December 16, 2012

Gypsy Stats:
5 hrs 25 minutes elapsed time
2 hrs 58 minutes riding time
115.3 miles total distance
38.9 MPH average

Beemer Stats:
120.8 miles total distance
40 MPH average speed
44 MPG

Dave e-mailed on Friday that the weather forecast for Sunday was pretty dodgy, so maybe a third Sunday breakfast at the Masonic Temple by car might be in order.  Lindsey suggested we wait until Sunday morning to see what the real weather was going to be before decided.  Sunday dawned gray and overcast, but the temperature was above 40 and the weather report had changed to 10% chance of precipitation in the morning.  Dave called to report wet roads, but the HD Radar showed a small shower had just past our area and that there was no more rain to be seen in Pennsylvania, so into the LD long base layer, Aerostich "StarTrek" jersey, Gerbing electrics, etc. etc. and off.  Gray was the color of the day, but the ceiling was fairly high, so no fog and a nice even light.

Breakfast at the Masonic Temple seemed better than usual; maybe it was just my mood.  The special cranberry pancakes really did not live up to expectations but the scrambbled eggs, sausage, and scrapple were excellent, supplemented by the salt mackerel.  This is the only place I know to get salt mackerel for breakfast.
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We didn't dawdle over much over breakfast and got out for a short ride around the southwest corner of the county, straying over into Chester for part of the ride.  The light was even and except for the occasional overly optimistic squirrel the roads were relatively free of extraneous junk and grit.  Temps were in the low 40's rising to 50 by mid-day.  We ended up with 120 +/- on the clock and home by 1:00 for other adventures on the day.  Not bad for a week before the solstice.