bike wash...

i got the greatest father-in-law in the world!!

morning ride...

took a ride down to ray price hd this morning to pick my t-shirt and assignment for the capital city bikefest, taking place this weekend down in raleigh... can't believe it's already this late in the year!! i'm gonna help out on friday but unfortunately miss all the fun the rest of the weekend...

the ride this morning was a little chillier that i expected - at least i was prepared for it this time!! it got me to thinking about riding this time of year, how the lower temps seem a lot colder when you start moving on a bike. then i got thinking about my ride up to pennsylvainia on saturday. i knew it would be cooler up north. but after riding this morning, i'm thinking it's going to be colder than i am expecting. i believe i'll be packing my heavier coat for the trip.

well, the weather for the bikefest tomorrow is supposed to be terrific. looking forward to that!!

rolling thunder 2012 - 25th anniversary...

you may have noticed that i'm finally getting around to catching up on some older posts... this one, obvious from the title, is from rolling thunder this year - the 25th anniversary...

hanging out before the ride...

down in washington before the parade...

the parade...

mountainfest 2012...

the weekend of july 27-29 i was invited to tag along to mountainfest... deciding to go was a last minute because it seemed so much was going on at the time. but i couldn't pass up the chance to spend some time with family.

the ride to mountainfest was fairly uneventful. despite the forecast, i didn't hit any rain. i did, however, get soaked. during one section of road, of course with the most traffic and no way out, it had rained earlier and the road was still wet. i managed to collect enough spray from the other vehicles to make it look like i sat in a car wash!! fortunately after that, the weather cleared up and i dried out before hitting morgantown.

by the time i go there, the others had already pitched their tents, set up camp and rolled out the welcome wagon!! i was treated like a king the whole weekend and it was great.

around camp...

sights from mountainfest...

circus una...

ives brothers wall of death...

someone handing one of the brothers the watch they lost earlier...

john kay and steppenwolf friday night...

before the rain...

after the rain...

and packing up to head home...

the ride home was good. weather was decent although it got hotter and more humid as i crossed into each state. i planned to pick up some bbq stops for my smoke chasing in west virginia but i was in too much of a hurry to get home and there weren't any bbq places directly along my route. i did manage to pick two waffle houses though.

in the end, i had a great time but it was good to be home again...