Ok, so it wasn't morning.  It was around noon before any of us got moving.  I packed up Blue and checked out and headed over to Seth's hotel.  I parked Blue on the sidewalk (thanks to the valet crew there for letting me) and headed a block or two away to meet Seth, Scott and Mae for breakfast at "Kaye's"...  a seriously greasy spoon.  You know it's a greasy spoon when the bottom of the plate is greasy too.

After a lackluster omelet, we headed back to the hotel.  Seth checked out Blue for a bit and then wanted a ride...  I gave him the shorty helmet I thoughtfully brought along and we headed up the road a bit.  I was going to scare him, but with his extra weight and all my gear on the back, Blue was itching to pull major wheelies (other bikers will know what I'm talking about).  I didn't want to tell him that the front wheel wasn't entirely on the ground when we hit the main straight. ;)  We got up to a reasonable 70 mph just so he could get the feeling of speed, but with an open faced helmet and a wheelie-prone beastie, I left it at that.

We headed back, chilled in the hotel lobby for a bit, then I headed home.

The drive back was horrible.  I was fine until I hit Baltimore, then it started raining.  I've got the gear for rain, so that didn't bother me.  What sucked was that everyone else forgets how to drive in the rain.  It took me almost three hours to get from Baltimore to Springfield...  I don't think I got over 40 mph or got out of third gear the whole way. 

Anyway... got home, put gloves and helmet on the fan (to dry them out a bit) and crashed.  Sleep was over due and very necessary... I had a lot of work to do on the Jeep the day after (Friday) to be ready for the weekend of wheeling.  I'll write that up later.  Cyas!