My first long ride..
Did this ride on Sunday afternoon.. thot of putting it down for people interested to read it!
The sunday morning of June 11th started pretty boring. The urge to do something different that day was very strong. Called up this friend of mine to get some inspiration. And then called up a few people to see if I can get some company on the ride and one agreed!!
Filled some petrol in my Kinetic and we hit the Mysore road by 1:15. The plan was just to go on a long ride maybe about 25-30km as I wasnt confident my Kinetic would come further with a pillion. It was a very hot n sunny afternoon. The roads after Raja rajeshawri nagar were just awesome and tempting too! So there we were riding at 70+ speed on great roads(such a relief from potholed roads of Bangalore!!) with some amused people giving us a second look on the highway(guess its weird to find 2 gals on a Kinetic on a highway :D). By the time we realised we had crossed Bidadi and on our way to a town called Ramnagara which is about 45km from Blr. Once there I said why not go a little further to this reservoir called Kanva dam which is 6 km from Ramnagara on the highway and 8km off it. So went ahead, passed by Kamat Lokaruchi which had enough Sunday crowd and took the deviation leading to Kanva dam. The 8km road which passes thru the village and some lonely stretches finally lead us to the dam at about 2:30pm.
The sun was shining bright and the calm and serene beauty of the place was enough to give a high. Enjoyed the beauty of nature for more than an hour and a half. Walked thru the long off road that leads to a fleet of steps into the water. The view from there was a real treat for the eyes. Some hill tops around half in shade, half reflecting the sunlight. Sat their staring at the calm waters remembering some wonderful moments of my last visit there. There were some birds that we saw which cannot be seen here in the concrete jungle :)! We even saw a snake peeping out of the water to take a look at us :D!! Never wanted to leave the place but then had to get back to Blr by dark, so we said bye to Kanva dam at around 4.
Bought water as soon as we got outta there as "there was water water everywhere but no water to drink"(plz dont forget water if u plan to go there anytime!). And then cruised our way back to Bangalore at 70+ and reached the ring road by 5:15. Ended this perfect(or maybe not so perfect :D)day of riding 120km at coffee day in BSK 3rd Stage.
This is the story of a hot Sunday afternoon :D!!
