Springtime Strom-Fest - Part Deux

[Tige]

Starting a new thread so people don't have to read all 19+ pages of the original thread.

Here's a link to the first thread for background info.

http://www.stromtrooper.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5413

I'll be at the Cherohala Motorcycle Resort at 2:00 PM on friday, 6/29/07. I'll be in the pavillion with a list of people who said they were going to attend. Please stop in and see me when you arrive so I know who all ended up making the journey. You guys can tell me then if you are interested in the dual sport ride, what your plans might be for riding Saturday, Sunday, etc.

I'll be providing hamburgers, hotdogs, and chips for Friday night's cookout dinner at the resort. There is an outdoor kitchen at the resort, as well as fire rings in the tent camping area. Also, Monroe county does not permit spirit sales. Beer is sold locally, but "hard" liquior is not - plan accordingly. The owners of the resort do not allow glass bottles, so please keep that in mind.

Any other questions shoot me a message. Also, I'm trying very hard to get the t-shirt thing to happen, but I cannot guarantee anything.

Tige

[Big B]

I'll be staying at Hunts Lodge along with Monkeygrass, Balazs and Waterwarrior. But I'll be hanging out at Cherohala with ya'll punks.;)

[SCraig]

I'll be staying at Hunts Lodge along with Monkeygrass, Balazs and Waterwarrior. But I'll be hanging out at Cherohala with ya'll punks.;)
You assume, of course, that we want you people hanging out with us :D

Just kidding, of course. I'm looking forward to putting faces with names.

I'm staying at Cherohala Cycle Resort. Plan to arrive 6/29 afternoon.
Leaving Monday, 7/2 and heading east for several days and hitting parts of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. There is also an aviation museum in Sevierville I plan to stop at on the way home.

[KAP]

My NW Ohio group is staying at Hunt's Lodge, we'll be talkin at ya at Cherohala.
__________
Kyle

[mokusbajusz]

Hmm, it seems at Hunt's Lodge there will be a quite exclusive company.

So maybe we will allow you Scott to hang out with us there. :mrgreen:

[aps45819]

Leaving California, MD Thursday morning (6/28)
Crossing into VA on Rt.301 then taking Rt. 218 into Fredericksburg.
Rt.3 from Fburg to Rt.20 at Wilderness, VA.
Rt.20 south to Mountpelier Station and then Rt. 609 over to Rt.29
Rt.29 south into Charlottesville for lunch and then it's I64 to Waynesboro and the north end of the Blue Ridge parkway.
Riding the BRP south to Meadows of Dan, VA where I'll over night at the Willville Motorcycle Camp http://www.willvillebikecamp.com/
Friday morning it's back on the BRP riding south.
Friday afternoons route will depend on the weather.
I'm staying with a friend near Maryville TN, just off Rt.129
If it's nasty, I'll head there, if not I'll come on over to Tellico Plains and say hey before I head over to Maryville.
If you want to hook up along the way, we can exchange cell numbers

[Tige]

Here's the tenative schedule that I had in mind.

Schedule

Friday (6/29/07)
15:00 - Meet and Greet @ Tellico Plains.
17:00 - Outdoor cookout (my treat).
Dark - Campfire get together.

Saturday (6/30/07)
07:30 - Breakfast with the Troopers
09:30 - Dual Sport Ride (includes lunch somewhere)
Dark - Campfire get together

Sunday (7/01/07)
07:30 - Breakfast with the Troopers
09:30 - Group Fairwell and goodbyes.
10:00 - The Dragon, Foothills Parkway, Cherohalla Skyway rides

[Inverted1]

Tige,

The schedule looks great other than the early am breakfasts... ;-)

Ah, once it gets light out I can't sleep anyway. I'm looking forward to this...! Should be loads of fun.

If there is anything I can do to help out, just let me know.

Anyone know if there are coyotes in the area???

[Tige]

I"m sure coyotes are all over the place down there.

See ya there.

Tige

[coop74]

Anyone know if there are coyotes in the area???

yes there are, as well as bear, wolves, Elk, wild turkey, boar, and most any other furry creature you can think of. (Ok the Elk are in the park about 60 miles away but they do roam free in the park)

Coop

[GeoBiker]

... and most any other furry creature you can think of. ...
Coop

These can usually be seen cooking at the local Waffle House..;-)

[rstms]

These can usually be seen cooking at the local Waffle House..;-)

Is that where we are having breakfast??? My favorite part!!!

