My plans to take a full day off didn’t turn out as I had envisioned.  Instead I spent the better part of my day convincing a middle aged gentleman he should shell out $9, 347 for the SUV his darling daughter desired.  Once this mission was completed, I was out the door, ready to enjoy the remaining daylight hours on the bike.

Daytime temperatures had risen to the mid-twenties and road conditions were clear on the main thorough fares, with secondary streets requiring much more attention as patches of snow and ice abounded.

My ride was mostly uneventful until the sun beginning to fade and I decided to make one last detour to visit Ferncliff Cemetery.  Ferncliff, is a 20 acre cemetery dotted with historic trees and gently rolling hills.  It lies within the Springfield City limits and is a desirable setting for landscape photos.  The cemetery’s narrowly winding drives however, were mostly shaded and blanketed with snow and ice, navigating them was treacherous, and all a rider wanted to handle and then some.  In fact, while riding down a slight incline, the RT began a slide to my right that didn’t conclude until I ended up off the road and into a snow filled ditch with the ole’ girl on her left side.  Neither of us were injured and with a little coaxing and ingenuity we were soon back on the road.  Here’s a few photos of the day.

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