Gophers and Cheese

The Ride for Larry Pierce ended at Jordan's brother Jesse's farm.  Group photos were taken with a flag to honor Larry. Here are two group photos posted to Instagram (@warizard and @wolvesnwhiskey).  I'm sure there are more floating around. The property was really cool.  Apparently, they're in the process of fixing it up and they rent it out for weddings. There was a clearing near the water where people could camp and there were a few rounds of slow races. The place was a nice backdrop for photos and I wish I had my good camera with me.  The iPhone camera is good but not great. Here's Jordan's panhead "Frost Buzzard".  He had a lot of trouble starting it and it usually had to be bump started which probably wasn't fun for Jordan, but it was entertaining to watch since he was quite good at it. Since I can't pack much gear on my Sportster (the downside of no back seat and no sissy bar), I opted not ...

The route for the Ride for Larry Pierce was not shared beforehand.  I knew it would involve a lot of backroads around Monitcello, MN, which I was excited about because I have never ridden in that area before.  After we left Jordan's shop in Monticello, we headed to Hayes Public House where I had a delicious Coffee Porter in a fancy glass. From there, we stopped at Hollywood Roadhouse for lunch.  I had something called the German Cuban, which consisted of pulled pork, bacon, sauerkraut, cheese, mustard, and pickles on grilled sourdough.  It was really good. Kickstands are for sissies and add unnecessary weight: The next stop was a place called Olde Town Creamery , so I assumed we were stopping for ice cream.  It turns out that it's an amazing antique store with all sorts of cool stuff inside. This thing looked super-fun: Once again, Reinhart's Triumph looked great just leaning against the wall. Charlie took a nap outside an...

It was nice to go on a real ride for a change, rather than just ride to a show.  It's been a while since I've done a group ride.  I have an old Canon Elph that I used for these action shots. I want to get something better as the camera isn't bad, but is really showing its age. The buttons aren't very responsive and it's only 5MP.  To travel light, I left my good camera (Sony NEX-3) at home and just used my Elph and iPhone for all the photos of the day. We had somewhere around 40 bikes on the ride so most pictures only show part of the group. There are things I like and things I don't about group rides but you couldn't ask for a better group of people and bikes to ride with.  Here are just a few that I managed to get photos of: Kevin got a bunch of photos (check his Instagram account ) as he ran up past the group.  I tended to just stay in the middle of the pack. Photos from the stops along the route are up...