The day dawned bright and clear, but a bit on the chilly side. It was in the forties when I rode up to the Starlite diner. When I was almost there I realized I left my house too early, as in a hour too early. Oh well. I got gas and hung out with a guy riding with us for the first time on an older BMW. Within 45 minutes we were joined by kirchsnr's and cabanaboy's loud v-twins, followed by R/T with his boxer twin. One or two more folk showed up and we went inside to eat. The food was good and the company was better. Sterling came even though he was bike-less (thumbs up) and Hector showed up (dude where you been?!). Wildwillie and Nick showed up with a new rider on a cool Aprillia, and Daryl appeared like a ghost from the past on a Moto Guzzi.
24 bikes came today and I even had 5 people say they were coming and didn't come. After the riders meeting I split up riders into groups according to their abilities and pace. Ron W. led the lead group and I followed with jlasure, rktec, and andyr leading groups after us. Typical group size was 4-6 bikes. Well, I didn't do that great with my assigning. At the second turn one person from the lead group dropped back to my group, and one person from my group moved up to the lead group.
