SUNDAY RIDE 08/2009

August 10, 2009 - Monday
VVMC SUNDAY RIDE 08/09/09 Current mood:Waiting to do it again!
Category: Travel and Places

HI EVERYONE,
YESTERDAY ROCS (WHO IS FINALLY FEELING BETTER, YEAH), CATCHUP, DOUBLESHOT, AND MYSELF (POCKETS) WENT ON A RIDE TO THE COAST. WE WERE ACCOMPANIED BY MOTORCYCLE BOY, DESIGN MAN, ROCK-A-BILLY JOE AND HIP CHIC JULIE.
WE HEADED DOWN 87 TO ALMADEN RD., WE TOOK ALMADEN RD. TO McKEAN RD. AND PAST CALERO RESEVOIR AND UVAS DAM. WE TURNED RIGHT ONTO WATSONVILLE RD. AND MADE A QUICK STOP AT THAT LITTLE PARK ON THE RIGHT. JUST BEFORE WE GOT TO OUR STOP SOME OF THE GROUP NOTICED A GUY RIDING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WITHOUT A HELMET!!! WTF WAS HE THINKING??? I HOPE HE MADE IT SAFE TO HIS DESTINATION. WHILE WE WERE CHATTING AT THE PEE STOP A COUPLE OF GROUPS ON SPORT BIKES PASSED BY. I NOTICED A FEW SBF AND SOME CURVE UNIT PATCHES. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT EVERYONE WAS OUT ENJOTING THE WEATHER. I WAS ALSO HAPPY THEY PASSED US WHILE WE WERE STOPPED AND NOT LATER DOWN THE ROAD.
SO WE CONTINUED ON TO HECKER PASS (HWY 152) AND INTO WATSONVILLE. SOUND FAMILIAR? IT SHOULD, WE WENT THAT WAY LAST WEEK. WHO CARES IF WE DID IT 2 WEEKS IN A ROW, WE WERE TRYING TO ESCAPE THE HEAT! AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL RIDE. ANYWAY THIS TIME WE CONTINUED THROUGH WATSONVILLE OVER TO 129, TO HWY 1 AND MOSS LANDING.
WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION MOSS LANDING AND PHIL'S FAMOUS FISH MARKET. THAT PLACE IS SOOO GOOD AND IT IS ALWAYS CROWDED. SO AFTER STALKING SOME PEOPLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WE FINALLY AQUIRED A TABLE WE COULD ALL SIT AT TOGETHER. EVERYTHING ON THE MENU IS INVITING, A BIT EXPENSIVE BUT WORTH IT BECAUSE IT TASTES GOOD AND THEY DON'T SKIMP ON THE PORTIONS.
DOUBLESHOT ORDERED A BOWL OF CLAM CHOWDER EXPECTING A REGULAR SIZE BOWL, BUT INSTEAD WAS SERVED A GALLON OF CLAM CHOWDER LOL. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ALL HAD A VERY FILLING MEAL.
SO WHERE DO YOU GO AFTER SUCH A FILLING MEAL? YOU GO BACK TO WATSONVILLE AND HEAD TO GIZDICH RANCH FOR PIE OF COURSE .
SO WE HOPPED BACK ON OUR BIKES AND HEADED OUT. FIRST WE STOPPED AT CATCHUP'S FAMILY GAS STATION IN WATSONVILLE, GOMEZ GAS. THEN AS WE WERE GOING DOWN A 2 LANE ROAD THAT MERGED INTO 1 LANE, IT WAS ONCE AGAIN PROVEN TO ME THAT MEN CAN'T READ WOMEN'S MINDS! I SLOWED DOWN IN FRONT OF THE 1 CAR BEHIND ME TO GIVE EVERYONE ELSE A CHANCE TO MERGE INTO THE LANE AND KEEP THE GROUP TOGETHER. ALL THE OWMEN IN THE GROUP GOT IT AND STEPPED UP TO MERGE. MEANWHILE THE MEN WERE CLUELESS AS USUAL AND HOLDING BACK. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR WAS STARTING TO GET PISSED, LOL. THEN WHEN THE MERGE LANE WAS BASICALLY GONE THE MEN RODE THE RIGHT SHOULDER TO COME AROUND AND REJOIN THE GROUP.
WE MADE IT TO GIZDICH AND EVERYONE GOT THEIR PIE. SOME HAD APRICOT, BOYSENBERRY, VERY BERRY, AND OLLALIE BERRY. SOME HAD ALA MODE SOME DIDN'T. WE ALL GOT WATERS, SOME WERE FROZEN SOLID, SOME WEREN'T LOL. A COUPLE OF US CHECKED OUT THE ANTIQUE STORE, I SAW SOME COOL STUFF BUT NOTHING MOTORCYCLE RELATED , TIME TO GO.
WE GOT BACK ON OUR BIKES AND TOOK OFF FOR HOME, OR AT LEAST CLOSE TO IT. WOOPS, WAIT WHERE IS DESIGN MAN? HE ALMOST GOT LEFT BEHIND FOR THE 2ND TIME TODAY! WE HEADED BACK OVER THE HILL (MT. MADONNA) AND INTO MORGAN HILL, WE WENT DOWN MONTEREY RD. TO COYOTE AND STOPPED THERE FOR A COLD DRINK. DOUBLE SHOT AND DESIGN MAN KEPT GOING AND HEADED HOME, HER MOM IS VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN AND HE HAD SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.
WE RAN INTO A FEW FRIENDS AT COYOTE AND SAID OUR HI'S. THE DRINKS WERE COLD AND THE PEANUTS WERE SALTY LIKE I LIKE THEM. THE BAND WAS REALLY GOOD TOO. THEY WERE BBQ'ING TRI-TIP OUTSIDE AND I WISH I WASN'T SO FULL BECAUSE IT SMELLED REALLY GOOD. THE GUY EVEN CAME AROUND WITH SAMPLE SANDWICHES AND FRIES! AFTER A COUPLE OF DRINKS AND LISTENING TO SOME GOOD MUSIC WE DECIDED TO CALL IT A DAY.
WE LITERALLY RACED DOWN MONTEREY HWY TO RETURN TO OUR CHORES AND GET READY FOR THE WORK WEEK.
O.K. AFTER BEING HOME FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES, CATCHUP MOTOCYCLE BOY, AND MYSELF TOOK OFF AGAIN TO MEET DOUBLESHOT AND HER MOM FOR DINNER! F$#! THE CHORES THEY CAN WAIT, WE WANT TO RIDE!!!
ANOTHER GREAT DAY WITH SOME OF MY VIXEN SISTERS WE MISSED YOU HUH?
POCKETSVVMC VP

p.s. I WILL TRY NOT TO BORE YOU ALL WITH THE SAME DESTINATION RIDE REPORT EVERY WEEK, LOL NEXT TIME WE'RE HEADING NORTH OR MAYBE EAST???I PROMISE