This morning was an early morning rise and alarms (both Connie and mine) were set for 4:30 am!! Luggage was on the truck between 5:00 and 5:30 so that the trucks could leave with our breakfast. Yes breakfast was going to be a picnic. It was great - two different kinds of buns - one with just cheese and one with cold meat along with 2 large hot dog wieners, croissant, banana, pear and two kinds of snack bars and a drinking box! Not only was it enough for breakfast but most of us ate it for lunch as well.
Where we stopped was close to a construction site and we didn't think at that time in the morning there would be too much action - but we had an excavator come through (with all the bikes parked to the side) and it went into the woods somewhere to do work! We had a couple of cars travel through and I am sure they were shocked to see so many bikers and bikes in the rest area!
Once everyone had eaten we were all put into our groups for the day and headed out to what turned out to be a gruelling "Monster Ride". We had all kinds of weather - hot and cool with rain. We had all kinds of sites - water, beautiful fields, quaint villages, and city traffic! There were a few times we were backed up in traffic and thankfully Luc (our leader) decided it was time to split the lanes and pass between the traffic coming and going. So we all followed with smiles on our faces and to much relief to our clutch hand!
Every kind of road except for gravel we travelled on today - smooth pavement, patched pavement, bumps (and more bumps), and yes of course more cobblestone! My ribs are sore from getting bumped around on the bike. However our group "Chip and Dale" was the only group to actually do all the route today and not just scoot to the hotel when running late and miss the mountains. Now the roads on the mountain would have been beautiful in dry conditions but of course it was raining at that time.
We arrived at the hotel with just enough time to quickly shower. OMG - so I got to the room exhausted and Connie was already there and showered. I dropped my luggage and dropped onto the bed. She then proceeded to say "okay you have enough time to shower" - so she started pulling off my boots and unzipping the bottom of my rain gear in order to help me get ready. She is a riot!
After a very quick shower and wet hair I headed to the bus to go to the Harley Davidson dealer where we were met with a wonderful spread of food and an amazing two man band who played all kinds of music. The restaurant on the same property has been set up like an old western town. The bar was fantastic with some great decorations on the walls. Food was delicious after such a long day on the bike. Beer was even better and at the price it was well worth having more than one.
Most of the Possee riders headed out at 10:30 on the first bus back to the hotel but as usual the party people stayed until the bitter end. We had so much fun - singing along to one of my new favourite songs "Alice - Alice who the F!@k is Alice". Better yet though some of the songs people were also singing along and the two man band were very impressed (either that or stunned). LOL. After some crazy dancing and singing and drinking we headed to the bus disappointed it had come to an end.
Tomorrow is a rest day and hopefully the weather is nice so we can enjoy the ride out for a wine tasting and lunch at a castle - I am very excited!!
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