August GAR Report;
Well, we had six bikes show up at the Devil Mountain shop for the August GAR to Suisun City. Not a bad showing considering that we have numerous members on the way to Milwaukee and had over 20 bikes leave early this morning for the Gold Rush Run.
Our group departed out the back of the parking lot onto Leland and followed that over to Bailey Rd. We rode over the hill to Concord and made our way via Concord Blvd, Farm Bureau Rd and Port Chicago to Hwy 4. We merged onto 680 north and proceeded across the Benicia bridge taking the Lake Herman Rd exit to our scheduled stop at the Jack In The Box/Gas station. The wind was gusting a bit when we crossed the bridge, but other than that the weather was perfect for a Saturday morning ride.
After a quick cup of coffee and a short break we were back on the road. We crossed over 680 and turned north onto Lopes Rd, following that all the way into Cordelia. Then we turned right onto Cordelia Rd and made our way east to Suisun City and Babs Delta Diner. Babs has good food, good size portions, great service and reasonable prices. What more can a hungry group of HOGs ask for ;?)
After eating we made our way back to the bikes and prepared for the ride home. We rode up Main St to Hwy 12; HEY! Where did the on-ramp for 12 East go? The only signs, and subsequent on-ramp, was for 12 West. We had to make a course correction (no, not a U-turn), ride back under 12 and turn left into what looked like a parking lot. This street took us to the on-ramp for 12 East and we were back on track. We took 12 back through Rio Vista and then 160 back into Antioch.
Great food, great ride and great company. How I love this chapter ...
