Couple]

Hey gang,

HOLD THE PRESSES!!! I got my Seattle Problem resolved and I will be able to go after all!

See ya all in the morning...yippee skippy!

John

on getting things taken care of so you can go riding with us..We are going to have a lot of fun.

[Slybird]

on getting things taken care of so you can go riding with us..We are going to have a lot of fun.

[8 Legged Freak]

We had a great ryde for the most part. We had 7 Spyders and 10 people at the start for the ryde to Camp 18 for breakfast. It was good to break bread with the group, but we lost one after breakfast.

So we had 6 Spyders and 8 people head out to Seaside, We decided as a group it would be fun to ryde down the end of the Lewis and Clark trail, the main tourist drag in town to the round about at the beach. We had one of the group go ahead and shoot some fotage of the group going around the end. But he accidentally took great footage of his face instead. So we had to do it agian, it might have been better to just ask one of the many other people filming us instead. After spending some time playing tourist, getting the ladies some chocolate fudge samples,, we headed to Astoria. Took a slight detour and went over the bridge over the Columbia. Its about a mile long with a hugh span to climb over where the big cargo ships go up the river. Ate lunch at the Bowfinger. Pretty good fish and chips.

All in all, a pretty good day with 165 miles added to the Spyder.

The other Scotty
PS the other will be posting pics, they had the cameras.

[sealfloorboards]

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

[Slybird]

Indeed, it was a absolutely spectacular day. Not a cloud in the sky, 80+.....a far cry from all the rain we've been getting lately. The pictures pretty much say it all.....and we won't get into what those ladybugs were up to on the railing where we took the group picture! Regarding the footage of that handsome face.....I HAD to document it - - nobody would have believed it if I hadn't!! Total mileage for us worked out to be exactly 240.0 per .

[Spyder Couple]

It was an awesome day.
Great friends and a great ryde.
We added 204 miles to the Spyder today.
The weather was wonderful and so was the food.

I wish I could say the same about our .
Thank you Scott for stopping and helping us at Mcdonalds.

It is going to the shop this week hopefully.

When is the next ride?

I will be posting pictures in the album tonight hopefully

[8 Legged Freak]

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."

[Slybird]

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?

[Spyder Couple]

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.

[sealfloorboards]

Hey guys, what a bummer that yourgot a case of the shakes. Hope it's nothing serious. I was that "girl" that passed Scotty on the right (he was in the left lane). Wanted to let him know I needed gas. Saw him being pulled over as I pulled into the Chevron Station. Couldn't figure out why, he wasn't speeding. Lost track of him after that. Fortunately, he's no rat and didn't drop a dime on me". All in all, it really was a great day. Rode to Corvallis this am to have breakfast with some friends sooo another 100 miles today.

Looking forward to the next,

John

[Slybird]

I was that "girl" that passed Scotty on the right (he was in the left lane). John

Thought about getting a haircut lately? Or maybe even borrowing Kathy's bumper sticker?