We love just going for a ride and ending up at a different town, sometimes state, just to try out a new restaurant. We rode with Darl and Melissa to Davenport, a weekend or so ago and ate at Thunder Bay. On Sunday's only, they have a Brunch buffet... you can have breakfast or lunch. The atmosphere reminds you of being in a log cabin, with fireplace, log furniture, and a canoe as a light over the table, (you would need to see it!) or an antler chandelier. The food was great, Breakfast buffet was REALLY good, and lunch side of buffet included smoked salmon, catfish and shrimp and more.
We rode the river road as far as Clinton and then headed back towards home on back roads. We were on some roads we hadn't been on before. The wind came up and was blowing pretty hard by afternoon.
Great ride and got home safely.
I love this great riding weather!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Tour Master riding Gear
On hot days, A lot of people look at us like we are crazy and ask us how we can stand to wear our full gear when riding! We wear our jacket, riding pants, and gloves, and full face helmet
(with the flip down sun shades :)
We have the Tour Master Jacket and pants that have zip out linings. They have a quilted liner, rain liner, mesh jacket, and an outer layer. The same set up for the riding pants. They are a very nice, multi-season riding gear.
What people do not realize is that the mesh jacket and pants are actually very cool. The air flows through the mesh and keeps you quite cool. You can wear shorts under the mesh pants.
We also have gloves that have mesh between the fingers and an air dam on the back of the glove, allowing air to flow through.
There is a guy that I work with that bought a riding jacket and full face helmet. He hit a deer on his bike one day and after seeing how his riding gear protected him, it made me a believer in wearing this to keep safe.
(with the flip down sun shades :)
We have the Tour Master Jacket and pants that have zip out linings. They have a quilted liner, rain liner, mesh jacket, and an outer layer. The same set up for the riding pants. They are a very nice, multi-season riding gear.
What people do not realize is that the mesh jacket and pants are actually very cool. The air flows through the mesh and keeps you quite cool. You can wear shorts under the mesh pants.
We also have gloves that have mesh between the fingers and an air dam on the back of the glove, allowing air to flow through.
There is a guy that I work with that bought a riding jacket and full face helmet. He hit a deer on his bike one day and after seeing how his riding gear protected him, it made me a believer in wearing this to keep safe.
August Supper Rides and More
Monday, August 3rd, our supper ride was to Winterset to their Sports Page. We had 3 bikes and several drove (for various reasons). It was soooo good to see Don and LaVone there. She looks great and is happy to be out and about. Pam and Bob had made it back from Goldrush with many stories to tell as well. Patti was there back from their trip (Rick was out of town for work). Ask her about their Train ride, a package they had purchased at a Colorama auction. Bill and Dee, our newer retirees are off with their "camping train" on a month long trip somewhere in Colorado.
Sunday, August 9th is Iowa Chapter J's Fun Run... check out Iowa's site www.iowagwta.com
for details.
Remaining Monday night supper rides for August:
Next week, Monday August 10th we are going to Polk City Papa's Pizzeria
Monday, August 17th, LaCasa mexican in Indianola
Monday, August 24, Jimmy's BBQ in Boone
Iowa's GWTA Fun Fest (State event) is in Storm Lake Iowa, August 14th and 15th, with a fun run, food, auction and more.
Davis Rally is September 11, 12 and 13th, in New Hampton.
Don't forget Woodbines, Applefest, Saturday, September 26th. The town has quite a celebration and lots of friends to visit with.
Everyone please do safety checks on your bikes, tires, and trailors before taking off on a ride or long trip. It can save a lot of heartache and you can catch a problem before it is too late.
Everyone ride safe
Sunday, August 9th is Iowa Chapter J's Fun Run... check out Iowa's site www.iowagwta.com
for details.
Remaining Monday night supper rides for August:
Next week, Monday August 10th we are going to Polk City Papa's Pizzeria
Monday, August 17th, LaCasa mexican in Indianola
Monday, August 24, Jimmy's BBQ in Boone
Iowa's GWTA Fun Fest (State event) is in Storm Lake Iowa, August 14th and 15th, with a fun run, food, auction and more.
Davis Rally is September 11, 12 and 13th, in New Hampton.
Don't forget Woodbines, Applefest, Saturday, September 26th. The town has quite a celebration and lots of friends to visit with.
Everyone please do safety checks on your bikes, tires, and trailors before taking off on a ride or long trip. It can save a lot of heartache and you can catch a problem before it is too late.
Everyone ride safe
July 27th Supper ride
Monday, July 27th, was our supper ride to Hickory Park in Ames. We had good weather and a good group showed up. It was so good to see Donna ride her own bike to the restaurant. Jerry and Jan met us there.
We continue to send healing thoughts to LaVone and Don.
We continue to send healing thoughts to LaVone and Don.
Heard about Jay
After arriving home from our Goldrush vacation/trip, we heard that Jay Liniger from Iowa's Chapter J had an accident after blowing a trailor tire when he was in Arkansas. He is home recovering and we send our thoughts and prayers his way for a quick recovery.
Well wishes go out to anyone else that had difficulties to, at or on their way home from Goldrush.
Well wishes go out to anyone else that had difficulties to, at or on their way home from Goldrush.
Saturday, July 18th and then Home Sunday
We got up, had breakfast and headed south and west. We passed the Trail of Tears State park and then crossed into Missouri. We rode into the Mark Twain Forrest, up and around some hilly, winding roads. There were many trees totally uprooted and laying all over the hillsides. It looked like a tornado had gone through. At a small town gas station, we found out that they had a storm in May that had involved a lot of wind and strong wind. Scientists decided that it was an Inland Hurricane. Hadn't heard of that before. 
We rode some great roads and saw some awesome scenery. We landed in Rolla MO for the night. We found a new Super 8, very nice place to stay. Rolla is part of Route 66 and there was a gas station and curio shop nearby.
Sunday, we are up and on the rode again, this time on our way home to Iowa. It was a great trip and we had a really good time traveling with friends, seeing new scenery and visiting and making new friends. Everyone made it home safely.
Friday July 17th Goldrush is Over
We needed to let the campers dry out so headed to breakfast. We ate at the Waffle House.. ask Bill about his "Most Embarrassing" moment... 
My new friend!
We headed back to the campgrounds, folded up the campers. Jon and Rosalee headed to Tennesee to see "Elvis" and spend more time riding and enjoying the roads.
Rick and Patti are still camping with their family. Bill and Dee, and we headed towards home, taking the entire weekend to get there. We headed back up through Louisville and then took HWY 62, a wonderful winding twisty tree covered road. Amazing, after the rain, the weather is much cooler. We heard that Iowa was having a record low as well.
We stopped at a wonderful restaurant that overlooked the Ohio River... lunch with an amazing view.
My new friend!
We went through Indiana, back into western edge of Kentucky and were ready to start looking for a motel... only to find none available for miles. We found out that Kentucky has a town named Sturgis, and Little Sturgis was beginning for the weekend. Bikers were everywhere and the nearest motel available was about 100 miles away, in Benton Illinois. We finally arrived about 9:30 p.m. thankful to have a place to rest.
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