Port Dover, Friday 13th

Day 1:
I left the Capital at about 8:30, it was overcast but no rain in sight, I got going, and got Gas...  boy it was going to cost a lot to get down even on my bike.  I ran into 2 others about 3/4 hrs in at a pit stop, one of them was on their first trip to Dover, the other was on a trip back after 6 years away.  The bugs were bad, I was glad to be wearing my full face helmet.  I rode hwy 7 down to 37 then the 401 through to hwy 5 and rode into Waterdown around 2:30pm, no issues in TO or anywhere along the road, it was a good quick trip down.

Day 2:
We had to get the kids gone, that took until 9:30, and then we went to breaky with another rider friend of my riding buddies...  this was going to be the latest arrival ever in Dover... what happened to no plans.  On the was in we passed 342 bikes leaving, really before noon!!  At a Timmie's outside Dover I ran into a person leaving, they said it was packed, no parking LOL, we'll see about that, I know a few spots over my years going.

Hot and Humid, I guess that is what you get for being near the water.  It was busier than I had expected but, it was a smaller crowd than in recent years.  Some new bikes that I had not seen before and a beautiful old Indian...  I still love those bikes. 

We walked around for a few hours, got the shirt, and the patch and then hit the road.
137 pasted bikes going into Dover, the place was going to be packed well into the night.

Day 3:
Time to go, had to get home, as much as I like taking off on the bike, I still wish my better half could be on the road with me.  So I left, thick fog, not good to ride in, I stopped about 1/2 hrs in just to get a coffee and phone home that I was on my way.  So the fog left around TO, but then the rain started, glad I had on the rain suit (I put that on when I stopped for the fog).  The rain did not stop, the entire ride, somewhere, after about 2 hrs, that was it, my rain suit on the bottom was leaking... great, boots full of water, but full of water, I didn't want to take off my gloves, good luck getting them back on.  I had to stop outside of Smith Falls, a rest station on the side of the road, time to switch the gloves, no way I was getting them back on. I then went full tilt to get home, a little faster than the posted limits....  I just wanted to get there after 3 hrs in the rain.  1:30pm I pulled into the driveway.  Cold wet and worn out...

What A Great getaway...  I needed that, now a few days off and then back to the grind...  I need to work on doing this full time!