571 Ride (May 4, 2020)

Believe it or not on this Monday morning, this was the first part of the ride. Took this photo near my house of the geese with their baby geese. This is a special and wonderful time of year and a great time to see the wonders of nature in all its glory. I have only lived in Ohio for the last two years (almost) but have really come to love it. For so many reasons, this is a wonderful place to live and I feel very lucky to be here.   

Stopped by Carriage Hill Park, where I stopped for a brief bit to visit some horses out enjoying the morning. Fun to see them, and they are some remarkable creatures.
The park is one of my favorite places to explore. Dayton has a very good park system and looking forward to seeing all of them. Hopefully that will be a good project for this year. Until I find out more about the virus, keeping my distance from my fellow man.     

Due to the virus it was very quiet in Tipp City. Rode a roundabout route from Carriage Hill Park into the country and came across the turnoff from 202 to Tipp City and figured, what the hell. Love the beautiful old buildings.
From there rode down 571 past some farms and fields into New Carlisle. Visited the airport (just a sort of "fly by" as nothing going on there) and then followed it to my home (well almost to my home). Ride was 32 miles and a great time on a beautiful day. I put a few more photos up on my "Racing with the Wind" motorcycle blog. Looking forward to the next ride, thank you for visiting my page.     

Visiting with the Wright Brothers (May 1, 2020)

Interesting ride on the motorcycle on this first day of May. I had a surprise in that I really was not headed to Dayton, but ended up there. Even more interesting, found my way once again to Woodlawn Cemetery.
The photo at left is the Civil War section there. Directly below is the Wright Family graves which is includes Wilbur and Orville Wright as well as their sister and their dad.
From the cemetery at its highest point is the third photo which I took. That is said to be the best view of the city to be found anyplace. I zoomed in for that photo, but have a longer view on my "Racing with the Wind" blog page.
It was a good day to get out, with the sun finally coming up and the temperature coming up from the cold of the past few days. Like the rides around here and certainly found this one to be interesting today. Went a few more places on the way, but this is the main destination for this blog post. I hope you have enjoyed these photos and thank you for visiting my page.   

Dayton: The Return (April 27, 2020)

 For the second ride in a row, went to Dayton on the motorcycle. Wonderful Monday to ride and went to the Aviation Museum in the Wright-Dunbar neighborhood of Dayton. Not open (and I knew that) due to the virus, basically went for the ride and frankly to get the photo at left. Big fan of aviation and the Wright Brothers. For that reason, there is no better place to be than Dayton. I have a photo of the museum below in the next three photos, which include information about the bicycle shop. All of the first four photos are part of the same complex.
The last photo though is Day Air Ballpark, which is home of the Dayton Dragons. The Dragons are a single A farm team of the Cincinnati Reds. Usually a very popular place during baseball season though again...not this year yet.
Still, a nice ride again around the very interesting and historic city, and a good way to social distance. I rode alone and stopped no where except to look. These are strange days but a unique opportunity to enjoy the ride and to explore. Thank you for visiting my page.       

Dayton, Ohio (April 25, 2020)

 Bit of a weather surprise on Saturday, and a nicer day than Friday was. Took the Triumph out to Dayton and visited some sights. Went via new routes both there and back, and I like those a lot. Sure beats the bumpy road which is OH 4. Here at left is the Dayton Art Museum. I have been in there, a nice place and went to the Greek Festival last year there. Below is a monument on Monument Ave (Civil War Union Monument) while got the photo of the Wright Flyer Monument at the Riverside park in Dayton. It was a very good ride, and have a few more photos on my Racing with the Wind blog page. Fun place to visit, and I will be back again!       

Tipp City, Ohio (April 23, 2020)

Nice day out, with a break from the rain of the last few days (which if the forecast is true this will be a wet weekend). Rode out to Tipp City on the Triumph. Tipp City is one of my favorite area cities. There are a lot of historic things to see there, a really fine BBQ restaurant (Hickory River Smokehouse), a damn fine Honda dealer to work on my car (Voss Honda) and its a great ride to get there. I rode up Highway 571 which is very scenic with a number of farms and fields.
Got out and put another 50 miles on the motorcycle. As for Tipp City will be back there again and looking forward to my next visit.     

Spring Returns (April 20, 2020)

 Back again has come Spring, after a week of very rainy weather, even some snow. Thankfully the snow did not last even an hour, but it fell and fell with gusto for a short time. Along with that was a few days of frost and freezing weather. I still though kept watching the forecast and finally have been rewarded with the return of Spring weather. Got up and took the Sunride photo at left and the flower photo at our house below before getting out on the motorcycle. Photos from the ride can be found on my "Racing with the Wind" blog page.   

St Paris, on Easter Sunday (April 12, 2020)

 I went on a motorcycle ride this fine Easter Sunday, and while I have a few photos on my "Racing with the Wind" blog page, thought I would add these two. Took these during my stop in St. Paris, Ohio. Usually this is a larger ride but for today just wanted to get out for a bit. Actually at 53 miles turned out to be the (so far) biggest ride of 2020. It has been a wonderful and beautiful Easter Sunday spent with my wonderful wife Debbie.
I hope for all of you, wherever you are and whatever you believe, that you have had a good day today.