Today, Monday 2-16-09, was supposed to have been partly cloudy with temps in the mid 60's, so we planned a bike ride to the Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma with lunch at the
Meers Restaurant located in the mountains. Instead, it was overcast, about 43 degrees with a chance of rain showers. With that threat in the air, several opted out of the ride. However, those that did ride today were: Matt & Jennie, Kenny & Leslie, Jeremy, Clint & me (John). Scroll down and join us on our ride to the Mountains, lunch, the Holy City, up Mt. Scott, around Lake
Lawtonka and then home as the sun went behind the
clouds and the temp started dropping.. REMEMBER: IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PICTURE BIGGER, JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURE...
We met at I-44 & Missile Rd in Wichita Falls,
Tx at 10:45 a.m. with
KSU at 11:00 a.m. Here are Matt & Jennie, and their Harley, as we await the others..
Here are Kenny & Leslie & their Harley..
Here is Clint & his Suzuki (?).. He told us he is getting ready to buy a
Ducati...That one he has now runs
PDF..
Here is Jeremy & his new Harley. He likes this one
alot better than his
Nighttrain that he traded in on it..
Clint takes this picture of our group prior to us leaving. Left to right: me, Leslie, Kenny, Jennie, Matt and Jeremy
A great
person, Jimmie, stooped by and asked if she could take a picture of all of us. Left to right: Clint, Matt, Jennie, Kenny, Leslie, Jeremy & me.
Jimmie takes two in case one of us blinked... Jeremy, Matt, Jennie, Kenny, Leslie, Jeremy & me.
I asked Jimmie to join the group and get her picture taken with us. She graciously obliged. Left to right: Clint, Matt, Jennie, Kenny, Leslie, Jeremy and Jimmie is in the middle..Thanks Jimmie, we appreciated your kindness..
We head out, Northbound on I-44. Clint is #2, Matt & Jenny #3, Kenny & Leslie #4 and Jeremy is back in the back, #5
We continue Northbound into Oklahoma. Same lineup behind me.
Just South of Geronimo Oklahoma, we stopped to get a picture of the Harley's out front of this building with the big Harley Parking Only sign . Left to right Jeremy's Harley, Jeremy, Kenny's Harley, Leslie & Kenny, Matt, Jennie, Clint, Matt's Harley
Leslie enjoy what little sun we saw today..
Clint's bike & my bike, (Ms Clone) parked a
respectful distance away from the
HPO sign.
Jeremy crept around to the side of this building..HOLY COW!! It's one of them buildings!!!
After beating a hasty retreat from that building that apparently housed a den of iniquity, we bypassed the I-44 toll gate and and re-entered I-44 a few miles north of the Gate. The Mirror shot shows Matt & Jennie #2, Kenny & Leslie #3, Clint#4 and Jeremy back there behind Kenny at #5.
We approach the Medicine Park Exit 49 w
ith the group still intact
As we head West on Okla 49, Kenny shows me the width of his piece of roadway...
Kenny still showing us the width of his piece of the roadway. Either that or Leslie's got a gun stuck in his ribs...
We get to
Meers Restaurant in the Wichita
Mts., park the bikes and stand around and talk before going in. For more info on
Meers, click this link:
http://www.meersstore.com/ That's
Clint & Jeremy talking to Matt (back to camera) and Jennie. Kenny, Leslie & I went on in...
Inside, Kenny & Leslie at the table.
Jeremy at the end of the table
Jennie & Matt as Jennie sprouts horns...
Clint at the table as Leslie looks at a menu...
Kenny & Leslie at
Meers
Kenny & Leslie at the table at
Meers
The group out front of the
Meers Restaurant: Jeremy, Clint, Kenny & Leslie and Jennie & Matt
Another of Jeremy, Clint, Kenny & Leslie and Jennie & Matt out in front of
Meers
The group: Jeremy, Kenny & Leslie, Matt & Jennie and Clint out front with the bikes
Matt putting on his
bandana as we head to the bikes to depart
Meers.
We leave
Meers and head for the Holy City in the Wichita
Mts. Matt & Jennie are leading, Kenny & Leslie are #2, Clint is #3, Jeremy is #4 and I am now #5
Going up & over one of the many hills along the way
The view to our right
Going up yet another hill
We park the bikes in the parking lot of the Holy City in the Wichita
Mts. This is where they put on the Easter Pageant every year. The ACLU and anti-any kind of religion types tried to get it shut down a few years ago..Needless to say, it still stands and still has the pageants.
The bikes & the Holy City
If you click the picture, you can see Matt at the staue of Jesus. That statue is made out of the rock at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel
The bikes with the statue in the background
Kenny & Leslie out front of the main Church at the Holy City, Wichita Mts Oklahoma.
At the Holy City: Jeremy, Matt, Jennie, Leslie, Kenny & Clint
Jeremy, Matt, Jennie, Leslie, Kenny & Clint at the Holy City
We leave the Holy City and set our sites on Mt. Scott
Some of the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge as we head to Mt. Scott
Mt. Scott in front of us. Up front: Matt & Jenny followed by Kenny & Leslie, Clint, Jeremy and me..
