Title: dpetrickland - Spirit Lake Iowa
Description: Qlink Legend 250
Description: Qlink Legend 250
dpetrick - May 25, 2008 01:53 AM (GMT)
Northwest Iowa, Spirit Lake. In the heart of the Iowa Great Lakes. I ride a Qlink Legend 250.
Population (year 2000): 4,261.
Estimated population in July 2006: 4,722 (+10.8% change)
Males: 1,959 (46.0%)
Females: 2,302 (54.0%)
Dickinson County
Median resident age: 39.8 years
Iowa median age: 36.6 years
Estimated median household income in 2005: $39,500 (it was $36,224 in 2000)
Spirit Lake $39,500
Iowa: $43,609
Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $107,900 (it was $91,100 in 2000)
Spirit Lake $107,900
Iowa: $106,600
White Non-Hispanic (98.4%)
Hispanic (0.6%)
Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (40.3%), English (12.1%), Irish (10.0%), Norwegian (9.4%), United States (5.0%), Swedish (4.4%).
Incorporated on 10/14/1878
Elevation: 1470 feet
Land area: 3.33 square miles. Population density: 1387 people per square mile
Any other Qlink riders in this part of Iowa or Southwest Minnesota?
Population (year 2000): 4,261.
Estimated population in July 2006: 4,722 (+10.8% change)
Males: 1,959 (46.0%)
Females: 2,302 (54.0%)
Dickinson County
Median resident age: 39.8 years
Iowa median age: 36.6 years
Estimated median household income in 2005: $39,500 (it was $36,224 in 2000)
Spirit Lake $39,500
Iowa: $43,609
Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $107,900 (it was $91,100 in 2000)
Spirit Lake $107,900
Iowa: $106,600
White Non-Hispanic (98.4%)
Hispanic (0.6%)
Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (40.3%), English (12.1%), Irish (10.0%), Norwegian (9.4%), United States (5.0%), Swedish (4.4%).
Incorporated on 10/14/1878
Elevation: 1470 feet
Land area: 3.33 square miles. Population density: 1387 people per square mile
Any other Qlink riders in this part of Iowa or Southwest Minnesota?
obxbiker - May 25, 2008 05:08 AM (GMT)
How many months out of the year do you get to ride ?
dpetrick - May 25, 2008 02:09 PM (GMT)
Most years I can ride starting in April and stop in November. There are occasional years where we get a few days in Feb. and March that are nice enough to ride. And sometime winter does not arrive until mid December. Last year I put the bike away the week after Thanksgiving, when the snow started and it was late April before I could ride regularly. I did start riding in early April, but only when the temps got over 40. This has been a cool and wet spring so riding has been limited.
It's Memorial Day weekend and it started raining Friday and forecast is for the rain to stop Sunday night. Monday may be a good day to ride. I did ride around town a bit
on Sat. (In between showers) but it was in the 50's and there were 40 mph gusts of wind. In July and August we can get into the high 90's with high humidity. September and October are some of the best months for riding. Cold mornings and moderate temps during the day, and a lot less traffic. This area is a tourist area so there is a lot of traffic and being on a motorcycle can be a dangerous thing because of the other drivers being distracted by things and doing stupid stuff because they don't know
where they are going. We do get a lot of windy days, average wind speed is about 13mph.
It's Memorial Day weekend and it started raining Friday and forecast is for the rain to stop Sunday night. Monday may be a good day to ride. I did ride around town a bit
on Sat. (In between showers) but it was in the 50's and there were 40 mph gusts of wind. In July and August we can get into the high 90's with high humidity. September and October are some of the best months for riding. Cold mornings and moderate temps during the day, and a lot less traffic. This area is a tourist area so there is a lot of traffic and being on a motorcycle can be a dangerous thing because of the other drivers being distracted by things and doing stupid stuff because they don't know
where they are going. We do get a lot of windy days, average wind speed is about 13mph.
obxbiker - May 25, 2008 02:25 PM (GMT)
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| Memorial Day weekend This area is a tourist area so there is a lot of traffic and being on a motorcycle can be a dangerous thing because of the other drivers being distracted by things and doing stupid stuff because they don't know where they are going. We do get a lot of windy days, average wind speed is about 13mph. |
Here in OBXLAND this weekend is the BIG TOURIST kick off..
We go from a population of around 40,000 here on the island to 5-6 MILLION over the next three months.
Now THATS TRAFFIC... all on an island with only one main road north /south, from yards (where the sound is on one side of the road and the ocean on the other) to 5 miles wide at a couple points.