Weather Photo from Sioux City this Morning

It was 32 degrees out when I snapped this photo with my new cell phone before I left for work this morning. I don't know if it is visible, but the tree and car are covered in ice. We had our first thunderstorm of 2009 this morning. The cats were unusually absent and hiding in the basement from the storm noise when I left. I had ridden the bike to work a couple days ago, but that wasn't going to happen this morning. One of the old timers at that gym told me to stop riding my bike because every time I do we get a storm within a couple of days.

Maybe this?

Though not photogenic as Shannon, here I am sitting on a used Rocket III at Baxter's Open House Saturday morning. This was a '06 I believe with about 25K on it. It was in pretty good shape, but I'm still looking for a different type of 2-up bike. I'm going to be asking 8K now for my K1200RS and L says she would be willing to sell the Shadow for a 2-up bike too, so I am going to have to get to work cleaning it up.

We had a good time at the Open House. The free chili dogs were a bonus.

Baxter Open House

Shannon eyeballing a Rocket III at Spring Baxter Open House in Marne, IA Saturday.

Weekend Plans Feb 21st

I'm hoping to head down to Marne, Iowa with Shannon L. and Loyd A. after the club breakfast this Saturday to the Spring Baxter Cycle Open House. Whats this world coming to - Shannon has become a huge Triumph fan since he sold his KLR and traded his R1100S Replica in for a new 1055 Tiger last fall. We are going to have to see how he fares on that thing during a real trip.

I rode the new Tiger model twice at Randy's open house in August at Marne, and then once again in September. I almost fell for it myself, but I figured with my We-Strom I had it covered. The new Tiger is really kind of like my We-Strom except its a little bit better ... in just about every way except price and maintenance. Either bike should be great at curve carving.

Upcoming Rides and Rallies of Interest
March 7 - Autobahn Trek to Martinsburg, NE
March 17 BSR monthly meeting at Peaches in South Sioux at 6PM. Ask for the back room when you arrive.
March 28 Bak BMW Victory Open House, 10 AM to 2 PM, Sioux City, IA
April 24-26 IBMWR Blitz to Branson (RSVP) - http://www.ibmwr.org/events/2009/blitz2branson.shtml
May 9-10 BSR Damm Mother's Day Campout at Pixtown, SD. Look for us in the campground below the Dam, the north one was just too cold last year.
May 25 GLMC Bonzai Road Rally, Winona, MN - http://www.glmc.org/
May 29-31 Hiawatha Rally, Money Creek, MN
June 11-14 Iowa Pure Stodge Rally - Its back with a new location - http://purestodge.org/
June 19-21 Team Strange Minnesota 1K - http://www.teamstrange.com/2009/MN1K/
June 26-28 Seventh Annual Bohemian Alps Rally (Triumph Rat Pack), Verdigre, NE
July 3-4 BMW Bash at The Hub, Arkansas, N 36.11346 W 93.12447
July 12 Heart of Iowa BMW Club's annual Ride-In, Isaac Walton League at Ahquabi, Second Sunday of July
July 16-19 37th BMW MOA International Rally, Johnson City, TN
July 23-26 BMWRA Rally, Canaan Valley State Park, West Virginia - http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?t=31225

Testing 1, 2, 3....

Just seeing if my new phone can post a decent photo to my blog using email.

This is a photo of Shannon at last Saturday's breakfast with my new Samsung Omnia cell phone. I posted this photo using the email function. Click on the photo to see the full sized version - It works. Very Cool. I'm back in business again.