Glad to hear that you're in one piece Paul.
Sounds like a reason to pour a Blitzkrieg Hop!
Pretty much everything sounds like a good reason for a brew though.
Cheers
funny you mention the blitzkreig hop... i'm carbonating my latest batch and trying it for the first time here in a few hours! good reason not for a brew: going riding.
fall comes a little later here in the pacific NW, so we're just getting our major leaf drop now. i'm generally scared of wet roads, so regardless i scale back my riding when this weather sets in. we actually get plenty of mid-winter riding days here, but i try and plan that time period to do my major projects. i think this was the excuse i needed to go on and pull my 550 for the road and prepare it for the hotrod engine. lot to do there...
'blitzkreig hop' is a GREAT name for a brew. . .lol. .. .especially if you 'wanna be sedated'
I was able to ride year round last year, save for a few weeks when it was cold and wet enough to have black ice potential.. .yikes! Also, wet leaves in the corners, along with gravel, are the worst. . .
.. .I have a full gore-tex rain suit that really helps with riding in NW winter. The biggest thing though, are these neoprene diver gloves I got off of feeBay - without those my hands just go numb in cold weather - NO other glove combination works like the diver gloves under my leather gloves.
Sucks to ride when its cold and wet but my CB is my daily driver, along with my mountain bike. . .. . . lol