Started out with our local annual Toys For Tots ride.
It was a beautiful sunny day with the temps pushing 70.
1,500 or so bikes showed up for the ride,
And I had the only Valkyrie there.
That is just one of the things that makes riding a Valkyrie so cool.
After the Toy Ride, I wasn't about to waste a 70 degree December day.
So I took off on a little 100 mile loop ride.
Thanks to Big BF and his magic I finally got to enjoy my low mileage 2001 Interstate.
It had been sitting for a couple of yrs before I bought it and the carbs had some serious issues.
I can now report with 100% certainty that it is now running like a top!
and she will be a Supervalk soon.
One of the paths that I traveled today is River Road.
It isn't a high speed road but it very scenic and serene.
The structure behind the Valk is the remnants of an old canal lock on the Maury River.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_River_and_Kanawha_CanalThe James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast. Ultimately its towpath became the roadbed for a rail line following the same course.
Surveyed and planned by George Washington, the canal project was begun in 1785 as the James River Company, and later restarted under the James River and Kanawha Canal Company. It was an expensive project which failed several times financially and was frequently damaged by floods. Though largely financed by the Commonwealth of Virginia through the Virginia Board of Public Works, it was only half completed by 1851, reaching Buchanan, in Botetourt County.
Many canal boats were packets, which drew more water than the smaller bateaux. Mules and horses pulled the packets along the towpaths. Locks were necessary at points where the river had rapids.
