Autumnal Equinox Ride

This year it doesn't happen until Tuesday the 23rd but that's in the middle of the week and there might not be an opportunity to get a good ride in then, so we'll call today the Autumnal Equinox.

This was a midday afternoon ride starting with the Goshen/Strasburg loop.  Weather was nice but a little warmer than yesterday so no need for leather gloves.  The traffic on Goshen/Strasburg was very light so there was a good chance to open up the Bullet.  There were two places where the police had set up radar speed counters and I noticed on both places that the speedo did not appear to be as ambitious as I had noticed before.  I kept the Bullet at 60 mph on approach to both counters and they registered 57 and 58 mph respectively.  No idea why or how that happened.

Shortly after crossing over Ridley Creek someone has placed  a series of homemade signs on the north side of the road a la Burma Shave that read "I'm so sorry for what I did.  Please, forgive me.  Kirk." and shortly after that "Would you go out with me?"  Don't know what Kirk did but he should get points for inventiveness.

From there I went to the Wawa on 352 and 3 to gas up.  The tank was nowhere near empty but a full tank doesn't rust so a stop was not a bad idea.  At the pump the odo read 2028.25, making that a 10 mile run from the house.  The tank took 1.432 gallons to fill up making the mileage on this tank 67.14 mpg.  After filling up I got back on 352 and headed out to Granite Run Mall.

The ride out 352 was fairly clear but once past Gradyville traffic started to pick up and get heavy.  There was a flea market going on in the Mall's parking lot but I did not stop, just turn around and headed out.

The return ride was via 926, that portion of this ride on the north side of 3 is always really good because it is lightly travel and it runs through some very picturesque and twisty country roads.

On return at the house, the odo had just over 2052 miles for a total of 34 miles on the ride and the run took just minutes over an hour.  A very nice, easy ride with just a little bit of challenge on the twisties on 926.  Another beautiful riding day with several other riders on the road and just the right temps to make it really enjoyable.  Tomorrow, back to the grind and some commuting rides.  It is hard going back to work after two weeks off but it is nice to be able to ride again.

Route Outbound: Goshen/Strasburg to a left on 352 with a stop at the Wawa on 352 and 3 for refueling and the out 352 to Granite Run Mall

Route Inbound: Turn around at Granite Run Mall down 352 to 926, across 3 to Garrett Mill for a right at Goshen.