Looking forward to the trip.

Sam

[loblo]

As long as there's grits, I don't care who serves 'em. I'm Leaving Thursday night, don't have a place to stay yet, but may buy tent and bag to camp...somewhere. Are there any decent mom-n-pop motels in the area? See you all Friday early afternoon, I hope.

loblo

[Tige]

Where you at in IN? If you're around the NE of Indy, you can stop by and get my sleeping bag and tent.

Tige

[rstms]

As long as there's grits, I don't care who serves 'em.
loblo

I'll stick with a friend on the grits "I'm southern, but not that southern"

[loblo]

Where you at in IN? If you're around the NE of Indy, you can stop by and get my sleeping bag and tent.

Tige

I'm coming from South Bend, but I doubt anyone will be up at your house at 1 or 2 AM, when I'll be passing through. Don't worry about it--I think there's a WalMart or two in TN.

loblo

[msheron]

Tige,

The schedule looks great other than the early am breakfasts... ;-)

Ah, once it gets light out I can't sleep anyway. I'm looking forward to this...! Should be loads of fun.

If there is anything I can do to help out, just let me know.

Anyone know if there are coyotes in the area???

There are..............including the elusive mythical mountain lion(s) that have been sighted; some reports of black panthers; black bear; wild boar; elk; sometimes rabid raccoons; possums; timber rattlers; copperheads; red and grey fox..................I will stop now. Oh yeah.................reports of Yetties too! To those who never heard that term....."Bigfoot".

You guys have fun. I will not be able to attend now due to lawn projects.

[Tige]

I'm coming from South Bend, but I doubt anyone will be up at your house at 1 or 2 AM, when I'll be passing through. Don't worry about it--I think there's a WalMart or two in TN.

loblo

Actually, I don't generally go to bed until 03:00, since I go to work at noon.

Offer still stands. Up to you man.

Tige

[Tige]

There are..............including the elusive mythical mountain lion(s) that have been sighted; some reports of black panthers; black bear; wild boar; elk; sometimes rabid raccoons; possums; timber rattlers; copperheads; red and grey fox..................I will stop now. Oh yeah.................reports of Yetties too! To those who never heard that term....."Bigfoot".

You guys have fun. I will not be able to attend now due to lawn projects.

The funny part about the original question is that it was an inside joke. Since Fourvalve won't be there, we don't have to worry about it too much.

See this thread for insight.

http://www.stromtrooper.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7235&highlight=coyotes

Tige

[Big B]

The funny part about the original question is that it was an inside joke. Since Fourvalve won't be there, we don't have to worry about it too much.

See this thread for insight.

http://www.stromtrooper.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7235&highlight=coyotes

Tige

As far as I know...he will be there!!!!!;)

[Big B]

Well......I stand corrected, Fourvalve aint coming.:(

[loblo]

Actually, I don't generally go to bed until 03:00, since I go to work at noon.

Offer still stands. Up to you man.

Tige

I really appreciate the sentiment, but I'll just take care of myself this time, especially with what happened tonight. I stopped at Meijers to buy a U. Michigan sleeping bag (that's right, a maize n blue sleeping bag), and bungeed it down. Stopped to get a bite at the gas station--heeeeyy, what's wrong with this picture? Answer, nothing to show for my purchase but one red dangling bungee cord. I would hate to have that happen to somebody else's stuff. I guess it's not the first time I've pissed away $20...Looking forward to seeing my fellow Hoosiers when I get down there.

loblo

[Tige]

Remind me of that story at the rally and Brendan and I will share a similar story with you.

Tige

[Big B]

I really appreciate the sentiment, but I'll just take care of myself this time, especially with what happened tonight. I stopped at Meijers to buy a U. Michigan sleeping bag (that's right, a maize n blue sleeping bag), and bungeed it down. Stopped to get a bite at the gas station--heeeeyy, what's wrong with this picture? Answer, nothing to show for my purchase but one red dangling bungee cord. I would hate to have that happen to somebody else's stuff. I guess it's not the first time I've pissed away $20...Looking forward to seeing my fellow Hoosiers when I get down there.

loblo

I'll be sure to have all my BUCKEYE apparel with me, and Brutus the Buckeye leading the way. Looking forward to meeting ya!!!!:cool:

[Howboucha]

I will be tent camping at Hunts Lodge, arriving with Tige Friday afternoon. Still not sure if I am leaving Saturday a.m. or staying.

