My Dad and My Uncle

Last weekend, my dad rode his motorcycle up from Houston, TX and my uncle rode his down from Akron, IA. We spent the weekend riding all over the place.

On Friday, we rode out to PickWick State Park, which is about 100 mile East of Memphis. We had a great ride out with excellent weather. It became apparent that for me to do longer trips, I'm going to have to get a more comfortable seat.

We spent a few minutes admiring the view and taking a few pictures.

Me and my uncle at Pickwick

Some ducks at the lake

On the way back, we hit some rough weather. The storm that blew through knocked out power to a large portion of the Memphis area. When it began to rain, we pulled off into a gas station in Oakland, TN and waited. When the really bad stuff passed, we decided to go ahead and ride the rest of the way in the rain. Needless to say I got soaked. They both had full rain gear and stayed fairly dry, but I just had a rain coat. My boots were soaked through the leather and had turned from brown to black. They never recovered.

On Saturday, we made a shorter trip out to Shelby Forest and saw the Mississippi River bank. Here are a couple of pictures from that ride.