Last Minute Ride January 25th

Today was wonderful, no plans, we got to sleep in. The weather was warm so we decided to take a walk. There is a 5k (3.1 mile) loop that starts 1/2 a block from our house, so we took the new puppy with us and headed out. She didn't like the cars going by, so Keith got to carry her about half of the way. 
We got back to the house, had lunch and then decided to take the bike out for a ride.
Where do we ride to???? That is the question???
We decided to take a ride to Moore to Fort Thunder. We grabbed some extra clothes since it was already mid afternoon, and we won't be home before dark. The temperature drops quickly when the sun goes down.

I love the InstaWeather APP

 You know we go to the Harley shop entirely too much when they know us by name. Keith wanted to show the parts guys the mount we had purchased for his new GoPro camera and tell them they might want to stock them if they can, because it swivels around to compensate for the handlebars. I saw they had more cute face masks so I had to have one. One of these days I am going to buy the one that looks like a skull, but today I decided on the one that has pink flames.

When we first started riding, I would worry if I looked stupid; but you realize really quickly it doesn't matter what you look like if it keeps you warm. After we left Moore we were hungry. It was now around 5, and we hadn't had any lunch. (we had slept late and I had fixed us a late breakfast).

We need to get gas and Harley's are sort of picky and only want 100% gas, so we headed to Newcastle - Tri City to the station we know has all gas.









  Right next door is a Carlitos's, a Mexican food restaurant we like. Keith, of course, got the chicken enchiladas and I got the avocado rellenos. They are so good and this is the only place I have ever seen them.

They are really rich, so I could only eat half. The rest went home with us as leftovers.















After we got our stomach's full, it was time to head home. It was now 6:30, so we put on all the extra clothes we brought. It was getting cooler by the minute. We head down the turnpike towards home. As we were pulling off the turnpike at Chickasha, Keith speeds up, The light at the end off the off ramp is green and he was trying to make the light. Yeah, we made it. Now the game is on...Can we make it all the way to our house without having to stop at any lights?
As we are leaving Chickasha he has to slow down, the light turns green. We make it past the light at Ninnekah. Marlow has 2 lights, and as we were coming into town we saw the one at the main street was green, we would never make it. It turned red and he slowed down, real slow, just as he was about to put his foot down it turned green. We made it through another town. The light at the north end of Duncan was green and the one at Plato and 81 was green. Now if it would of been me, I would have turned west and missed the lights through town, but no...He had to try to beat all of the lights. We make it to Elk and 81, turned west, only 3 more lights. He had to slow a little at Elk and Whisenant, but he make it. Only 2 more to go. The light at Elk and 29th (Chisholm Trail Parkway) is crazy, if it is red it takes for ever for it to turn green so that you can turn south. We were getting close and it turned red; OH NO!!! He slowed down but this light is one of those you have to trigger. He slowed down more, he almost put down his foot, and it turned green. There was only 1 more light and it is never red unless school is in session. We make it!!!! As he pulled in the driveway he was afraid he might drop the bike because his feet have not been off the pegs in almost 2 hours.
As you can tell we have lots of fun when we ride. I can't wait for the weather to get a bit warmer so we can ride more.

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