I can see for miles and miles...

Ahhh, nothing’ could be finer. Just got back from a fantastic ride this weekend. We went to Arkansas for the annual AE Hog Fall Foliage ride. We left Friday morning, overnighted in Mena, AR, then off to Hot Springs, AR for Saturday night. The weather was good but cool, almost cold, but we had a few low clouds Friday during the ride over the mountains.

I am quickly falling in love with the roads of Arkansas. We had about 40 bikes and 60 folks from the club. It was eventful in many ways…

The colors were awesome, the timing was near perfect.

We headed north on 377 into OK, onto Hwy 70. From there, hmm, I have the route map somewhere but I know we did the Queen Wilimena ride, (SR1/SR88) which is recognized as one of the top ten rides in the US. I can’t wait to do it again.

Saturday morning was cool but not as cold as expected and we took off to Hot Springs via Mount Magazine, we paused for a group photo, but one pod was missing….

As far as events, first the bike incidents, idiot pickup driver at service station to rolled unattended into two bikes, then the flying saddle bag cover, next was the oil cooler leak which took about 1.5 hours to resolve, causing some delays, then Jerry’s battery, then Don P’s battery, next was Mark’s lost key/hotwire, then Lee again after the saddle bag, experiencing a flat tire while driving home. No injuries, nothing too serious.

Party events…. The “fire” at the Mena hotel with Bobby coming to attention, the overloaded elevator at the Arlington in Hot Springs and of course the hot tub at the Arlington…. I am sure there are others but those are the ones that stick out.

In total approx 800 miles round trip. Awesome…

Pics.. Hmmm I wonder if I can link to the AE Hog gallery when they get posted.

Club Leaf Ride Pics