Nice 45 mile ride later, we stopped at a parking lot back in town for pictures and more BSing. Great group of people, it's one of the best reasons to start riding.
Pictures!
Chris, who works for the university I go to, and his '04 R6:
Tracey. She rides a nice looking 750 cruiser.
Kerry (not sure of the spelling of his name) with his big boy 1500 Vulcan (this is the guy who got sucked into our group
):
Eric and his 2001 Hayabusa (not pictured is his wife who rode pillion the whole trip):
Matthew (that'd be me!) on the bad Rad:
Group shot, with me pulling a one-handed in place wheelie:
...or maybe I was just on the centerstand.
My Aerostich suit worked wonderfully. Despite the 75 degree temperature and full-out sun, with all my vents open I was absolutely comfortable. The poor suit has a lot of bug splatters on it now!
Also, Kerry works for the university, as well, and all but offered me a summer job. Which means more money and more riding!
Before the ride, I caught up with a BMW rider who was gassing up at a station on the way back home from campus. Turns out he just rode over from Seattle, enjoying the great weather. Wish I had the time to take a nice 300 mile trip like that! I chatted with him a bit about good roads, my suit, his bike, my bike, etc... then a local police officer came up and started chatting with us about his BMW and the BMW rally in Idaho.
It's days like this where being a motorcycle rider cannot be beat.
I'm hoping to get out at the weekend weather permitting, its gonna be raining at least till Wednesday next week. 
I'm missing my adrenalin fix (FZX 750) 
