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| Saturday Ride to the Italian Christmas at Eastside 12/19/09 Italian Christmas at Eastside? That is a little sales promotion at Eastside Motor Sports a local Ducati, Yamaha, Suzuki dealer in Bellevue Washington. The weather man was telling us we should have a good day. Temps near 50 and some blue sky. The year is winding down and you need to take every ride day you may get. So a ride to the Italian Christmas sounds in order. The day started damp with some heavy fog and mist. Some rain the night before so the Buzz Inn at Harvey Field in Snohomish. We had some breakfast and good chat then 4 of us head north for a ride. I earned a few demerit points as I showed up without gassing. Fred had ended up at the restaurant very early and was holding a table for us. I thought he may need some company so I did not gas. Always show up at a ride gassed and ready. As we left town George had mapped the ride and was leading. He was a little unfamiliar with the beginning of the route so he followed his GPS to the letter. It is always amusing when you go a little off track like to the gas station and the GPS does not know the right way out of town. After a few strange turns the GPS settled in and we were off. Bellevue is south but we headed north. This route was a collection of nice local Snohomish back roads thrown together to end up in Bellevue. Google did not want to map the full route so there are 2 maps. |
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| The sun never came out. The temps were in upper 40's but with the gerbings it does not really matter. The roads were damp but not bad and we took it easy. A small crowd at Eastside but the Ducati girls were there. After some window shopping and talk with other riders we headed out. Just in time to get some nice rain on the way home. We should squeeze in at least one more ride this year but you never know. Was around 175 miles for me. |