Sunday Ride (September 2, 2012)

I went out for a ride on the motorcycle on September 2, and have a few more photos on my Racing with the Wind blog, but this photo at left I took in Davidson, NC. Its a great town, like the fact that they are trying to limit development, and to keep it a "small college town". It is not far from the Lake Norman area, and has a number of small shops, and a really tight (and you need to pay attention to it) speed limit. You normally see a lot of people jogging, and riding bicycles, and walking, it is a quiet sort of place. It also has a lot of places to eat and drink, great book stores, that sort of thing.   

 Davidson is the home to Davidson College, a very old school, in fact President Woodrow Wilson spent some time going to school there (was US President during World War One). I like the very old buildings there, such as this church, it is a beautiful school, and a very respected school as well. It has a first rate football and basketball team there - in fact the basketball team went real far in the NCAA tournament a few years ago.
Davidson is a very nice area to ride in, with a lot of history and some really big and fine houses. It is not far from Lake Norman, and also has some first rate entertainment both of the kind that charges admission and also for free as well in the centrally located park in Downtown Davidson.
It is well worth a visit, easy to get to, and a fun ride. If you are a motorcyclist, you will find some of the best roads in the area. 

This is Michael Waltrip Racing, one of the big(er) race shops in the area. I like Michael, as he is a real hoot as a person, but is doing really good in NASCAR as a team owner. Of course there are a lot of race shops in the area, the Charlotte area (Huntersville, Concord, Charlotte itself, and Cornelius where this shop is located) is home to the vast majority of teams in the circuit. Neat to live in two cities where there are major NASCAR tracks (Richmond, VA and Concord, NC) . Richmond races next weekend, Concord's last races of 2012 are coming up in October of this year.    

Finally, I was going back to the area from the motorcycle ride yesterday to get a photo of the lake. I made a turn down a neighborhood in Cornelius and came across some houses like this, and had to get a photo of one of them. I see some amazing houses in Richmond, but the Lake Norman area has some really "nice" neighborhoods as well. Of course though you can't see it here, the back yard of these houses are the amazing Lake Norman (and I have a few photos of the lake all though this blog, its a favorite riding area of mine). I have to say, its fun living in this area, though seriously doubt I will ever see myself in any sort of house like this....ever.