Life On The Backroads

Yesterday I took my "earned" motorcycle ride. I did a big ol' heap of yardwork on Saturday in order to earn a little handlebar time. It was just what I needed to cap off a really productive weekend. Riding the backroads has become a favorite. Yesterday my trusty 06 Road King Custom and I wheeled our way onto the twisty turns of the Palouse. I re-traced part of a H.O.G. Chapter ride and turned off on Chapel-Valley Road. Road was in great shape...and virtually no traffic...just me...the breeze...an occasional bug and the low rumble of the Vance and Hines Pro Pipe exhaust. After twists and turns.....bridges and waves to those doin' their Sunday thing...I turned off onto Old Kentuck Trails....Right turn at the church....can't miss it! I love the name....Old Kentuck Trails....almost make you feel like an explorer. All kinds of landscape here. Up and down roads with wheat fields on both sides......quick jaunts through the pines. I like the small streams and groves of Willows....the smell of cattle. I grew up in the country in Montana...and I did enjoy that smell....I'm just a country boy I guess. I eventually wound up in Spangle and rolled up to the Harvester. The Coke, homemade clam chowder and garlic toast hit the spot. Charles Kuralt was right..."Interstate highways will allow you to drive coast to coast without seeing anything." Take the backroads sometime....you'll see!