Monday, May 25, 2015

Memorable Memorial Day

Our area of Oklahoma has been in a severe drought. We are at stage 5 watering restrictions, no outside watering at all. So that means no hand washing of vehicles, Keith really likes to give the bike a hand wash. The lake we get our water from is down to 27% Then comes May 2015....it starts raining and raining and raining. Memorial Weekend it always seems to rain but this year it started mid month and kept raining. By Memorial Day the lake is up to 96% and rising.
Saturday we wanted to ride down to Texas but they are also having flooding issues so we think we will ride somewhere close. But when watching the weather it is supposed to rain during the day so we just have a lazy day at home. 
By Monday I am ready to ride somewhere, anywhere!
Our friends Carla and Larry want to go but he thinks we are going to get wet, I tell them "we are riding today you are more than welcome to come but WE are riding". You know how it is when you've had a rough week and you just really need some wind in your face. So we meet at the gas station and head out to OKC. 

It is cold and damp for a May Day so I have on my chaps and leather jacket. On the way up I text Diane to see if they want to meet us at Hideaway Pizza for lunch and then down the street to Sara Sara Cupcakes for dessert. She says they will come to the Harley shop and meet us there. 
Along the way the rivers are really running. It is so neat to see them full, it's been a long time 



                                    


We get to the Harley shop and do a little bit of shopping. I don't find anything that I need but Diane finds a really cute denim vest with a skull on the back.
Keith was checking to see how much they would give us if we decided to trade in our bike, after their offer we decided to keep our bike for now. 
Next stop LUNCH!!!
Hideaway Pizza is really good not just your plain tomato sauce and pepperoni. We all ended up with pizza and salads, had to be a little bit healthy.




After lunch we had planned on going down the street to get dessert a at Sara Sara Cupcakes. As we are walking out the door Chuck looks at the weather app again and says if you want to get to Chickasha without getting wet you might want to leave soon. We decided to forget the cupcakes so we can stay dry.
This is real funny.....when I get on the bike I always put my hand on Keith's shoulder and ask if he is ready for me to get on. I don't want to climb on when he is not ready and over balance the bike. Well I guess he was in a hurry to not get wet so when I touched his shoulder he started driving off. Luckily our head sets were on so I said "Hey I'm not on yet!" He stops the bike and we all have a good laugh.

This is the storm we were trying to out run. When we get a few miles from the McDonalds on the turnpike it starts raining, not very hard but we decide to stop and get an ice cream and wait for the storm to pass over.
I'm so glad we stopped because  it started pouring and the wind was really blowing. When the storm passed we put on our rain gear in case it started raining again. 

Aren't we cute! We call rain gear Erkle pants they seem to come up to your boobs. 



The rest of the trip home is uneventful no more rain just spray from the cars and very windy!
This Memorial Day was very memorable because we got to spend time with good friends, had a good ride, good lunch, and lots of good laughs. 

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Sunday Afternoon Ride.

 
We were eating pizza a few weeks ago and got to talking about riding to Decateur to eat at Sweetie Pie's Ribeyes. We decided to ride on a Sunday after church for a late lunch.
Keith and I ride the bike to church, me in my biker clothes, so we will be ready right after church. When we get to our small group Doug and Twanna are not in their biker clothes he has a 4 o'clock meeting so there is no way they can ride to Decateur and be back by 4. We found out we have a 5 o'clock meeting, so during church I make an executive decision... We are riding to Waurika to eat fried catfish. As soon as church is out I invite Mike and Shannon, they don't ride bikes but they are going to follow us in their truck. Doug and Twanna go home to get their bike.
Even Star is ready!



In just a few short minutes every one is back and we are ready to roll!

Even our friends in their truck are ready to go.
We head out, the weather is perfect.


As we are tooling down the highway just south of Comanche our bike does a really weird thing. It speeds up and then the speedometer quits working. Keith takes it off cruise and uses the tach to keep the speed level. He knows just about what the tach should read at 70 mph. A little farther down the road it starts working again (Who Knows)
Then as we go over the Addington bridge there are barn swallows every where. There must be lots of nests under the bridge. I can't get my phone up to get a picture so I think I will just get one on the way back. (Spoiler alert when we came back there were no birds)
We get to Bill's Catfish and after a short wait we get seated. Of course while we are waiting there are people some of our group know from Duncan to visit with.
By this time I'm hungry so I order a full order of catfish, I think everyone else ordered a half.  When they bring our food they try to give Keith the full order, I guess ladies aren't supposed to eat more than the men.
Have you noticed how interesting bathrooms are? Well this one is no exception the light switch is in a little hallway outside of the bathroom. So Larry loves to turn off the light while you are in the bathroom, there are no windows so it is quite dark.  When Keith went in Twanna turned off his light and then came back and sat down, I rescued him and went and turned the light back on. 
We had a great meal and lots of laughs 

I think the people at the other table were a little annoyed with us, we were just having a good time, maybe they were just jealous.

With our tummies full we headed home and made it to our meetings.