ALMOST A BIKE TRIP

I'm not one usually given to doing things on the spur of the moment--ask BatikFreak10 about picking new caching locations when we haven't yet finished the list from last time. So Joyce was a little surprised Saturday morning when she got up and heard my announcement "We're going to Elkins today." Joyce is more flexible than I so she simply said OK, and off we went--after loading a few GC'ing locations up that way into my GPS. The primary reason for the trip was really an excuse to drive the S-80. I really like the S-80. It easily puts me back into the bike ride frame of mind. It's agile, handles the mountain curves almost as well as the BMW did...oh, and it's fast!!

Our caches in Elkins were quickly found. I didn't pick the hardest ones available. Here I am dropping off a travel bug I picked up in Beckley a few weeks ago. Travel bugs can be attached to any object the owner desires--in this case a toy car--and given some assigned task. Travel around the state, the country, even the world are all standard travel bug tasks. Each bug is assigned a specific code number and can be followed on line as it makes its way from cache to cache. This one is taking part in a cross country race from NC to California.

After the caching duties were completed it was katy bar the door as far as the drive was concerned!! Back into full bike ride mode. We traveled quickly around the curves, passed others in what most would consider a too short passing zone (they weren't, what with bike like power on tap) and broke speed laws. Some laws we broke a little, others a lot. In the interest of full disclosure here, Joyce is as guilty as I when it comes to speed laws and sailing around curves. We've had to put aside the bike ride mentality for some years... now it seems to be back as strong as ever!!

I wonder if they'll let us join the "Sons of Anarchy"?