This weekend was loooooong. Saturday was the third annual Mods vs. Rockers at Delilah's, so pretty much from noon to five I was hanging out up on Lincoln Ave.
I met some cool people - like Drew here - shot the shit, and saw a ton of scooters and motorcycles.
This Thai puppy provided a nice cover when it started raining in the middle of the afternoon. It dried off quickly, though it rained on us twice more before the end of the night.
Of course, there were a ton of motorcycles around, too.
Sean told me that they ended up making copies of the police NO PARKING flyers and flyering every parking meter for two blocks down.
We pulled out for a big group ride up to Montrose Harbor and then down to Motoworks on the west side. Of course, right after we got onto Lake Shore Drive, traffic slowed to a standstill and it started raining. It was so damn hot that day, that it wasn't too uncomfortable.
From LSD we hit Lower Wacker, which was nuts - a swarm of scooters and motorcycles ripping through there, and then onto I-290 out to Western. Pretty fun. More groups rides needed. After dinner at Motoworks, a bunch of us scooted back up to Delilah's via surface streets. I don't know what people thought seeing a bunch of scooters buzzing around.
Yesterday, I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous hot day and ride up Sheridan Road to Lake Bluff, since I'm going to miss the Scooterworks ride for being in Portland next weekend. It was great, although of course it would have been more fun if able to share it with someone.Ah, well. C'est la vie.
I need to bicycle more, but the Vespa is so tempting. I'm being tempted by the Scooter Cannonball. The next one isn't until fall of 2008, I believe, but with my financial and time availability at that point in my career, I doubt it'll happen until 2010. Which is okay in a way, since it'll probably take me that long to find someone to ride it with me for company.
Anyone know what's good to do in Portland? I've got Thursday night and Saturday night to kill this weekend.
