Garrett Snuff Mill building in Yorklin, Delaware |
The weather definitely cooperated for this kind of ride. It has been a fairly mild summer with not much oppressive heat and humidity to be had and yesterday was not exception. For a mid-morning ride in late July it was fairly cool and very clear. The ride went off without incidents but I did get lost a couple of times. The first time was on Mt. Cuba, east of Yorklin on Creek Road (82), where Mt. Cuba Rd splits off to the right from 82. I barely caught the sign out of the corner of my eye and took the fork to the left. This was the right decision but I wasn't sure so I turned around to retrace my steps. There is not much room to turn around on that road so I had retrace quite a bit to find a drive way. Once I got back to the fork, and slowed enough to catch the sign, I was on my way again. A little later I missed the left turn at 100 and Adams Rd because I had forgotten that 100 makes a dogleg turn there and to continue ahead means transferring to 92. Soon enough the road T'd out on a four lane divided road that I did not recognized so I pull a U turned and retraced to the intersection at 100, which in this direction is clearly marked.
I did make a stop in Yorklin, Delaware, by an abandoned industrial area to take some shots of the Bullet. These abandoned buildings turned out to be the ruins of the Garrett Snuff Mills complex which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Next time I pull in this area I plan to take some time to photograph the buildings because there are some interesting ruins there.
On the way back I made a detour on Providence Rd to check on a storage unit and on the way out of the parking lot the Bullet cut out completely. I was able to coast into a drive way, kill all the switches, get off the bike, kick the kickstand, and it started right up again. I don't think it was operator failure, the bike just completely cut out. It might have been that stupid kickstand switch but I don't know. The break-in period is officially over and I have an appointment for the 1500 mile maintenance for next Thursday. We'll see what they say.
At the end of the run the odo read 1515.5. Break-in period over but I will keep with break-in restrictions until after maintenance next Thursday.
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