[Gary]

and today......, they're gone. Oh, the pain!!!! I sure am sorry that I won't be there!!!!!!!! I hope they have the best time!! So that this event gets planned again. Here's to all the Stromtroopers on the road today and this weekend, ya'll be safe and have a wonderful time!!! You'll all be on my mind all weekend!!!

Ride safe!!

Gary

[aps45819]

Made it to TN, about 25 miles north of Tellico plains. They're getting hammered by rain, think I'll hook up with them in the morning LOL

[GrayWolf]

According to the locals there was an accident on every interstate in every direction this afternoon. We skipped the superslab and made it four hours late.

Lots of people here, where are you?

-GW

[aps45819]

According to the locals there was an accident on every interstate in every direction this afternoon. We skipped the superslab and made it four hours late.

Lots of people here, where are you?

-GW

Buddies house about 10 miles south of Maryville on Rt.336, Montvale Rd. Just got out of a nice hot shower.
See you guys in the morning

[aps45819]

A dozen Troopers were spotted on some mountian top yesterday
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/aps45819/TN%20Trip/PICT0063.jpg

several had wet feet
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/aps45819/TN%20Trip/PICT0031.jpg

[aps45819]

There is a Fenda extenda lying out on one of those dirt roads
Washed the bike and was wondering why the fender seemed shorter :lol:

[rstms]

Returned home from the fest this afternoon. Thanks go out to Tige for all the hard work in organizing and Tige, Graywolf and Coop for planning and overseeing the wonderful dual sport ride Saturday. Big fun and exciting water crossings. Thanks also to all who attended, especially Balaz, for making the event memorable. And last, but not least, to Renee and Mark for their hospitality. I am sure their resort will continue to be a great sucess. Already looking forward to the next...
Sam

[GrayWolf]

I noticed about 9 DVD's went missing this AM. If anyone wants a copy of the dual sport ride DVD PM me and I'll make arrangements. I will probably ask for a buck or so for shipping because I am one cheap bastard.

-GW

[coop74]

If you went on the Dual sport ride, and did not get a DVD, it is well worth a buck for the pics alone not to mention the video of the creek crossing and such.

The only flaw i see in it is that i am not in more of it

Coop

[re_pete_5]

Thanks to everyone responsible for planning a great event!!! Met a lot of fine people even though I arrived late on Saturday. The Cherohola Motorcycle Resort is excellent!

Went home on Sunday to Winston-Salem via 315 down to 64 and over to watch the whitewater at Hell's Hole on the Ocoee River and the Olympic site. A fun weekend ... looking forward to next year!

Dick

[rstms]

Got my copy of. Great job! Only improvement would have been LESS shots of me! Everyone did very well on the ride. Thanks to Graywolf for the good work.

Sam

[pbeens]

Thank you to all the organizers of this great event. The DVD looks great; thanks Eli for putting it together, and to all the others that took pictures and videos.

Left at 7:00 a.m. sharp and made it home 14 hours later. Uneventful, other than how cold it got as I headed north (thank you heated vest!).

It was great meeting everyone. I hope I can make it out again to another rally like this.

-Peter in Niagara Falls (Canada)

[GrayWolf]

Its now on YouTube!

The first water crossing:

Water Crossing 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FdZg0ZtS3M)

And the third, sorry guys, the second didn't make it up.

Water Crossing 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WlZJv2kNqc)

[Tige]

Thanks to all who attended this past weekend. It was great to put faces with names and share a good ride. There are several things that I wish went better, but nothing is ever perfect.

I truely hope those that went with us on the dual sport ride remember the good times and forget the little hangups we had with the route. I promise you it won't be an issue in the futre.

Graywolf (Eli) has put the videos of the water crossing on youtube, so please enjoy. He's also offering copies of the DVD if people didn't get one that wanted one. Send him a PM if interested.

If we are wanting to do this again next year, I'll volunteer to get it together, etc. I also promise to not be late!

Hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

Tige

[mokusbajusz]

I've arrived safely at G's house with G right now.

