Slippery Pete's Snow Cones

I have found a little secret tucked away in the burbs of St. Louis. Slippery Pete's Snow Cones! I was killing some time and came across this little oasis on Oakland Ave. in Oakland. Oakland runs parallel to the railroad tracks between S. Sappington and Berry Road.

These two charming entrepreneurs make the best tasting snow cone, this side of the Mississippi!

I highly recommend Slippery Pete's especially during these dog days of summer! Make sure you try the green apple, it was yummy.

5 stars! To the guys at Slippery Pete's, if you want this picture in higher quality, click on the comment button and send me an email address.

New Helmet and Hot Dogs

I picked up my new helmet today at ETS.


In the sole interest of research I rode around town a bit and ended up at Woofie's. Of course I had to check it out fot the scooter club evening ride next week!

The helmet I got is the Fulmer AFM Modus, Red Thrust with the Fire (red) shield.

The fit was a tad bit more comfy than my HJC AC-12 Yikes III. It weighed a tad more than my HJC. Wind noise at a lower speed was more than my HJC but not annoying.

On the side roads everything was great, was nice to be able to lift the face when needed. I jumped on Hwy 40, up to about 60mph everything was fine, at 65-70mph I noticed a little lifting on the helmet

The air intake on top of the helmet is not as nice as the HJC, I can really feel the air come into the HJC and go across my head and exit..

I liked the air intake at my mouth better than the HJC, can really feel it come in.

The fire shield takes a little getting use to, it is totally different view than my mirrored HJC shield. Like my HJC mirrored shield I did not need my sun glasses.

Changing the shield on the HJC is way easier than the Fulmer, but in time I will get it down.

For a summer alternative to my full face, I am pleased with the choice I made. Thanks Matt :)

On a sidenote I rode down to ETS with a half shell, talk about uncomfortable. Maybe it is because I am so use to my full face but all that wind and noise was unbearable. I never was above 40mph and it was ugh...

Hardin Trip with Scooter Club

7 of us hooked up at 370/Earth City Parkway North. Carolyn on her new shiny BV500, Matt on his new shiny Vespa 250GTS, Sandy’s Uncle Jerry on his new shiny Bergman then rest of us on our old clunkers Wade, Mike, Sandy and myself.


We headed over the 370 to route 94, and up to the Grafton Ferry. We crossed over into Illinois and road up to Pere Marquette via the Great River Road. After a brief stop to take in the vista view, we headed up to Hardin. Turned right and went north of Hardin to the Barefoot Landing (Wade knows all the hot spots)

Yummy food, I had fried chicken livers, they were awesome.

Afterwards and straight shot down through Calhoun County towards the ferries. We made a brief stop at the farmers market in Brussels. I got some really nice looking sweet garlic pickles.

We separated from there, with one portion of the group heading back to the Golden Eagle and onto the Bass Pro Shop. Wade, Matt and I headed over to the Brussels Ferry and went down the Great River Road, through East St. Louis to St. Louis. Wade was sweet enough to bring us across the bridge where we all parted company.

Awesome ride today, even better company.

Lesson learned today; before you start talking in a restroom, make sure the person you are talking to is there….



Hardin Pictures

Road Rage

I have never really been one to get road rage when I drive my car. Of late I have been finding myself getting more and more mad at other drivers when I ride my scooter. Maybe because I am so defensive when I ride my scooter.

Yesterday I rode into work via Manchester Road. I had two Porsche along the route, both with dealer tags. They were constantly running in and out of traffic and one cut within a few feet of me to be first in line at a red light. All that moving in and out of traffic and they went no where any faster than me. I was going to follow both into the lot and say something but I figured it would be wasted on the two idiots.

When I got to work, I called the dealership. I asked for the general manager. He called me back about 3 hours later and I gave him both car tags, times they were on Manchester and descriptions of the cars. I also told him to tell the guy in the Boxster instead of picking his nose he should use his blinker more. The GM was apologetic and said he would speak to both salesmen.

Probably a tad overkill but it bothered me that much..... Ok, as I stewed all day about this I have come to realize people are just stupid and I just have to go back to driving defensively without going to the point of rage or getting myself upset.

It's amazing how much more stupidity you see when on a scooter than you normally do.

Wide World of Hot Dogs

After work last night I took a spin over to The Hill area to see fellow scooterist, Shelia. Shelia and Barry had just returned from a trip up to Canada. Even though they experienced a few bumps in the road they had a good time away.

I left about 6:30ish and was trying to figure a route back home and decided i just wanted to get home so I would come back over to Manchester and ride out. On the way out I was getting hungry so I decided to stop at Carl's Drive-In. Yummy hot dogs and root beer!!

http://www.hollyeats.com/CarlsHB.htm

LOL. check out that Chili Dog! and NO I did not have that ;)

After an invigorating carb and cholesterol filled dinner, I altered my route and headed up into Clayton, traveling a little bit more north I decided to head out to Creve Coeur Park then back home!

Evening Rides are fun! I am planning another, umm tonight ;)