While it is definitely fall, it's still riding weather and with an open afternoon, I wasn't going to waste the clear skies and temperatures in the low-50s. There wasn't even the wind we've had for the past few days.
It wasn't a complicated ride. I headed out at a bit after 2pm and rode up Zimmerman Trail and took Skyline Drive into Billings Heights where I got on Main Street and then headed north on Hwy 87. This is a nice, 2-lane road that travels to Roundup, about 50 miles.
Not much to say about it. I had on my good gear so was warm. I had some good music playing in my helmet. The cruise control was set to 70. There wasn't much traffic.
Just before Roundup I turned on Hwy 12 and took that west. I don't ride this route very often and it is a good one. It has quite a bit of the flat prairie but there are a few hills and curves along the way.
A few miles in, the station I was streaming went away so I pulled over to start another one. Plus, a message had come in on my phone and I wanted to see who that was. It was a friend I've been trying to connect with and I call him back when I get home. I took a few photos while I was pulled over.
I turned south on Hwy 3 and rode through Lavina and then through Broadvieew. Just short of Acton I pulled over for a few more photos.
I cruised on into Billings, stopped for gas (2.6 gallons) and then on to home. I downloaded some random video clips from my dashcan and assembled them into a quick video sequence. These are just random selections from the front and rear cams.
The big discovery is that when I download from the cam head unit to my phone, they arrive as .mov files which are ready to import in iMovie for editing. When I pull them directly from the memory card they are .ts files and have to be converted before I can edit and post them to the blog. That's a great thing to know since doing the conversion when on a multi-day trip and using my iPad is major hassle.
It was 123 mile ride.
