Great ride on Friday, and the weekend.

I took a vacation day on Friday and hooked up with Brent.
It was perfect weather-wise.

Cool in the morning and then sunny and warm...not hot!... in the afternoon.

We met in Lanark for breakfast and headed up to Madoc on Hwy. 7.

Turned up 62 towards Brancroft, and then turned west and rode through Ormsby, Coe Hill and then to Apsley at Hwy 28.

North on 28 to Bancroft where  we gassed up, and then had lunch at a little park beside a river.

Right next to us was a large patch of poison ivy...

From Bancroft we rode to Combermere.
Of course we stopped at the the little waterfall park.

We met a nice guy out for a ride on his Victory motorcycle..

Nice bike!

From Combermere we went to Barry's Bay, and home through Wilno, Golden Lake, Douglas and Renfrew.

Was a 600 KM. day.
It felt great.

Saturday I did a few small rides around town.
If you have to go to the store...may as well go by bike!
It was sunny and hot all day.

Sunday we did a family day at the beach on the Long Sault Parkway.
Sunny and really hot.
It was easily 15 degrees cooler by the water.

We got there early, and staked out a large piece of prime real estate....grassy,  under a big tree for shade, picnic table...right in front of the beach.

We swam, BBQ'd...I only burned 2 fingers...

I took a nap that apparently involved loud snoring.
(I am not sure I believe the snoring part...could be a conspiracy on my family's part to wreck my self- esteem.)

In any event, it was a really nice day, and a great summer weekend.

Imagine...no rain and sun.


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