UMCI NORTH COAST BBQ 2009

It sure is nice that Jim and Anne provide our chapter with a annual BBQ each year. It is so much fun and kinda puts a exclamation point on the end of the year. This year the September BBQ had great weather and as a Pot Luck there was plenty of food and desert!

Here Anne is getting ready for the throng of hungry bikers.







Jim and Dave supervising..."Hey shouldn't that egg salad be on the left of the Veggie Jello?"













Anne having fun already.....














Let's look at Jim's new KLR and examine the improvements made on the new 2009's. There is some mighty fine BSING going on here..














That is Vickie on the right and Mary on the left.













Jim T. on the left with Aldie (his Dad center) and Jim R on the right. Jim R. has volunteered to be the BBQ chef today...












And as you can see he is a Happy Guy! OK, Jim get the utensil from Mary.














That is Tamra's new HD on the right and her husband Allen's on the left. They just Moved Up! (Harley rider writing the story) to Harley's













Jim S. and Tamra



















Left to right Jim R., Allen, Dave, and Jim T.















Left to right Paul who showed up in his new Mustang Convertible, Jim and Doug B.















The chow line has started....











Around the table Jim R is setting forward with his plate and to his right is Nancy, Tim, William, Paul, Doug and Mary. And I think that is Don in the black hat and sun glasses.















Left to right is Joy and Dixie

Nancy, Tim and William are enjoying the day and great food

That is Jim S. and Katie after hitting the desert line. That was GOOD chocolate cake...Ask me how I know?

I don't know what they are talking about but you can bet it's all about motorcycles.... well what else?

Plenty of room to park the Ole Iron Horse!

Darn they look good!

Hey, that's me and Annie having a good laugh!

That is Vickie and I hamming it up for the camera....

Thanks, Jim and Anne for having us over for a great BBQ. I hope we can do it again next year.

Ride To Birkenfield

We do email rides at the drop of a hat...That is the way they work.. Today's ride will take us to Birkenfield. If you follow our blog you will know that we go here quite often for lunch.

The weather today was cloudy and it rained a little during the night but the road was dry and the sun was coming out.











We have some new folks riding along with us and some new bikes. I thought I would introduce them to you. This is Harry's new 2010 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic. He just got it and it only has 100 miles on it. It's the maiden voyage today. What a nice looking machine.
















Three Ultra Classics's Two Peace Officer Special Edition's (Black 2009/2008) and that's Tim's 2007 Ultra Classic on the right.












Yep, that is Don's Goldwing.. Hey Don, come back... Guess he did not want to be in the picture.



















This beauty belongs to Dave and Mary. It is two weeks old but already has over 1000 miles on it. Dave can't seem to get enough time in the saddle.












Jim and Anne stopped by during the coffee clutch in their motorhome. They were off to a RC fly-in












This is Mary. What is she showing us besides the matching red and black leather ensemble.





















Oh yeah! The matching nails, which was an exact match for color and pin stripping of their new bike... I have to say this is the first time I have seen something like this...














This is a very cool shot of Harry's new Ultra. Wire smoothies look real cool!














We stop at the Elk View point near Jewel on our way to Birkenfield.














Hey Tim! How about posing for the camera?

















I finally got Don to settle down for a shot..













Uh Oh.... Yours truly... Thanks to Don who returned the favor...

Harry giving us his non smile bad boy look... Your not fooling anybody Harry... We know you can smile.. Harry is new to our group and is welcome to tag along anytime.

Dick relaxing on a bench at the view point

Our target destination... Birkenfield...

Finally a pic of Mike... Mike and Harry ride allot together and have recently joined us on some email rides. Nice ride Mike!

I should have got some pictures once the food was on the table. Well I guess I was just too busy making it disappear. (left to right) Don, Dick and Tim

(left to right) Mike, Mary and Dave

We finish our lunch and head for home. We take Hwy 47 to Clatskanie. Then Hwy 30 back home. it was a good ride. Good company and food what else could we ask for...

See you down the road.

Doug

Mt. St. Helens Picnic Ride

We have road to Mt St Helens several times for a pic nic at Coldwater lake. Today's ride had excellent weather. I thought we would cross the Astoria bridge to Washington and take Hwy 4 to Coal Creek. We would come out at Castle Rock and then we could pic up our sandwiches at Subway.



We ran into some road construction on Hwy 4 and were stopped by flaggers about four times. Then when we got onto Coal Creek we had about 4 miles of fresh chip seal.... What fun! Oh well, I guess that's what makes it a adventure..



Those on our ride today are Doug and Vickie, Jim and Katie, Jim and Ann, Dick, Don, Dave and Mary and last but not least William












These pictures show that we have arrived at the pic nic area at Coldwater Lake.




























As you can see with the tour bus in the back ground this area can get kinda crowded. There were some free pic nic tables but they were in the sun. However Vickie and I did find a shady spot and it was not long before a shady table opened up.























William is in deep thought here


























I told you there was some vacancy























After lunch at Coldwater Lake we road up the rest of the way to Johnson's Ridge










































This is the view point just before the summit. And I think I have come to realize it is actually the best view point. Less people and the view is just as good.

















Yep, it's yours truly






















That is Vickie and I with Mt. St. Helens in the background.















Thanks to Jim T. for taking this photo. It seems that Vickie and I don't get into pictures together most of the time.

















That is Jim T. standing next to his ride.

















Jim and Ann what a great shot.

















Dave, I think Mary had already ran over to the view point.

Some great rides...

Check out the informational map

Jim S. is checking out the Mountain. I don't know where Katie has run off too

Another picture of Jim and Mt. St. Where did my top go?

No we have Don S. on the right and Dave in the middle. That is William on the left and Vickie on the far left. Amazing what you can get people to do when taking pictures.

Hey Vickie. She looks like she is having a good time

Me and Princess

From Left to Right Jim T., Ann, Dick R. and

Jim S.

Ok, I think Jim is tired of getting his picture taken.

Hey Dick! Great ride so far!!

On our way down from the summit. It was probably around upper 70's at the summit and will be around 91 when we get to the bottom. Boy I have become a real wimp in the Hot weather. I can remember when 91 did not seem hot.

The flowers along the road in on the foot hills about 3/4 of the way up were amazing. And they smelled good too!

Nice and green up here!

Great road eh?