So a Harly, a Yamaha and a Nighthawk go for a ride...

[tcoop]

I know, I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke. Well it actually happened today. My wife and I on the XJ750 (Yamaha), my daughter on the CB450SC (you know what that is) and her boyfriend on the Harley (I don't know what kind it is so don't ask) got together this morning to meet the rest of the riders for breakfast then go for a 150 200 mile ride up to Bear Lake.

this is the path we took
http://www.mapquest.com/mq/4-7NkBRzfA5DRX564UQ2zq

We all met at CJ Restaurant in Ogden to have breakfast. I had the french toast patter which came with three Texas size french toast, 3 eggs over easy bacon ans sausage. (Sorry no pictures of the food, I'll remember the camera next time) There was so much food I could not eat it all.

After breakfast we headed up 12th Street in Ogden, through Ogden canyon and around Pine View reservoir then up to Monte Cristo. It was a pleasent 73* when we left. Once we left Ogden there was little to no traffic. Beautiful scenery on the way up. Here are some pictures from my wife's cell phone.

Me trying to get the round  Hay bales

While we were stepped here I talked to a man that was from New York who was on his way home from  to Los Angeles. He left a month before and was riding around the country.

Then we headed to Bear Leak and around to Garden City. By this time the temperature climbed to about 78* (We climbed several thousand feet)



We stopped for a Raspberry shake which is what that area is famous for. While we were eating our shake my wife suggested that if I won another tag in the photo tag game that it should be your bike by a light house. I told her it was already done. Then she told me that we passed one several miles back


Then we gassed up and headed down Highway 89 into Logan through Logan Canon (sorry No pictures herethe battery was low on the phone)

When we got to Logan we pulled into the local HD dealer for lunch. A member of our group owns the dealership in Logan and Ogden so he had his employees fire up the grill and cook us lunch. Imagine that free lunch from HD for mostly non Harley bikes.

We then rode down Sardine Canyon (oddly enough it was the widest canion we rode through) t Brigham city then back home.

The ride leader (who happens to be my daughters boyfriends dad) told us it was a 150 mile ride. He was only off by 50 miles  .

P.S. Sorry for the small pictures, I'll get the real camera next trip

[tcoop]

Oh, I forgot to mention that this was my daughters first ride of more that 10 miles. She did a fantastic job. Stayed in formation and at the correct distances and did the correct hand signals for hazards and such. but she decided she wants to keep the group size sown to 4 or 5 riders. She didn't like the larger group. I think we started out with 15 or so riders.

[flynrider]

  Looks like a fun ride.   There are some great biking roads in that area.   I was wandering around there a couple of years ago on a week long trek and had a blast.

[luckylindy]

 Good report.  I'm with your daughter on the smaller group size. 

[tcoop]

The funny thing is SHE was the one begging to go on the ride. Probably because her boyfriend was going. It didn't help much that every one else was at least 30 years older that her(except her boyfriend). My wife and I will do rides with her and her brother maybe keep it a family thing for a while.

[hppants]

Thanks for sharing

78 degrees?  I bet ya'll were sweltering.     I may not see mid-day 70's until Thanksgiving.

[fishball]

Agreed, smaller groups are better.  Looks like a good ride.

[hockeyhawk]

Great looking ride, thanks for sharing. Congrats to your daughter for the first long ride. 


That's real nice being able to share one of your hobbies with the family.