docc Posted June 9, 2012 Author Posted June 9, 2012 I've just heard news that one of the deluxe rooms (king bed/hot tub) has opened up. email or give Walt a call if you're interested.
Bill Hagan Posted June 10, 2012 Posted June 10, 2012 I've just heard news that one of the deluxe rooms (king bed/hot tub) has opened up. email or give Walt a call if you're interested. Yes, regrettably, that would be us. As I had feared, our impending move to Virginia has made this impossible for us. The ONLY days we could arrange for moving out of our Atlanta home meant packers on that Friday -- 22 June -- and loading the following Monday, 25 June. So, we will drive up on Saturday to join the ride ... but in the MINI. The EV is back in Atlanta, and Jay Hines is going to ride it up to Virginia for me, but it has a flat tire and no battery right now. No time out here in Milan to repair before SSR8. But in the MINI we can be the SSR8 "support vehicle" for the Saturday ride. That leaves our nice room with jacuzzi, etc., available if anyone is interested. http://www.lodgeattellico.com/default.htm OBTW, re lodging in the general area just noticed that the Tapaco Lodge has reopened: http://tapocolodge.com/ Bill
docc Posted June 11, 2012 Author Posted June 11, 2012 Alas, your presence in whatever physical form (texting doesn't count) will mean that you have never missed a Spine Raid. You ought to have a prize. Oh . . . wait - you do have a prize:
docc Posted June 16, 2012 Author Posted June 16, 2012 It is looking like six of us leaving middle Tennessee Friday morning running all backroads over to TellicoPlains. Breakfast at MarcyJo's Mealhouse (4 miles east of I65/exit 46 at the junction of TN99 and US 431) around 0800 and eastward bound by 9-9:30.
Bill Hagan Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 Yo, docc, what time are you launching the Sat a.m. ride? Got a PM from a Guzzista who wondered, and, actually, Kathi and I need to know, too, so I can build in time for discussing law with an enforcement officer on the way up from Atlanta that morning? Bill
docc Posted June 21, 2012 Author Posted June 21, 2012 I'm thinking we should head east at 0900 EDT assuming everyone is already fueled up and Walt can have s fed by then. That should get us over the Cherohala and to the store at Deal's Gap in a couple hours to observe the carnival festivities and let anyone who wants to earn their T-shirt on the Tail of the Dragon. Then off to Franklin and lunch at The Sunset. Back to the Cherohala via Wayah Gap and Nantahala Lake. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
docc Posted June 21, 2012 Author Posted June 21, 2012 Also, likely to have two distinct rolling gaggles: ALLEGRO and normale. Ride well. And hydrate - looks like the 90s F. The Sport vapor locked after parking today for the first time ever (82,000 miles).
gstallons Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 Have a good trip........I have training all week and can't skip out on it ! UGH
motowfo Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 Great weekend and temps were "perfect" (we'll after 8:00pm when the beer tempered the heat of the day). I had a great time with those that were able to make it. I missed many of you! For those who couldn't attend you missed a Bear Riding a Motor and the fastest Ambassador 750 I've ever seen! Thanks Docc for putting together a great non-event!!! Rick
andy york Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Thanks to Docc for another great Spine Raid Five star lodging,Feasting on the finest southern cuisine, and a personally guided tour of some of the best roads east of the rockies. it was a pleasure to ride with everyone....Rick C, Rick M,Josh,Jake,Docc,and the fellow on the Ambassador andy
docc Posted June 26, 2012 Author Posted June 26, 2012 What a great bunch of guys to both ride with and sit about on the veranda and tell ever taller tales. Tech session revealed: Yes, you can carry an entire case of ale in the expandable Guzzi/Tekno panniers (why did you think they were"expandable?") -
docc Posted June 26, 2012 Author Posted June 26, 2012 Proper pizza delivery requires 460 horsepower: Looking like we already have a police escort may kept that last Trooper from throwing in with us: Good and proper spine frames: Distant cousins on the Cherohala?
Josh Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Guzzi riders are the best!!! Thanks to all involved, I had a great time and looking forward to SSR9.
Bill Hagan Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 Just sipping an espresso (yes, of course, with a whiff of grappa ) in Milan and wondering where docc might have planned to hold SSRIX. Unfortunately, it's Milan, Illinois, and, worse, as I am retiring next summer, not sure I'll be able to get away to attend this one. After missing SSRVIII, that is shameful performance. OTOH, it's a delightful 500-miler down to Tellico Plains from Cross Junction, Virginia, so, if not this time, I can look forward to SSRX. Bill
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