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March 29, 2021
March 2021
I would like to point out that, in March, I started riding my motorcycle. It was warm enough that I would go for rides and I'd go up until I got to a patch of snow, and then I'd turn around. I did this riding up around Idaho Springs, Alice/St Mary's Glacier, Oh My God Road, Black Hawk, Central City, etc. But I was out riding, ready for the summer to begin. And then the snows came. I'm not sure when my last motorcycle ride was, but it was some time before the blizzard of 2021 that hit us over the weekend of March 12th. So, I'd say that I didn't ride my motorcycle from the 12-28th of March due to the heavy snows we got in that time period.
Today was the first time that I even felt comfortable trying to ride my Africa Twin up the driveway. There was a little bit of snow/ice that I had to ride over, but the knobbies did a fine job of getting me across the icy/snowy part of the driveway that I had to cross. Then, after that, I was hell bent for leather and rode all day until it was solidly dark. I took 285 south to Pine Junction, then south through Pine on Pine Valley Road (Jefferson County Road 126) south through Pine, to Jefferson County Road 211 to Cheesman Lake. But the lake is closed. You can't get anywhere near it, really. So then, I went back to County Road 211 and kept going west, basically trying to connect to Wellington Lake. So I took 211 to Stoney Pass Road (County Road 560), but then it got to where the road was covered in snow/ice (FR545), so I turned back.
At some point, I met up with two other guys on bikes. One was on an 800 cc twin cylinder KTM, (Dave I think), and the other was on a KLR 650. So, I rode back with them. Basically back up Pine Valley Road (126) back to Southwest Platte River Road (96) to South Foxton Road (97). Then, up south Foxton Road (97) to Running Deer Road. This is the only part I'd never been on, I'm pretty sure. So Running Deer Road, left on Black Bear Lane, then right onto Broken Arrow Drive. Then, this brings us to Pleasant Park Road, which I'm very familiar with, and right on Pleasant Park Road, until we T off at Deer Creek Road. We exchange phone numbers, they go right, I go left. But I got Dave's phone number so hopefully I'll get to ride with them again.
So, I rode for several hours. Much of the day. Then to Walmart to get a new cable for the iphone since the cable I was using seemed to have failed. Now, I have a new cigarette lighter to USB adapter that lights up to indicate it's working. Also, a new USB to iPhone cable so now I have power to both the Garmin Montana and the iPhone 6S while I'm riding. I still need to get some more chain lube, but I did manage to lube the chain in the parking lot. So glad I got in a good ride for today, as more snow comes tonight and the high tomorrow is 26 F. Ugh.
Posted by Rob Kiser on March 29, 2021 at 8:17 PM
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