Day ride during a pandemic...

Went for ride yesterday with a few friends. With all that is going on with the COVID-19 pandemic and the call for people to stay at home and government closing down businesses to contain the spread, this is how we do it. Still have the need to get outside and enjoy the day, especially when it is as beautiful a day as it was yesterday. A lot of restaurants are doing curbside pick up for their customers trying to stay afloat until we can enjoy a sit down meal again. One of those is East River Smokehouse in Navarre. We stopped in to grab a dinner plate and have lunch on our ride. The food was delicious and welcome relief from my cooking, thank God!
 After eating, we continued on our afternoon ride going from there up to the Blackwater State Forest. A couple of impromptu drag races, with me on the new bike, were had on the way up much to my delight. Not because I won, because I surely didn't, but because I didn't lose that badly! I managed to stay up with some big inch bikes compared to mine (117ci, 114ci vs 88ci). And since I just bought this new one, as far as I know it is bone stock...... for now. Hehehehehe.
 It is these little moments that make my day and reinforce camaraderie between my friends and myself. Not to mention bragging rights and tales of grandeur to be shared afterwards. I got the new bike up to 110mph and backed out of it at that point, which was apropos as the other guy was constantly pulling away from me by this point.