...This year the ride was excellent. Just enough sun and clouds perfectly balancing each other so the temperature was comfortable all day long. The four of us riding out in front (Judi, Arlene, Sandra J. and myself) were taking the curves on Cameron Pass in high gear @ top speeds. What Fun !Judi and Arlene both ride big twins, while Sandra and I were on Sportsters. When we got out of the big mountains and were riding across the high plains - it's for sure a couple of those Harleys were doing 100 + mph. My speedometer pegs out at 85 mph and I'd pegged it already and gone beyond - and Judi and Arlene were pulling away from Sandra and I rapidly.  Sandra and I tried our best to catch them mile after mile- but that was not happening. I had my throttle jammed wide open, holding on so tight my wrist was hurting. It was a good thirty miles down the road before we finally caught up to those two - only because they kindly stopped to wait for us 'slow-pokes' at the junction in Riverside. Judi laughing told me with an indignant tone and a little twinkle in her smiling blue eyes, "that her mc was definitely not going over 100 mph! "   she continued " I could only force it to go about 96 mph today! "   then she added "something about the smoke from the wildfires is clogging up my air filter". She's too funny.   After awhile the rest of the tribe caught up to us and we all rode on into Saratoga carefully obeying the speed limit...JBC

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