I'd lake to say thank you to all the organizers, all those who participated and all those who helped me to make this event to be my most memorable riding in my life. I'll post a detailed report on my entire US-trip later when I'll be back to Hungary with many pics of course.

I've met very friendly, helpful, kind and polite people at TP, and those are YOU! I'm proud myself to be a member of such a community! Thank you Brendan!

If you can, please email me pics that you have taken on me to this address:
karakasb at gmail dot com

Stromtroopers rock!

[loblo]

Aaaah, reality sucks.... Made it back last night about 8:30, just in time to miss my entire rehearsal and have the release mechanism on my HJC modular seize up (again--anyone else have a problem with these things?). A few words of appreciation for what has recently taken place:

First of all, big thanks for Tige, Eli, and Brendan for getting this all together and off the ground--what a fantastic idea, place, time!

Thanks to Tige, Eli, and Coop for organizing an event that helped me grow as a rider by doing things I'd never done before. I used to be acomplete dirt wuss, and now....I'm, ahhh, less of a dirt wuss. Special thanks to Coop for the words of encouragement ("It's pavement with lumps..."), and apologies to him and anyone else who rode behind me.


Thanks to Cherohala Motorcycle Resort and Hunt's Lodge for their easy hospitality during the weekend. The parties at Hunt's ROCKED! And speaking of which...

Thanks to JohnnyReb, who definitely "knows his cuts of meat," and is a very generous fellow, and to the Mighty "Chef" who did an awesome job of grilling everything to perfection.

Thanks and kudos to Balasz, the Mad Hungarian, who showed once again that dreams can come true. It was great to hang with you, buddy, and best of times for the rest of your trip.

Thanks to the transportation departments of Tennessee and North Carolina, for giving us all those awesome roads to ride on (and for keeping them smooth and clean).

And finally, thanks to Suzuki for designing and building such a solid, reliable, capable, versatile, economical, comfortable, good-handling, and fun machine that inspires some of the most diverse and interesting people to purchase them, ride them, and occasionally gather in spectacular locations for good times.

What a weekend...

loblo

[GrayWolf]

Aaaah, reality sucks.... Made it back last night about 8:30, just in time to miss my entire rehearsal and have the release mechanism on my HJC modular seize up (again--anyone else have a problem with these things?). A few words of appreciation for what has recently taken place:

First of all, big thanks for Tige, Eli, and Brendan for getting this all together and off the ground--what a fantastic idea, place, time!

Thanks to Tige, Eli, and Coop for organizing an event that helped me grow as a rider by doing things I'd never done before. I used to be acomplete dirt wuss, and now....I'm, ahhh, less of a dirt wuss. Special thanks to Coop for the words of encouragement ("It's pavement with lumps..."), and apologies to him and anyone else who rode behind me.


Thanks to Cherohala Motorcycle Resort and Hunt's Lodge for their easy hospitality during the weekend. The parties at Hunt's ROCKED! And speaking of which...

Thanks to JohnnyReb, who definitely "knows his cuts of meat," and is a very generous fellow, and to the Mighty "Chef" who did an awesome job of grilling everything to perfection.

Thanks and kudos to Balasz, the Mad Hungarian, who showed once again that dreams can come true. It was great to hang with you, buddy, and best of times for the rest of your trip.

Thanks to the transportation departments of Tennessee and North Carolina, for giving us all those awesome roads to ride on (and for keeping them smooth and clean).

And finally, thanks to Suzuki for designing and building such a solid, reliable, capable, versatile, economical, comfortable, good-handling, and fun machine that inspires some of the most diverse and interesting people to purchase them, ride them, and occasionally gather in spectacular locations for good times.

What a weekend...

loblo

Wow, well put loblo. I was really happy to have you along on the ride. I was blown away by how many folks came on the ride. I was as impressed as could be by all that you did when it was obvious how uncomfortable you were. You conquered some pretty tough stuff for your first time offroad. I honestly expected the opposite of that happened to happen. I figured you and a half dozen other riders would meet us up on buckbald for the second part of the trip and skip the water. That EVERYONE tried the water and EVERYONE succeeded brilliantly was just AWESOME.

As a matter of fact that road right before you peeled off was not on the route and was awful. I could tell that no one was enjoying that one. Ahh well, next time I'll have a GPS and will not overshoot the turn.

