Commander's Ride
This past Thursday was our new Commander's "1st Annual Group Ride," and all motorcycle riders in the unit were told that this ride was their place of duty. So with me being a new motorcycle owner, and all excited to go on my first actual ride longer than four miles, I got my stuff ready and showed up. We were to meet at Jimmy Ray's Cycle Shop in Graham, WA at 9:00am, and go through some safety & awareness classes. The Group Commanders spoke and then they picked out several veteran riders to lead packs of eight (or so) riders. The route Would take us from the motorcycle shop through a few towns, and straight to the base Mount Rainier to a small town named Paradise. It was a relatively straight shot from the shop to the mountain, with few turns off. I didn't count the exact number of motorcycles that ended up showing up, but it easily numbered over 60 bikes. It was many more than I thought would show up. Cruisers, sportbikes, a couple sport tourers, a coup...