Thursday, October 8th and a break in the clouds. Jumped on the bike and tried a new route. I went to Hamilton and followed the Beach Strip through to Burlington. I then went up Guelph Line and was quite surprised at some of the views. Just north of Burlington there were a few million dollar spreads with acred lots, real gems! I then went through a wonderful little town, Lowville, with a fantastic looking golf course. The escarpment was in the background and the course was quite hilly, looked like a big scoring and big dollar place. The road was twisty and hilly making for biking fun! The next town was Campbellville with a nice little roadside rest spot.

I proceeded north and hooked up to Hwy 124 (formerly 24) and then hwy 10 when I went through Erin, the 40kph agony!

I pulled into Orangeville and had some lunch at the A&W, had a Uncle burger which tasted like a Schneiders burger fried in about 3" of fat.... yeech!! My first and last uncle burger.

I went about another 10 km north of Orangeville and turned right towards Mono Cliffs Provincial Park. This is mostly a series of trails with a lookout down a small valley, but the colours where not really in their prime quite yet. I did get the picture above as I walked down one of the trails to the lookout. But the snaps from the lookout were not that great.

I've checked on http://www.theweathernetwork.com/ and there is no such thing as a Monsoon season in southern Ontario. But, lately, you'd be hard pressed to convince people otherwise. I finally had a small break in the clouds today (and I do mean small... its raining again already!) so I went for a ride to Hamilton, but I went in via Ridge Rd. and enjoyed the views off the escarpment along the way. A few trees have started to change around here so the rides are a real pleasure, I love the red trees.

As I have previously mentioned I am a member of http://www.venturerider.org/modules/Jig/index.php This is a great site for Venture or Royal Tour Deluxe riders. Full of info, and one of the hilarious things that has been going on for quite a while now is the Scavenger Hunt. The aim is to post a picture of you, your bike and whatever the previous person decides. For example some of the choices I have missed out on where a lighthouse and a National park sign. I could of got the lighthouse easy as pie down at Port Maitland, a 5 minute ride away, but I had put the bike into hibernation by then. The National park was another breeze, Rock Point Provincial Park is just around the corner too, so off I went, got the bike set up with a good view of the sign and set the camera, but forgot how to do the "timer" thingie (never use it so easy to forget). Came home frustrated looking for the ^#%^# manual only to find someone else had already beat me to it.

The latest posting was you, your bike and a childrens museum.... hint hint look UP

I finally did it!! That picture was taken in front of the Hamilton Children's Museum and I got home in time to be the first one to post. This means that I got to choose the next option so this was my choice:

Now, in the spirit of "let's have a laugh" I would like to see the following picture:

You, and your bike in front of the local Harley dealership...

oh yeah, AND.... a big Harley dude

a) in the beetch seat

b) or cleaning your bike

c) or paying some sort of homage to the mighty Yammie!

Have fun, and I can't wait for this one!

I was laughing the whole time I posted it, as you can tell I have been waiting for this for a while and I knew exactly what I wanted to see, some HUMOUR!!