First week of commuting

Well my first week of commuting to work is going pretty well so far. The weather has been decent enough, 40 degrees or so in the morning, chilly but not killing me. It's well worth it to ride home with the sun shining and the temps in the mid 60's. As always it seems that any odd situation I could run into on a motorcycle is happening to me. On Monday morning there came a point where both lanes of traffic on the 2 lane highway slowed down and moved towards the should to get around something. As I got closer I saw a freshly hit deer laying on the yellow line, sprayed into both lanes. I got over and tried not to look too closely but there head was right there staring up at me as I went by at 5 mph, mmmmmm. On Wednesday I left work to go see Kira's Ballet recital, what fun that was. On the way back I came over the hill on a 4 lane hwy to see water spraying across both of the north bound lanes. It seems I just had to be driving by as they were blowing out the fire hydrant. I have never ridden in the rain or much water at all so going through 20 feet 2-3" deep water was a real treat for me. Little did I know it would get even better about 10 minutes later when I got to drive through a manure spill on a smaller section of highway. At that point I couldn't do anything but smile and laugh. You really get to enjoy the sights, sounds and SMELLS of your daily commute that much more on two wheels.

Someone got a new lid

Kathy and I took advantage of all the motorcycle stores big "spring sales" and picked up a helmet for her this last Friday. She now has a jacket, helmet and gloves, if only it would get warm out again!