About 10 a.m. my cousin from Missouri calls and says he and 3 riding buddies are here visiting ( 2 harleys, 1 road star and a BMW ) they are in Fort Bragg, Ca. and headed to Clear Lake, then Tahoe... I say nice , I'll meet you in Colusa or near by for a late lunch... 
Well I call him again at 11:30, he says they are leaving right away for clear Lake ... ok, I head towards Clear Lake, about 1 hr later I call him again in Williams, They are still in Leggit driving thru the Redwoods ... ok, ??? I keep goin ... I get to Clear Lake, it's about 400 degree's outside ... I call again and they are having some lunch just south of Fort Bragg ... I'm like huh ??? ok, I get to Willits at like 3 pm. I call again and they are getting fuel somewhere ... ok, I am not goin any further, I plant myself in Willits at Safeway, have a nice big samitch and a giant water, then a starbucks americano... at this point my mrs calls and says where are you? I say, I'M IN WILLITS about 3 hrs from home! She's all " WHAT! "
... ok, They finally roll into the parking area about 3:30 or so... They have only been on the bikes for about 45 minutes since the last stop for lunch, they all get off the scoots, we meet, shake hands, chat ... they go inside to safeway for about 20-30 minutes ... 
ok, finally we fire up and are ready to roll... I pull out into traffic, check my mirrors, nobody is with me... I stop, cousin arrives about 2 minutes later ... ok, 1 more rolls up about 2 minutes after that, we wait and I can see the other guys having trouble pulling out of the parking lot about 3 minutes later they roll out ... I'm like
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I lead and I see they guys strung way out about several hundred yards back and I cant even see the last guy, I slow down ... cars are passing us, really! After about 40 minutes we have gone 20 miles ... I pull over and say sorry guys but I was suppose to be home about 2 hours ago, ALOHA!
Hwy 20 is littered with CHP, B&W and All White Crown Vics are everywhere so I stay about the limit maybe a tad above ... I get about 1/2 way and everything shuts down on the 2 lane hwy near clear lake. Big Firey accident, I sit there in the boiling sun for maybe 10 minutes, then I ride along the shoulder for a few miles passing cars ... ok. Finally get pass the wreck about 30 min later. Traffic is heavy coming back to the Valley from the coast and the lakes ... ok, get to Williams at 6:30 pm. Fill my pockets and the camel back with a couple small baggies of ice, get on the 5 and slab it towards home ... get off the 5 on a back road and burrie the needle. Roll in about 7:20 hit the Keggerator and ahhhhhhhh.
So how was your ride today? :40__s:
Well I call him again at 11:30, he says they are leaving right away for clear Lake ... ok, I head towards Clear Lake, about 1 hr later I call him again in Williams, They are still in Leggit driving thru the Redwoods ... ok, ??? I keep goin ... I get to Clear Lake, it's about 400 degree's outside ... I call again and they are having some lunch just south of Fort Bragg ... I'm like huh ??? ok, I get to Willits at like 3 pm. I call again and they are getting fuel somewhere ... ok, I am not goin any further, I plant myself in Willits at Safeway, have a nice big samitch and a giant water, then a starbucks americano... at this point my mrs calls and says where are you? I say, I'M IN WILLITS about 3 hrs from home! She's all " WHAT! "
... ok, They finally roll into the parking area about 3:30 or so... They have only been on the bikes for about 45 minutes since the last stop for lunch, they all get off the scoots, we meet, shake hands, chat ... they go inside to safeway for about 20-30 minutes ... ok, finally we fire up and are ready to roll... I pull out into traffic, check my mirrors, nobody is with me... I stop, cousin arrives about 2 minutes later ... ok, 1 more rolls up about 2 minutes after that, we wait and I can see the other guys having trouble pulling out of the parking lot about 3 minutes later they roll out ... I'm like :confused2:
I lead and I see they guys strung way out about several hundred yards back and I cant even see the last guy, I slow down ... cars are passing us, really! After about 40 minutes we have gone 20 miles ... I pull over and say sorry guys but I was suppose to be home about 2 hours ago, ALOHA!
Hwy 20 is littered with CHP, B&W and All White Crown Vics are everywhere so I stay about the limit maybe a tad above ... I get about 1/2 way and everything shuts down on the 2 lane hwy near clear lake. Big Firey accident, I sit there in the boiling sun for maybe 10 minutes, then I ride along the shoulder for a few miles passing cars ... ok. Finally get pass the wreck about 30 min later. Traffic is heavy coming back to the Valley from the coast and the lakes ... ok, get to Williams at 6:30 pm. Fill my pockets and the camel back with a couple small baggies of ice, get on the 5 and slab it towards home ... get off the 5 on a back road and burrie the needle. Roll in about 7:20 hit the Keggerator and ahhhhhhhh.
So how was your ride today? :40__s:
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Sorry your ride SUCKED Kent..............Call me Next time..........Robert 
