North Central Kansas Weekly Ride 3/8/17
Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:26 pm
This is a new place that had expressed a desire to have us pay them a visit. Wednesday looks to be a pretty good day with a high of 68.
My road trip planner says it should take 1:45 to get there so I think if we leave the Quality Inn at 11:15 that should put us there just about at 1:00.
TIME....................1:00
Here it is.............. Backstreet Bakery
208 S Main St
Lucas, KS 67648
(785) 346-6491
Facebook Page............https://www.facebook.com/BackstreetBakery/
Web Page.............
Map site.............http://bit.ly/1uLkbOc
This week has been brutal for me. My niece's little incubator was successful in passing on to me, a virulent pestilence that has stricken me low. I haven't been diagnosed yet but I think I have it narrowed down to one of three. I figure it's either E-Bola, Malaria, or Bubonic Plague. Suffice it to say I've felt like death warmed over for the better part of the last week. Everything from my head to my hips hurts and this is accompanied by incessant hacking and wheezing. Last night I must have gotten about 4 hours sleep, between the pain and wheezing keeping me awake.
On a lighter note we had a great ride to Lucas on Wednesday. I was about the 4th one to arrive at the Quality Inn. It didn't take long for others to start rolling in. We gathered on of the biggest groups to ever leave from Salina. By the time launch time came we had accumulated 17. It looked like a mini Stugis. We shot straight out K140 which quickly incinerated any map that I may have had in my head. Now I'm in full lemming mode. As we merrily motored down K140 we we obliviously passed what I thought would be appropriate northbound turns. We eventually reached Wilson where our intrepid leader finally did make the long anticipated right turn. Not being sure where our destination was I was relieved to see a sign stating that Lucas was 12 miles in my future. Now if memory serves me, there is a meat market in Lucas that makes sausages to die for. With my mouth watering in anticipation we rolled into town. My eyes were darting around searching for the meat market. At last my eyes land on the entrance to sausage nirvana, but my hopes were quickly dashed. OH NO!! They're closed! I was crushed. Pulling myself together I parked the bike and set out on my photo mission. After I got inside a few more rolled in. After all the indoor shots were taken I managed to get my order in and I enjoyed my obligatory bacon cheeseburger and fries. All too soon we were milling around outside again planning our departures for home. Emory suggested some of the back roads but my Guzzi California has a strong aversion to unpaved roads so I passed. We were pondering where to get gas and I figured I could find some on K18 before it was too late. I totally forgot about the Cenex station just outside of Lucas which had the elusive 91 octane. The Guzzi has a discriminating palate. Belly and tank full I settled in for a leisurely ride back to Salina.
We had riders from Salina, Minneapolis, Chase, Cuba, Brookville, Denmark, Culver, Manhattan, Lindsborg, and Canton, With the long distance rider being Jerry Eliers from Manhattan.
We were riding Honda, Harley, Yamaha, Suzuki, BMW, Kawasaki, CanAm, Victory, And Moto Guzzi.
My road trip planner says it should take 1:45 to get there so I think if we leave the Quality Inn at 11:15 that should put us there just about at 1:00.
TIME....................1:00
Here it is.............. Backstreet Bakery
208 S Main St
Lucas, KS 67648
(785) 346-6491
Facebook Page............https://www.facebook.com/BackstreetBakery/
Web Page.............
Map site.............http://bit.ly/1uLkbOc
This week has been brutal for me. My niece's little incubator was successful in passing on to me, a virulent pestilence that has stricken me low. I haven't been diagnosed yet but I think I have it narrowed down to one of three. I figure it's either E-Bola, Malaria, or Bubonic Plague. Suffice it to say I've felt like death warmed over for the better part of the last week. Everything from my head to my hips hurts and this is accompanied by incessant hacking and wheezing. Last night I must have gotten about 4 hours sleep, between the pain and wheezing keeping me awake.
On a lighter note we had a great ride to Lucas on Wednesday. I was about the 4th one to arrive at the Quality Inn. It didn't take long for others to start rolling in. We gathered on of the biggest groups to ever leave from Salina. By the time launch time came we had accumulated 17. It looked like a mini Stugis. We shot straight out K140 which quickly incinerated any map that I may have had in my head. Now I'm in full lemming mode. As we merrily motored down K140 we we obliviously passed what I thought would be appropriate northbound turns. We eventually reached Wilson where our intrepid leader finally did make the long anticipated right turn. Not being sure where our destination was I was relieved to see a sign stating that Lucas was 12 miles in my future. Now if memory serves me, there is a meat market in Lucas that makes sausages to die for. With my mouth watering in anticipation we rolled into town. My eyes were darting around searching for the meat market. At last my eyes land on the entrance to sausage nirvana, but my hopes were quickly dashed. OH NO!! They're closed! I was crushed. Pulling myself together I parked the bike and set out on my photo mission. After I got inside a few more rolled in. After all the indoor shots were taken I managed to get my order in and I enjoyed my obligatory bacon cheeseburger and fries. All too soon we were milling around outside again planning our departures for home. Emory suggested some of the back roads but my Guzzi California has a strong aversion to unpaved roads so I passed. We were pondering where to get gas and I figured I could find some on K18 before it was too late. I totally forgot about the Cenex station just outside of Lucas which had the elusive 91 octane. The Guzzi has a discriminating palate. Belly and tank full I settled in for a leisurely ride back to Salina.
We had riders from Salina, Minneapolis, Chase, Cuba, Brookville, Denmark, Culver, Manhattan, Lindsborg, and Canton, With the long distance rider being Jerry Eliers from Manhattan.
We were riding Honda, Harley, Yamaha, Suzuki, BMW, Kawasaki, CanAm, Victory, And Moto Guzzi.
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