Friday Ride to Varina, VA (June 29, 2018)

 Finally here the endless rain has, well ended. Course to replace it now we are expecting a week of 90 degree temperatures with a heat index thanks to humidity approaching 100 degrees. So it is early morning rides for a few days anyhow. Riding a motorcycle in heat like that is like driving into a furnace.
It was not bad though at 9am when I headed out down Highway 5, which remains one of my favorite roads. Made this stop at Rocketts Landing which is a fast growing, and high dollar, section of Richmond, VA. Neat though to see what has been built there and what is going up. It is located along the James River and is a popular location both to live and to have fun. Always have done a lot of things there during different times of the year. So made a quick stop to get this photo before heading on down the road.   

Riding down five there is a lot of Civil War battlefields. Some of the forts were Union held and some were Confederate (they were all Union at the End). Here is one of them with a cannon at the site, my motorcycle behind the cannon and the "Fort" can be seen along the upper right as a grass sort of hill. Back in the day they were a lot more different but still a great part of history.
As for the ride it was really good. I also got in different parts of Richmond and a rough total of around 40 miles. Even made a stop at Wal-Mart before getting back. It was a fun morning on two wheels.