I’m watching the weather almost religiously right now.  We’re planning another Gap trip for April 4th, and hubby’s already asked for the day off.  The bad news?  Right now weather.com is forecasting 60% chance of rain.  I’m hoping the trip is far enough away that the weather will change by then.

I’ve learned from experience not to even consider driving to The Gap if they’re calling for any rain.  The last time we went up for a full weekend they were calling for 30% rain on Saturday and 20% Sunday.  We figured it was a low enough % that we’d have a nice weekend.

What we had was anything but.  We spent all day Saturday kicked back at The Kickstand Lodge because it absolutely poured all day.  We did take the Blazer up and down the dragon a couple times, but riding was out of the question.  Sunday we waited until around lunch time for the roads to dry up, but at least we got to ride for a few hours before having to head home.

I won’t do that again.  Saturday was a full day wasted.  It was nice and pretty back home, and we could have been riding on 28 instead.

I woke up this morning complaining that my sinuses were going haywire.  I’m not complaining anymore.  After an allergy pill and a short ride this morning I’m perfectly happy enjoying this wonderful day.  It’s 78 degrees outside, and I’m lovin’ it.  (Hums the Mickey D’s theme)

I do have work to get done today, so I had hubby drop me off at the house.  Now he’s going off to meet one of his friends to ride hwy 178.  I like riding 178  when there aren’t a lot of bikes out, but I know it’s going to be packed today.  That many bikes can spell trouble in such a small little area.

We call it the mini Deal’s Gap because it’s the perfect place to ride if you want to warm up for the tight twisties, but unlike Deal’s Gap you’ve got a ton of squids up there showing out.  I can’t stand that.  If you’re going to ride in the mountains keep it within your limits.  Don’t try to drag a knee just because other guys (or girls) are doing it.

Well now I’m off to make me some lunch and get some work done.

Man it felt so good to take a little ride today. It was a little chilly on the way home, but I’ve been bummed out because of all the bad weather we’ve had, so I’ll ride when I can. Hubby and I both wanted to ride, so we rode up the mountain to my cousin’s house.

While they stood outside goofing off I rode around the circle he lives on, but I couldn’t do too much. Right now I can ride as a passenger no problem, but holding up that much weight on my own is killing my back. I’m going to have to get my back straightened out again before I’m riding by myself a lot this summer.

I’m thinking about checking out the massage therapy schools in our area because I know from time to time they’ll offer free massages to give their students some extra hands on training. A massage would really help my back tonight.

Other than my back hurting I really enjoyed riding tonight, but it just wasn’t long enough. We only had about 30 minutes to ride before dark, so hopefully I can get to bed early enough to night to have an early start tomorrow.

I’ve been talking to someone over the last few weeks about commissioning a piece of artwork that would basically be the logo design for the group of us girls who ride together here. We’ve been discussing terms, and it looks like we finally settled on something both the artist and I can agree on. I don’t want to name any names right now because it’s going to take a few months for the commission to be finished, and I want it to be a surprise. You hear me Allison & Anna? I’m not telling you who it is so stop asking me!

To keep the cost low we’re agreeing on a non commercial commission. That means we can print as sell as many shirts as we need to the girls in the group as long as we’re selling to recover the costs of printing and commission instead of to make money. We’re not interested in making any money off the shirts. We just all want a shirt that shows who we are. I also have permission to give away some of the shirts on the blog, so if all goes well we might just have a little contest going on here in a few months.

If we did want to create our own group logo to use for a business it would be very easy to do. All we’d have to do is visit LogoYes, and we’d have it done in a matter of minutes. When you’re starting a new company it’s always important to come up with a logo design to go with your name so your company can be known by that logo. Check out the business card I just created.

It only took me about 30 seconds to make that logo, and it looks good on my business card. There are 5 easy steps to follow, so all you have to do is pick your logo and let the program create the card for you. There were a ton of different logos to choose from depending on the industry, and as you can see I even found one that works for motorcycles! You know this girl loves a curvy road!

God you don’t know how bad I’m itching to ride right now.  This seriously sucks.  Thanks to the weather and work I haven’t spent more than an hour total on the bike in the last 2 weeks.  Missing the trip to the Gap was bad, but I’m seriously going to explode if I don’t get a chance to ride soon.

Tomorrow is going to be the best day I would have to ride this week, but go figure we’ve got nasty weather headed this way.  I’ve been itching to ride so bad that I pulled out Tourist Trophy to race for a couple hours today.

I think it drives me even more crazy knowing last year we rode year round.  All winter we had problems with our cars breaking down constantly, so the bike was our main transportation.  You go from riding everyday out of necessity to not even getting an hour to ride for fun, it’ll drive you crazy!