Friday: Hot ride in the Country (August 12, 2016)

They said the heat index today would be between 100-105. Think it was every bit of that. Still, a ride in the country was nice...few stops and nice scenery. Good old country air....reeking of cow shit and dead skunk. Still, fun twisty roads and every so often some tree lined sections. Started out on VA 5 and then turned up to Osborne Parkway.
Before that though stopped for a photo at the Vulcan Materials sign. It's on 5 and I ride a Vulcan (for 11 years now) so it was a no brainer. I took a photo like this once, many years ago in front of a sign much like this near the Concord Regional Airport. I just like it. Love the motorcycle though.
At any case from here moved on. Started the ride at 10 am after the usual preflight checks...tire pressure and oil level. All good and off I went.  

Went to Deep Bottom Park. Guy was playing catch with his dog named Penny. He would toss a ball into the water, the dog would swim out and get it, then would bring it back.
After a few times Penny brought the ball to me. She did that for me a couple of times, and I enjoyed that.
I had a great border collie named Mollie who loved with a passion to play catch. I miss that dog and this was a real treat with Penny. Brought back some very happy memories!  

This is the James River at Deep Bottom Park. This is also a Civil War site; the Union Army under General Grant built pontoon bridges and crossed the James here. It is a very nice park.
From that area rode as far as Charles City and then headed back via VA 5. Wandered around Church Hill, went down Riverside Drive and into Carytown (with a quick photo stop at a house George Washington stayed in once called Wilton). Just was nice to be out and got a good 95 miles in with very little sweating other than the occasional red light. It was a very good day to ride, but then again when you really think about it, what day isn't ?