In August of last year, I took an intermediate MSF course at the Spartanburg Community College, which enabled me to get my motorcycle endorsement on my license. The heat index for our day on the riding range was probably around 104 degrees. It was August 1 and 2, and the black asphalt was an inferno to ride on.
Fast forward about 12,000 miles.
Tomorrow will be my next riding safety course to take, and it will be very interesting to take that with the background of road experience I've gotten in the meantime. I was originally scheduled to take a course last Saturday, eagerly anticipating it, but they called me just before noon last Friday to say the course had been canceled, since only two people had signed up. Boo! However, the lady informed me there was another course being offered on September 6 at another community college, and it was supposedly going to be more sportbike oriented.
If that's truly the case, I've struck gold! It's the same price as the other course (and I'm getting a full refund since they canceled on me) and will be more tailored to my bike. The class starts at 8 a.m. and is in Franklin, NC, which is a shade over two hours away, so I'll have to set my alarm for 5 a.m. I'll be going the same route as my last weekend trip, but this time should be early enough there won't be any slowpoke drivers dampening the fun quotient of the road. But on the other hand, I also will have other issues to deal with, like riding for over an hour in the dark (which will necessarily slow me down). Payback for that might include a nice sunrise, and I am taking a camera, so perhaps there will be some nice shots for the update post tomorrow.
And, oh yeah, sunny and 82 is the forecast for my class in the North Carolina mountains tomorrow. Yee haw!
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