Thanks for coming out of your comfort zone and kicking ass. We'll see you for the next one :twisted:

-GW

[aps45819]

First of all, big thanks for Tige, Eli, and Brendan for getting this all together and off the ground--what a fantastic idea, place, time!

Thanks to Tige, Eli, and Coop for organizing an event that helped me grow as a rider by doing things I'd never done before. I used to be acomplete dirt wuss, and now....I'm, ahhh, less of a dirt wuss. Special thanks to Coop for the words of encouragement, "It's pavement with lumps...".

Ditto to that, Thanks again for a great time. Don't forget "A goldwing could ride this route" :lol:

Made it home today. Photos from my trip are here
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/aps45819/TN%20Trip/

If anybody wants me to e-mail them a full size (4mg) let me know at aps45819@yahoo

[pbeens]

The videos have been added to the V-Strom Wiki:

http://v-strom.wikispaces.com/Videos

-Peter in Niagara Falls

Its now on YouTube!

The first water crossing:

Water Crossing 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FdZg0ZtS3M)

And the third, sorry guys, the second didn't make it up.

Water Crossing 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WlZJv2kNqc)

[Tige]

Ditto to that, Thanks again for a great time. Don't forget "A goldwing could ride this route" :lol:

Made it home today. Photos from my trip are here
http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/aps45819/TN%20Trip/

If anybody wants me to e-mail them a full size (4mg) let me know at aps45819@yahoo

I like this one the best:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/aps45819/TN%20Trip/PICT0031.jpg

Tige

[JONNYREB]

Truly was the best rides of my life and one of the best times. I met many awesome people and got to know several quite well. Everyone was like a new best friend. I rode out saturday morning and missed seeing Brendan who rode like 9 hours(maybe different) hung out that night and had to bolt home for a wedding the next day. I hope we'll meet next time. I never would have found the place but peter from ontario saw me at the gas station and took the time to follow me back to hunts motorcycle campground drop off my ice and take me to cherohalo campground where i met lew and punky the amazing man and dog team, Dennis, john and of course peter. Everyone else was off on the backwoods rides which looked awesome by the way.
Back at my camp(hunts) i set my tiny tent up just in time to be joined by a huge guy in full leathers on a harley(turned out to be a vulcan) He wanted to camp near me and so i met Richard Grimlett, a Biker, Traveler and motorcycle book author. We talked a good bit and he was the furthest thing from any stereotypical thoughts i had. By the time he left i was presented with his book " chronicles of a biker" and a bikers bible. Quite a guy.
At our camp we had a killer feast and i got to know Balazs,a brilliant and entertaining good guy, water warrior all the way from ... somewhere way up in canada, Kap, the mighty shep: a good man on the grill and here from california, loblo a motorcycle safety instructor and a heck of a good guy, I got to hang out with monkeygrass and his friends and his brother scott. All high energy guys who were a blast to be with. Big b and his friends came in and soon we had a bunch of people. There were still people chewing on ribs at 1am. There were many more but the stories and names could go on and on.
The rides were awesome as we did the cherohalo (sp?) highway and the twisty roads going around lake fontana. We then did the dragon and met up with more stromtroopers who ran it with us.We all met local people and riders from everywhere and all were extremely friendly. I will so be back... We had some trouble as one of the stroms went down. In the pics you will see the milkman, balazs and the water warrior working on the bashed bike. They got her going. I knew a couple others who went down too but luck shined as no one got hurt.
Here are some of the various pictures i took, Balazs and others will have many more.
http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z252/xxjonnyrebxx/ this trip was incredible. J.R

[Big B]

Great friends, great roads, great food, great weather "mostly" and great memories. To all that couldn't be there....try to make the next event, you won't regret it. You summed up the weekend pretty well JREB, and it was a pleasure to meet all of you. I am gonna try to hang out with more of the troopers next time, I just simply had too many non Strom riding buddies to entertain. I wished that there were 2 of me.....ya'll might not though!:mrgreen:

Brian

[MZBuckeye]

Pictures look unreal, I'm going to try hard to do this next year if it happens again.

