Late Saturday evening an idea was hatched for a breakfast ride on Sunday.  An email went out at 8:45 pm and some phone calls got made.

Sunday morning when I got to our gathering point to lead the ride, I was pleasantly surprised to find we had a total of 15 people on 12 bikes.  Not a bad turn out for a last minute idea.

We headed out for a scenic ride to the Old Cedar Inn in Garden City MO.  The ride was going great until I led us down a road that turned to gravel.  Once we got everyone turned around, we headed back the way we came, got on the big road and made our way to breakfast.  Old Cedar Inn fixes a great breakfast for a very reasonable price.

After breakfast, 3 people on 2 bikes headed back toward home, the rest of us followed Robert south past Oceola to ride some curvy roads.  We came back up thru Warsaw, stopped at Diantha’s for some pie, but they were sold out of pie so we left.  Greg turned on his gps, found us a Dairy Queen in Clinton some 30 miles closer to home, so he led us there.

After everyone got some tasty cool goodies and chilled in the AC for a while, it was time to head back home.  Heading home is always the part of a ride I don’t like.  Almost immediately, people broke off to head their own way.

It was a great day to ride and a great day riding with friends.  What started as a breakfast ride, turned into a fun near 300 mile tour for some of us.

During riding season, it’s advisable to check your email often, especially late in the day, you never know when something fun will get planned.