Ride to Alpine Steak House

**coacha** · 01-03-2009, 10:06 PM

Our Long Riders group road down to the Alpine Steak House in Sarasota for lunch today. We took a somewhat round about way to get there, through Tampa to visit the BMW dealership (one of the guys needed a part for his heated gear), then over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to Sarasota. On the way back we took a ride to St. Armands Key, up Longboat Key to Bradenton Beach. The bulk of the group went over to Plant City for Bike Night. We decided to head home with a buddy and his wife, again over the Skyway then up through Pinellas County and Hernando County to home.

All told, we did about 300 miles on the day. I will post a couple pictures of the ride tomorrow. Good day.

cheriann · 01-04-2009, 11:05 AM

WOW! What an exciting ride!!! That's alot of miles for one day ;)
I'm looking forward to the pictures!!

dabull · 01-04-2009, 11:26 AM

nice coach..sounds like a good time;) Looking forward to the pics...

lw · 01-04-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CoachA

Our Long Riders group road down to the Alpine Steak House in Sarasota for lunch today. We took a somewhat round about way to get there, through Tampa to visit the BMW dealership (one of the guys needed a part for his heated gear), then over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to Sarasota. On the way back we took a ride to St. Armands Key, up Longboat Key to Bradenton Beach. The bulk of the group went over to Plant City for Bike Night. We decided to head home with a buddy and his wife, again over the Skyway then up through Pinellas County and Hernando County to home.

All told, we did about 300 miles on the day. I will post a couple pictures of the ride tomorrow. Good day.

Sounds like a great ride. I had no idea one might need heated gear in Florida.

The next sound you hear will be the "it's always warm and sunny in Florida" stereotype imploding. . . >BOOM!<

**coacha** · 01-04-2009, 03:26 PM

Big Jim rides a lot of miles and all over the place. Believe me, we do some rides when it starts in the 30's and doesn't get above 45, so heat is good. Not as necessary as up north but still good to have.

01-03-2009, 10:06 PM	#1
coacha Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Haysville, KS Posts: 6,259	Ride to Alpine Steak House Our Long Riders group road down to the Alpine Steak House in Sarasota for lunch today. We took a somewhat round about way to get there, through Tampa to visit the BMW dealership (one of the guys needed a part for his heated gear), then over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to Sarasota. On the way back we took a ride to St. Armands Key, up Longboat Key to Bradenton Beach. The bulk of the group went over to Plant City for Bike Night. We decided to head home with a buddy and his wife, again over the Skyway then up through Pinellas County and Hernando County to home. All told, we did about 300 miles on the day. I will post a couple pictures of the ride tomorrow. Good day. __________________ Ron "Coach" Allan, Haysville, KS 1999 Nomad Wine and Red "KawaTanker" 2009 BMW R1200RT 2003 BMW K1200LT "Magic Carpet" DOA 11/7/2015 VBA #00291 IBA # 41995 DS #320 '08 Elkins, WV; '09 Helen, GA; '09 Custer, SD; '10 Stanton, VA; '11 Maggie Valley; '12 Townsend, TN; '13 Estes Park; '13 Blairsville, GA; '15 Eureka Springs; '16 Helen; '18 Custer, SD Login or Register to Remove Ads
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01-04-2009, 11:05 AM	#2
cheriann Sr. Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 1,250	Ride to Alpine Steak House WOW! What an exciting ride!!! That's alot of miles for one day ;) I'm looking forward to the pictures!! __________________ Cheri Ann 2012 Vulcan Vaquero VBA #2069
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01-04-2009, 11:26 AM	#3
dabull Sr. Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Crestview, FL Posts: 2,409	Ride to Alpine Steak House nice coach..sounds like a good time;) Looking forward to the pics...
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01-04-2009, 03:26 PM	#5
coacha Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Haysville, KS Posts: 6,259	Ride to Alpine Steak House Big Jim rides a lot of miles and all over the place. Believe me, we do some rides when it starts in the 30's and doesn't get above 45, so heat is good. Not as necessary as up north but still good to have. __________________ Ron "Coach" Allan, Haysville, KS 1999 Nomad Wine and Red "KawaTanker" 2009 BMW R1200RT 2003 BMW K1200LT "Magic Carpet" DOA 11/7/2015 VBA #00291 IBA # 41995 DS #320 '08 Elkins, WV; '09 Helen, GA; '09 Custer, SD; '10 Stanton, VA; '11 Maggie Valley; '12 Townsend, TN; '13 Estes Park; '13 Blairsville, GA; '15 Eureka Springs; '16 Helen; '18 Custer, SD Login or Register to Remove Ads
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