Today was a beautiful sunny day, perfect weather for a Memorial Day ride.  My wife Katy, who rides a Honda Nighthalk 250, and I set off with no place in particular to go.  Traveling back roads and state highways we made a zigzagging path through small towns of Berrien County.  While riding along I found two things blog worthy.  First towns are what making riding in southwest Michigan interesting.  Almost every road is flat and nearly straight with farmland on both sides.  Each town is slightly different but they all have several things in common.  First every town has a bar.  Today there were motorcycles parked at every bar we passed.  Next each town has a church many look run down or deserted.  Every town also has a feel.  Some towns feel dirty and rundown while others feel clean and well maintained.  With a lot of industries closing down many of the small towns around here are becoming more and more rundown. 

The second blog worthy item from our ride is the number of motorcycles that were on the road.  It seemed that everyone who had a bike was riding.  We passed by Harleys, Yamahas, Suzukis, and one Kawasaki.  I noted a large bias toward cruiser style motorcycles–3 or 4 to one.  I find this interesting. It is fun to see the verity of motorcycles on the road.

Next time I hope to have some SV650 pictures suitable for desktop backgrounds.