Working nights on the weekends means that I have to put in extra effort to still have any kind of social life. Riding motorcycles has become the main way I can still hang out with friends. Luckily, the friends that I have that also ride motorcycles also work abnormal schedules, so we are usually able to get out on weekday afternoons. I have known Preston and Nate since elementary school and we have all stuck together since. Once everyone started to work weird late hours we weren’t hanging out as much because we were used to staying up all night whenever there was a gathering. The bikes gave us something to do during the day when we had our new free time.

This day, like most days we take the bikes out, started and ended unplanned. We all met up at my place to figure out our route for the day. It was Preston, Nate, and my girlfriend rode with me. It was the hottest day in April so we wanted a route with good tree coverage to stay out of the sun. We all decided to take the back way into Fredericksburg to get some lunch before everyone had to go into work. During lunch, my girlfriend suggested that we to go a nearby boat ramp that she had been to before to take some pictures of the bikes since the weather was so nice.

It was already getting close to the time where we needed to split off to all get to work, but the boat ramp was only “10 mins away” according to her. All of us knew of closer boat ramps but she was insisting on this one because of how the dock looked. Following her directions, we ended up getting lost and after many U-turns and going off into some way back roads with no boat ramp in sight.

Somehow, we found a pull off area by a creek that was just good enough to pull off the road. My girlfriend jumped off the back of the bike as we all lined up and she snaped a couple quick pictures. She jumped back on and we hit the road again so everyone could get to work on time. Overall, it was unplanned but it was a pretty typical Tuesday ride on the bikes.