Spring is in the Air!

Hi Everyone,

Well, you may think by the title of this blog that I'm a little premature on the whole "Spring" concept. But, let me explain. I now live in Central Virginia after having spent ten glorious years in Southern California... San Diego to be exact. Anyone who rides a motorcycle knows that SoCal is one of the greatest places to live and ride. The riding season is virtually year around, you can safely split lanes if you get stuck in a long line of stopped traffic and the roads along the coast and inland are some of the best in the world. It truly is a mecca for motorcycling.

But, I now find myself (mostly for family reasons) living in Central Virginia where the weather is pretty decent most of the time, but certainly not up to SoCal's level. However, one of the things that you do get here in Virginia (which you don't experience in monoclimatic areas) is the anticipation that the weather is starting to change, in this case to Spring and warmer. This past weekend the temps were close to 70 degrees... in February! That makes for some pretty good early riding sessions, although they are typically short because the temps start to drop pretty soon after the sun goes down. But you can feel the change in the air!!

So, this past weekend I got the Harley out, cleaned off the fine layer of dust that had settled over the last few weeks and put on a fresh coat of wax. And, of course, because my wife and I like to travel we have a matching black Trekker Trailer that we use for camping and longer touring trips. It's an awesome combination to see the trailer and the bike together, all squeaky clean and shiny. You can just feel the anticipation of the next trip staring back at you as you look at the Trekker with it's sleak lines and ample storage waiting to swallow tents, sleeping bags, coolers, etc.

I may be pushing it a bit to say that Spring is on the way, but when I sit in my garage and look at that beautiful bike and trailer and think about all the places we're going to go and all of the things we're going to see... I know it's true. Spring IS in the air!