Well, there's no much of a "ride" report as this was a short ride from Katy to Brenham. I first stoped by Dwayne and Rita's to get my oil changed and learn how to do the oil change on the Strom, so from there I picked up a straight route to Brenham. I could have taken the scenic route, as I got to the Airport really early. This was my first real ride (other than around town for bike nights) since I broke my ankle in January.
While waiting another couple of riders pulled up, but werent on TWT. I mentioned the forum and website, so who knows, they might join our little community in the future. Some really small planes were doing some formation flying, but landed soon after. They did "park" really close to were I parked the Strom, so it made for a nice photo op.
We immediately went insde for some food once most of the folks showed up. I had the chicken fried steak sandwich, which was quite nice actually.
Now we have our "ride to eat", but these guys have us beat with their "fly-to-eat"... most of the patrons at the diner are fliers who just go there to eat something and then fly home!
Back to the parking lot to do some tire-kicking and look at the planes...
This one is either a replica of an old Soviet Union plane, or who knows, and actual old Soviet Union era plane? Some one help me out here, I'm not all that familiar with Sukhoi's and such...
Nice little bi-plane
It got really hot and muggy, so it wasn't long until we all said our good-byes and saddled up. I wore my cooling vest on the way home, but the combination of not having been riding in the heat in a looong time, and the humidity made for a short trip home. Other than taking 359 instead of 290 all the way to Katy there weren't many scenic detours...I just wanted to get home!
It was nice seeing everyone today. We need to have these RTE's more often!!!!
While waiting another couple of riders pulled up, but werent on TWT. I mentioned the forum and website, so who knows, they might join our little community in the future. Some really small planes were doing some formation flying, but landed soon after. They did "park" really close to were I parked the Strom, so it made for a nice photo op.
We immediately went insde for some food once most of the folks showed up. I had the chicken fried steak sandwich, which was quite nice actually.
Now we have our "ride to eat", but these guys have us beat with their "fly-to-eat"... most of the patrons at the diner are fliers who just go there to eat something and then fly home!
Back to the parking lot to do some tire-kicking and look at the planes...
This one is either a replica of an old Soviet Union plane, or who knows, and actual old Soviet Union era plane? Some one help me out here, I'm not all that familiar with Sukhoi's and such...
Nice little bi-plane
It got really hot and muggy, so it wasn't long until we all said our good-byes and saddled up. I wore my cooling vest on the way home, but the combination of not having been riding in the heat in a looong time, and the humidity made for a short trip home. Other than taking 359 instead of 290 all the way to Katy there weren't many scenic detours...I just wanted to get home!
It was nice seeing everyone today. We need to have these RTE's more often!!!!