JShram and I took a ride up the Matanuska River valley tonight. The road is in poor condition, but lots of twisties, and ups n downs. I was going to ride earlier today but just couldn't force myself to put on the leathers in this heat. The past two weeks have been unreal up here, temps in the 80s. ****, it was somewhere between 80 and 85 when we took off at 9:00 tonight. That might not seem too high to you guys down south but that's way too hot for up here. For those who know the area, we went up the Glenn Hwy as far as the Puritan Creek turn out. That's where you first get a view of the Matanuska Glacier. Lots of stops along the way, gas, pictures, ice cream!! We got to the turn out around 11:00 or so. We decided to head back so we wouldn't have to ride in the twilight. Nice thing about Alaska, the day is LONG. It's almost 2:30 am here now. I could go outside and read a book with no artificial light needed. Our riding season may not be long but the riding days sure are! There's no particular reason for this post. I just can't sleep and I'm sitting here wishing we had gone farther up the road. It was one of the best rides I've ever been on even if it wasn't very long, bout 100 miles round trip. The temp was down around 60 when we got back, 15 min after midnight. Very little traffic, great scenery, nice twisties and 2 Warriors just havin a ball. Yep, it was a nice night to ride. Here's a pic of the 2 bikes next to the Matanuska river. It was taken somewhere between 10:00 and 10:15 pm.
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