[Jeff Higgins]

Thanks, guys. It really is days like that that "make it all worthwhile". Great scenery, great company, and all in all a very relaxing, satisfying day.

Just to make you guys even more jealous, I should probably mention that I spent the entire day before (Saturday) on the Road King with my lovely wife. No pics from this trip, though - we were too busy riding. We went over the Cascades (Snoqualmie Pass) on that ride, into Ellensberg and Cle Ellum.

So, yes, a total ride and screw off kind of weekend. I was loving it. There was a reason I kind of "packed it all in" on one weekend, though - I'm deploying on a major, extended repair in a few days. I'm not scheduled to be home again until Thanksgiving. There may very well be snow higher up in our Cascades by then, and the days will certainly be short and wet at any rate. Essentially, this was my "last hurrah" of the season. Oh well, it was a good one...