The Vixen packed for a work meeting in Pittsburgh Oct 2013

I was bummed that I was going to have to miss a pretty great biker Halloween party thrown by a friend I know from Biker or Not. This party is pretty amazing. It is filled with bikers I know from the region having a really good time. Well I had a out of state work trip for the whole weekend. I decided that I would ride the 500 miles round trip from MD to the other side of PA. It was so nice to get out into the PA country side on a beautiful fall day (both there and back).

I had one funny moment on my return trip. When I was in a gas station the young male cashier says to me "I guess this is one of your last days of riding for the year".  I laughed and replied not for me I ride year round.

Which is true. I do. Except if there is snow on the ground. I do have heated gear which helps a ton. By December I wouldn't take my bike on a 500 mile multi state multi day trip since the weather could turn to snow and ice at any time. But I will ride every month of the year.
There was that one time ......
The only time that wasn't true was when the DC area got slammed with two back to back mega snow storms in 2010 when my old bike (aka the red mistress) was buried for 3 weeks. 

The Red Mistress after the first mega storm in 2010

The Red Mistress after the second mega storm in 2010

It took hours to shovel out the Red Mistress in 2010

This took have a day to dig out when I finally got around to trying to dig out the red mistress. Since then I have gotten a canvass garage for the Deluxe and the Roadking so the bikes never get buried under a mound of snow again. Lesson learned.