There is snow on the ground!

There is snow on the ground, that is obvious. My cycle is in the garage and has been for weeks, and will probably stay for more weeks. I am longing for a long ride. I have been looking at maps and web pages and maps and calendars and planning for next year, which is almost here. I have been concentrating on the west coast. I have been focusing on a little known road in California with a single digit number. Yep! You guessed it, hwy 1. Sometimes referred to as the Pacific Coast Highway or Cabrillo something, and even joins with 101 once in a while. You know what I'm talking about. Next year should be amazing.

This year was good. We went to Yellowstone, again. It was fun, and I don't want to be negative about it, it just wasn't the most fun ever. I know that not everything will be the most fun ever, I'm not Suzi. It was just lacking something.

I think it was riding time. We didn't ride our asses off. We stopped more than usual and I was sick, that didn't help.

I think the lack of miles was one thing that made me not have the best time ever. I think the size of the group was a deterrent as well. One day we split up and rode back to camp with smaller groups and it seemed as though each group had a better time small than we all did together.

I also think that the chase vehicle, while very handy, supportive, fun, convenient, friendly, great... It was just too much to try and coordinate and wait and watch for... Maybe it would be better if it were coordinated better, I don't know.

If our goal was to include everyone and to ensure that everyone had a good time, then mission accomplished.

If our goal was to ride and see America from the seat of our motorcycles, I might say we got a C+. Maybe a B-.

We did way more touristy type things on this trip than we ever have before. I felt like it was warranted, being in Yellowstone and all. Maybe Yellowstone will always be that illusive Great Ride. Maybe I will have to return again and again thirsting for that same feeling of mind blowing satisfaction, like the first time I was ever there.

Maybe I am just beyond satisfying and will find fault with whatever we do.

Overall it was a Great year for the Wells Angels. Everyone is alive and well. Families are well and flourishing and growing. Futures are getting brighter and smarter...

May 2011 bring us more two wheeled adventures, and may I be more satisfied, I do ride with some of the best guys around. Happy New Year!

I should just do what the shirt says. I plan on it!