Rainy lunch..

Once in a while, the Eastern Kansas Romeos have a ride to our side of the state over here in Kansas City...  Since the theme of these rides is small town cafes, they never really get into the city...

They meet on Wednesdays and on this particular Wednesday, they decided to come to Wellsville, Kansas...  A small town about 30 miles South of us here in Overland Park...

When I looked out the window this morning at first light I knew we had cool and rainy weather...  But what the heck, I decided to go anyway...  It wasn't raining outside yet, as usually I don't outright leave the house in the rain.

I even saw the sun off in the distance as I was getting some gas, and riding the 28 miles down there was straight down the interstate so that was quick...





We were headed to Smokey's in the old maroon storefront....  It's a bar be cue, but they were doing breakfasts when we arrived...  We hung around out front until they switched to lunch at 11 AM..



On the right hand side of this table a fellow is bending over asking me which watch I had on today..  I'm barely visible behind him .  I am becoming known for having different and usually large watches on each time we meet..

This was a smaller crowd, and perhaps it numbered 30 or so all total...  As we chatted and chatted, the numbers seemed to thin out.....  What I hadn't realized was that the rains had arrived outside...  Folks were heading for the hills before it poured....

And yes when I went out, it was coming right down..  But I had the full faced helmet, and the rain liner in my jacket so I headed home at normal speeds...  Not on the interstate, as following semi trucks that kick up walls of water is not too fun...

I came up the old US highway 56 to Gardener and then on home on the back roads...  About 55 leisurely mph...  The last couple of miles it seemed to rain harder, but I wasn't overly wet either...  I managed to get myself into a number of the pictures on the Romeo's Web Site for today's ride... If your curious....

Later in the afternoon, we cleared out on the rain but a passing cold front has us much more chilly tonight...

We spent the evening with one of our grand daughters watching shows on TV that are suitable for her age group....  But we had fun as well....

Retired Rod