We had some interesting guests last Sunday. They emailed me their newsletter of their story of coming to the farm. I attached part of their story plus a couple of similar pictures that they had included.
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"BS Lunch 5
The continuing Sunday lunch adventures of the intrepid old bikers.
Sunday June 28 .........
.............. we saddled up for the 10 km ride to Edgar Farms. Upon arrival, we were met by Elna Edgar who gave us a tour of their asparagus operations and the story of how they got involved in the business, she described it as an overnight success that took 20 years. While we were perusing the offerings in their store, Doug Edgar came by to say hi. Of course he was curious where we were all from and why we chose to come to their farm. We explained that we decided to do a motorbike ride every Sunday for lunch but also to have a purpose to our ride and had chosen their farm based on an article in one of the local papers. Doug indicated that he also had a motorcycle, and when pressed, he admitted it was a Honda 90. With a bit more encouragement, (actually it didn’t take much) he offered to show it to us. Upon see it, I thought this is the same as my first bike. I turns out Doug bought this bike in the summer of ’68 when he was 15, (I also bought mine in the summer of ’68 when I was 15) and it was the exact same model and color as mine, a Candy Apple Red Honda CL90 Scrambler. When he learned this, he offered to put a bit of fuel in it (he said purple gas is the only thing it has ever seen) and let me take it for a putt. Having put a bit of gas in it, we push started it (reminiscent of my old 90) and away I went for a putt around their farm yard. I roared up to the store area where everyone else was still shopping (Ok not much of a roar) tooted the horn and offered Rhonda a ride, now this was true reminiscing. Somehow, the bike seemed a lot smaller than we remember, and Doug suggest we swing by the shop and put a bit more air in the tires (what’s he really saying). With topped up tires and fuel, off we went for a tour of the farm yard, around the machinery sheds and grain silos and back to the parking lot. Obviously there was whole host of photo ops in this visit.
Not only was the Edgar Farms the most entertaining of our Sunday rides to date, the added feature of taking a ride on a vintage Honda CL90 was an unexpected bonus. If you are ever within a 100 miles of Innisfail, we’d highly recommend a detour to Edgar Farms and meet Elna and Doug. This is definitely worth a repeat visit.
The ride home was anticlimactic but had it’s moments with very gusty winds to keep you alert.
Ron, Sue, Elna, Doug, Rhonda, Lynn, Ron"
The continuing Sunday lunch adventures of the intrepid old bikers.
Sunday June 28 .........
.............. we saddled up for the 10 km ride to Edgar Farms. Upon arrival, we were met by Elna Edgar who gave us a tour of their asparagus operations and the story of how they got involved in the business, she described it as an overnight success that took 20 years. While we were perusing the offerings in their store, Doug Edgar came by to say hi. Of course he was curious where we were all from and why we chose to come to their farm. We explained that we decided to do a motorbike ride every Sunday for lunch but also to have a purpose to our ride and had chosen their farm based on an article in one of the local papers. Doug indicated that he also had a motorcycle, and when pressed, he admitted it was a Honda 90. With a bit more encouragement, (actually it didn’t take much) he offered to show it to us. Upon see it, I thought this is the same as my first bike. I turns out Doug bought this bike in the summer of ’68 when he was 15, (I also bought mine in the summer of ’68 when I was 15) and it was the exact same model and color as mine, a Candy Apple Red Honda CL90 Scrambler. When he learned this, he offered to put a bit of fuel in it (he said purple gas is the only thing it has ever seen) and let me take it for a putt. Having put a bit of gas in it, we push started it (reminiscent of my old 90) and away I went for a putt around their farm yard. I roared up to the store area where everyone else was still shopping (Ok not much of a roar) tooted the horn and offered Rhonda a ride, now this was true reminiscing. Somehow, the bike seemed a lot smaller than we remember, and Doug suggest we swing by the shop and put a bit more air in the tires (what’s he really saying). With topped up tires and fuel, off we went for a tour of the farm yard, around the machinery sheds and grain silos and back to the parking lot. Obviously there was whole host of photo ops in this visit.
Not only was the Edgar Farms the most entertaining of our Sunday rides to date, the added feature of taking a ride on a vintage Honda CL90 was an unexpected bonus. If you are ever within a 100 miles of Innisfail, we’d highly recommend a detour to Edgar Farms and meet Elna and Doug. This is definitely worth a repeat visit.
The ride home was anticlimactic but had it’s moments with very gusty winds to keep you alert.
Ron, Sue, Elna, Doug, Rhonda, Lynn, Ron"
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