6 Sandies braved the cool temps to work on their motorcycle SKILLS in
Crestview. I (Joejoe) set up the Crestview Library parking lot for our typical SKILLS layout working around the trucks and huge RV's parked there. George and Sam arrived shortly later and helped finish up the layout. Soon after Greg L. and GQ (Tommy N) arrived to complete the Sandy bunch. (Did you know that Sandies come in Bunches?). We rode around in circles avoiding the leftover patches of ice from last week's snow storm. Once we completed improving our riding and avoidance skills, we discussed a most important subject "Lunch". Sam and George headed back to their home and the rest of us led by me went on a nice jaunt to lunch through the Blackwater Forest. Those avoidance skills we practiced came in handy as some of the shady sections of the road had patches of ice and snow. It reminded me of the 6 years I lived in upstate New York riding the roads of the Adirondack Mountains. Always had to be on the lookout for snow and ice. Along the way I spotted red & blue lights through the trees, so I slowed way down and encountered a motorcycle accident scene. Seems another motorcyclist went down while crossing an icy bridge. We continued along after carefully crossing the icy bridge using the tire width ice free track on our side of the road. Never thought I'd be doing this in Florida! Lunch was had at Boomerang Pizza in Milton, Fl. The food there was very good. I had a Hawaiian Pizza and followed up with blueberry bread pudding ala mode. Disappointedly the waitress informed us that the usual vanilla ice cream was not available. I asked if there was an alternate and she said they had chocolate or butter pecan, so I had butter pecan. It was much better than plain old vanilla. After a great lunch we headed east on Hwy 90 and made our way home. Greg and GQ stayed on 90 and I headed south on Hwy 87. We ended up doing about 112miles on a nice relatively warm sunny day (it got up to 64 degrees). Hope to see you next time!
Joejoe
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