Well.....at this point I am not committed to anything.

The planned weekend appears crappy....maybe it will improve before we actually have to make the call to cancel the group gathering.

The weekend of the 22,23,24 now looks great, and I could drive down on the Friday and spend the night in the campground, ride around Saturday and watch the 50cc Carnival on Saturday night, and come home Sunday.  That would not necessarily preclude me coming down again the next weekend.  This could well be a solo trip however...as MM is busy that weekend and Oldfeller most likely is booked to work.

I guess at this point....we wait and see and adapt our plans around he 25th/26th.  I can't get away the weekend of September 5th



Dave

Well it sure is a shame that after 9 pages of planning and discussing....the weekend may end up cancelled.

I am just gonna have to see what the weather allows, and what MM and Kent plan on doing.  There is still 2 weeks for the weather to decide to cooperate and get sunny. The Saturday/Sunday/Monday weather looks to be better, and at the end of the month I don't have any meetings....so it doesn't make any difference if I take off on Thurs/Frid....or Mon/Tues.  I do have a meeting Tuesday night that I should be home for - but I could miss that one if the weather turns out really great.  They have meetings every 2 weeks and I could go to the 2nd one in September.


Dave

Allright

My plan is to wait till tuesday the 26th - then check the weather forecast.  If the weather still don't look good I'll call kent and suggest we meet Saturday instead of Friday !    

Actually when your retired the weekend never ends !   I can meet on  a Monday and not know it from a Saturday  ... except for the crowd !     I'm not sure about  Kent's schule  .  


http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/robbinsville-nc/28771/august-weather/12174_pc
There is hardly a cloud in the forecast for the whole weekend ???   The weather is Perfect  !!!      

Yea , not all retirement jobs are the best things !  

Makes me realize just how Blessed I am.   I still have things I have to do , but I get to make my own schedule .  

Guys, I won't plan anything until after this upcoming weekend's football game.

My knees are still reeling from the start of school (hundreds of unlocks as kids leave their keys inside their other pants, gym locker, etc.   Lots of flights of stairs, etc.)

I generally take several days just to recover my hip from standing up all day at a football game, so we will have to see about mobility, pain level and weather.

Right now, if I was guessing, I'd think odds are good that weather isn't going to be totally wonderful and the joints will tend to be bad.

   

Yes it does.

I can remember looking at a 4 foot deep whirlpool swirling in a Black & Decker parking lot -- swirling around a drain while I called a bunch of moms to cancel an Awana canoe camping trip  -- the good Lord made that one pretty clear to me.

OK....so I try not too watch the forecast too much......just a 2 or 3 times each day!

The weather forecast is looking incredibly good.  I hope it stays that way.

Dave

Dave

You know Kent will be bring his 99HP Triumph.     and
We have a "slight" possibility of rain    

so

You thinking about bring a bike with fenders ?  
I'm thinking about bring the bike that Kent ain't seen yet (883) unless your bring your (you named that contraption yet ? ) S-40.  I  suppect       the "Little Bike" might be a touch quicker around the corners , but not much if any ???   .

What ever happened to the thing that motivated this trip anyway ?
You remember the "BIKE OF THE WEEK" thingiee      
Did they give ya a "T-shirt" or anything ?

Any excuse for a ride is better than none , Not that I need an excuse or anything !    
Kent's a really easy-going type but gets a little like OldFeller with a pair of HandleBars in his hands.   Last time we rode the Dragon he was on a Honda V-65 and I was on my First S-40.   and we were evenly matched.   He'd pull away in the straits and I'd brake in the corners to keep from running him over, but with me in front I couldn't seem to get away from him very long becouse the corners wern't close enough together.  It was fun !  .   But we're going to be safer this time ...