May 5, 2012
Colorado, USA
Yep! It is the 5th of May in the USA and we do not need any reason to celebrate other than that. We rolled out for a ride around the lakes after Tim's Saturday shift. As usual we headed up and around the south end of Horsetooth Reservoir and around No-Name Lake at Chasteen Grove near Loveland. Then we continued on to Flatiron Reservoir and followed the twisty, steep road up to Pinewood Lake at Blue Mountain. The photo attached to this paragraph is a view of
Flatiron Reservoir from the road that travels up to Pinewood Lake. We haven't traveled this road in a couple of years... we had forgotten how much fun it is... although it is one way up and same way down.
This is a view of Carter Lake which was the next lake on the tour. This body of water is popular with the sail boat crowd and campers. It is normally breezy and not all that unusual to find sand drifted across the road as we did today on the south end. We noticed that the Windjammer is now peddling breakfast on Sunday mornings and made a mental note to get up there early sometime this summer.
Riding down from Carter Lake we wound our way toward Hwy 66 through Longmont and rolled into Lyons to see what was going on in that neck of the woods. The answer is not much - the Outlaw Saloon seemed to be doing a good business as was Oscar Blues. We made our usual pitstop in the park and then rolled toward home (the long way of course) and dinner - Tim had southwest food on the brain. We found that at Chili's.
What are the odds of catching a profile reflection in the Harley mirror?
Celebrating the 5th of May in the USA with chips n salsa, shrimp tacos and good ol American beer - what can I say I am an American girl - through and through.
Today's ride = 107 miles.
Slide show for the 5th of May ride (48 photos):
Alternate link to this slide show
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