Getting closer
That is the entrance just ahead...Then it's a nice curvy climb to the summit...
And we start up
This was Jeremy's first time up to Mt. Scott
It is usually windy at the top. Being a cool day and windy, there aren't too many folks that go up on motorcycles.. Except for a few crazies from Texas...
As we climb upward, you can see Lake Lawtonka below on the right. I told Jeremy if I messed up and went over the side while taking pics, not to worry about me but to find the camera as I was going to click the shutter all the way down to the sudden stop at the end and those would be some pretty cool pics...(grin)
Up, up, upward they climbed...
We're getting close to the summit
A view to the West which is to our right , at this point
The sun is out for awhile
The last couple upward curves
We made it and here are Kenny & Leslie, Jeremy, Jennie & Matt & Clint at Lookout Point
Kenny & Leslie, Jeremy, Jennie & Matt, Clint & me. Mt. Scott
Kenny, Leslie, Jeremy, Jennie, Matt, Clint & me
Leslie up on Mt. Scott ready to head down
Clint, King of the Hill
Clint Summit Mt. Scott
A challenger approaches Clint as Clint removes his helmet and prepares to knock said challenger to one of the other Mountains.. Tread lightly Jeremy...
Jennie & Matt. Jennie was shivering.....
Jennie & Matt
As we get ready to leave: Kenny, Leslie, Clint, Jennie, Matt and Jeremy
We start back down Mt. Scott
The curves as they look going down
Still heading down Mt. Scott
Nearing the bottom
Last curve to the bottom.
We all made it to the base of Mt. Scott without mishap and started around the curves at Lake Lawtonka..
More of the curves around the Lake
It is one giant zig zag around that Lake.
We finish the run around the Lake and head home. Here is Jeremy
Taking it easy for now...
As we head for our Southerly route home, you can see Clint up ahead, stretching his legs out. He rode like that for a mile or so...
We stop for fuel in Cache Oklahoma. It was here that the sun went behind the clouds to the west and the temp started to drop. This is Jennie & Matt as we get ready to fly low home to beat the cooling temps
The last picture of the ride today as we speed up quite a bit to get back to Texas. From the time I rolled out of the garage this morning to the time I rolled back in this afternoon, showed a trip of 227.6 miles. Not a bad day of riding. I think we all had a good time today even with the cooler temperatures. I know I did. I always have a great time riding with friends and I look forward to our next ride.
Scroll way down for more rides, events & posts and don't forget to click on the "older posts" link at the bottom of EACH page for more rides and posts. Check out North Texas Bikers (1) at
http://www.jjskewlstuff.blogspot.com/ for rides, events & posts from January 08-November 08. Until next post, ya'll be careful out there, ride safe, keep the rubber on the road & pray for our Troops................JOHN
Some folks have been cleaning up the building and repainting it and getting ready to open a business. What kind of business? Last night at 9:30 p.m. the business name was painted on the building. I was extremely pleased to see the business was: JIM'S BIKE DETAIL SHOP. Above is the picture of the front of the building.
Another view of the front of JIM'S BIKE DETAIL SHOP
I stopped in and Jim took the time out from painting to tell me about the shop and let me take some pictures for the blog. Meet Jim, owner of the business
This is Jim & his Harley. Jim told me he bought the bike almost 2 years ago and he is just short of 40,000 miles. So, that will let you know that the business is BIKER OWNED & BIKER OPERATED. Jim has worked for RED RIVER HARLEY DAVIDSON and worked with Charlie, who now manages the FOUR STARS MOTORCYCLE RANCH in Henrietta Texas. For more info on those 2 businesses, click the following links: http://redriverharley-davidson.com/Default.asp & http://www.fourstarsautoranch.com/
The shop/bay area in the process of getting cleaned up & painted
Inside the front door where the office area will be
Jim has been busting his butt getting the shop ready. I will continue to give ya'll updates as the opening day gets closer and the interior takes shape..Jim told me they are hoping to open for business on MARCH 2, 09. Mark that date down on your calenders so you can drop in.
Shelf space and the inside door to the shop/bay area
Jim gave me the following info on the business: JIM'S BIKE DETAIL SHOP, 5400 Southwest Parkway Wichita Falls Texas 76310. (NW Corner of Southwest Parkway & Barnett Rd). Hours will be: Mon- Fri 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fri & Sat open all day. Jim's Bike Detail Shop will specialize in detailing motorcycles and they will also be doing State Inspections on bikes & cars. I might add at this time, you may want to call Jim on those great riding days and make sure he will be open. Being a man who loves to ride, I wouldn't blame him one bit for taking off now & then and going for a nice ride with friends. You can contact Jim at 940-232-4181 for any questions you may have or for any other information on the business. We will have an e-mail address available for the business in the near future. Also, as stated earlier, I will keep you, the viewers, updated on his progress getting the building ready for opening day.
