Sunday, October 12, 2008

A Perfect Saturday

I had grand plans for Saturday; lot's of productive tasks. I started by washing all three of my motorcycles in preparation for putting one of them into winter storage this weekend. Two need an oil change, and that means going for a ride to warm the oil up (what a great excuse!). Well, taking one of them for a ride proved to be not perfect as it stalled, several times, leaving me thinking I was stranded. It is a kick-start only motorcycle, and my leg is feeling the effects of a hundred or so kicks today. After finally solving that problem and getting back home, I was hot and a bit frustrated so I switched tasks and did a few other things on my self-imposed honey-do list. By mid-afternoon it was time for another ride. I fired up the MZ Baghira and went blasting around for an hour or so, enjoying the start of fall colors.

Fall Ride
MZ in Fall Plumage 1

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I realized that I had not had much in the way of food yet that day, so when my wanderings rolled me into Stoughton, WI, I decided that a cup of coffee and a cookie would be just the ticket. So when I saw the "Koffee Kup" restaurant, I figured that was the place to stop.

Kuppa Koffee and Pie
Kuppa Koffee at the Koffee Kup

They didn't seem to have cookies, so I forced myself to eat a piece of tasty pecan pie, warmed up just a tad. It was just about perfect.

Fall Ride
MZ in Fall Plumage, II

Continuing on my way I simply opted to let the fall colors wash over me. I looked for photo opportunities, but they were less convenient than I was in the mood for, so I contented myself with merely savoring them as I blew by. I returned home safely, dove through the shower, and headed downtown to pick up my lady faire who was at work. We headed to Restaurant Magnus for a drink and tapas.

Martini
Trendy, new vodka martini

I was delighted to see that they had the new Prairie Organic vodka on hand. It's new to market and made from grains harvested in Minnesota. It was yummy and I can see a bottle of it in my future.

As for the rest of the night, everything was shaping up nicely...


The Shape of Things to Come

2 comments:

  1. Was it the Rogue that kept stalling out on you yesterday? It was kinda nice to see that little green machine out when you passed by the house yesterday. I think I've seen you on it twice this year now, which is easily more than ever before.

    I highly suspect that an extremely indirect route out to J&M's for gaming this evening is in order.

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  2. Ha. It was the Rogue. Last time I rode it, it behaved fine. This time it started hard and ran roughly. Once I got home and was able to adjust the air/fuel mixture a bit more precisely it seemed to be fine. Maybe I'll run it to work tomorrow and see how it behaves. I'd rather put it away on a happy note rather than cursing it.

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