Founders Day

         The Founders Day ride October 4th, 11th . Crappy weather on the 4th so the ride was moved to the 11th. A.O.B. was at 10am, 1010am, o/k so the club rolled out of Dunkin Donuts at 10:16am and proceeded south on route 32 to 163 where they jumped on 395 to route 2.


         My plan was to collect video footage along the trip from alongside the road, looking down from bridges and driving along side (car because the bike needs to go in the shop). I filmed the club departing Dunkin donuts, jumped in my car and got stuck behind one of the two people in Connecticut who actually do the speed limits on route 32. The second person was the one who matched his speed in the other lane when 32 went to dual lanes. In New London the two lines of traffic behind these cars finally broke free, I ran up rte 85 and arrived in Colchester and waited for the Club. Unfortunately…they had already gone by. So…so much for footage. (I should have gone to PA to gamble like I was going to).

         Word has it that it was a great ride with wonderful weather. The Club stuck to the highways on the way up 2,84,and 91 and two of the northern County chairs joined along 91. More than 20 bikes made the trip with Tom and the “Chaplain” both saying a few words at the gravesite. The Club then went to Lunch,(Italian, because Jesus settled in Italy. What???) before splitting into two groups for the ride home, one taking the highways and the other taking the always more enjoyable back roads.

klay