[JGL351]

Well said Loblo.
I arrived back in Toronto 10:30 Tuesday after a very entertaining and uneventful scenic route home, except for one very large deer in WV that jummped off a high roadside embankment onto the road 20 yd in front of me, neither of us panicked, I squeezed the front brake hard, the deer took two quick leaps and was gone into the bush on the far side of the road. No harm, No foul, play on.
Special thanks to Eli and Tige, following you two showed me what this bike can do and raised my confidence and riding level considerably. I am much more relaxed at greater lean angles and I can read corner entry speed much better. I also know that if I am going in a little bit too hot, to have confidence in the tires, steer in harder and look to the end of the turn to keep the bike turning.
I have 25 000 mi on the bike in 2 years but you showed me how to ride on the side of the tires for the first time, with confidence.
Thanks again

[pbeens]

Finally got a chance to edit the video footage I shot on the Dragon. The quality isn't the best; it was shot on my point & shoot camera on a "GorillaPod" mounted behind the windscreen.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7498914536552102194

Please don't comment on my poor cornering techniques! I'm definitely a n00b when it comes to challenging myself on the twisties.

-Peter in Niagara Falls

[SCraig]

Made it back home this afternoon. Rode through the Smokys Monday, up the Blue Ridge Parkway about 250 miles Tuesday, and headed home from Fancy Gap, VA today.

An absolutely fantastic trip and it was really great meeting in person many of the people that I've met here. I just wish that we could all manage to get together at once so everyone could see what a great bunch we have.

I'd also like to thank everyone who put this together, especially fl_strom for coming up with the idea in the first place. Hopefully we can do it again next year!

[mokusbajusz]

has already uploaded the pics of Saturday.

Stromtroopers on V-Stroms are in the Touring bikes section.

http://lh5.google.com/registr1234/Roz0TCJUfqI/AAAAAAAADjo/q5jvLarIAZk/s400/mokusbajusz_klr_2.JPGhttp://lh4.google.com/registr1234/Roz32yJUftI/AAAAAAAADkA/DTdXMfstkHc/s400/waterwarrior_klr_1.JPG

[BIKER60]

After sleeping on the ground, I reminber why I quit camping, then losing my key to the bike. thanks again Scot for finding it. I was ready for breakfast.
We started the mouring with about 15 riders across the Cherohala Skyway to Deal Gap then acsoss the Dragon tail we were 8 then to the end of the Foothill Parkway we were 7.
When we ran the Dragon Tail of the way back , that was the most intense
11 miles I have ever run. Thats what is known a a fine ride.
Sorry, I couldn,t stay for the sunday ride but couldn't sleep on the ground again.
Thanks again for putting this trip together.
JIM

[aps45819]

..has their pics up also. We're in the Adventure Touring section.
http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/ThumbPage.aspx?e=2994476&g=0HH600DU02
I seem to recognize some of those V bikes
I'm 1, 2 & 3 on the first page.

Killboy was just setting up his canopy when I went by

[water warrior]

Howdy all.....Just looked at available pic's and video's....NOW i am really jealous that i couldn't go with Bob. Looks like you all had so much fun !!
Bob is not home yet but he has made it back to Canada...anxiously awaiting his arrival...he is bound to have lots of photo's...hope i can remember how to post them.
Maybe next year ????

Lynda

[MightyShep]

Hey Y'all!

Just a post from the road. I'm alive and well in sunny Oklahoma on my way back to Commiefornia. Thank's to all of you who made the rally great! It was fun to meet everyone and ride with some of you. Same time next year?

[Big B]

Hey Y'all!

Just a post from the road. I'm alive and well in sunny Oklahoma on my way back to Commiefornia. Thank's to all of you who made the rally great! It was fun to meet everyone and ride with some of you. Same time next year?

You bet your ass....just make it home safely "first".;) I didn't get to hang with you as much as I had planned, I had too many non Strom riding buddies to entertain. They all had a freakin blast by the way.:cool:

[MightyShep]

You bet your ass....just make it home safely "first".;) I didn't get to hang with you as much as I had planned, I had too many non Strom riding buddies to entertain. They all had a freakin blast by the way.:cool:
No worries B. I did have a close call with some "Bingo Babies" outside of Biloxi. Just came crashing into my lane. Fortunately I had already recognised them as a potential hazard, and was ready for their move. Freakin' blue heads!

[FireDog45]

"Bingo Babies"

Good one! :-P

[rstms]

No worries B. I did have a close call with some "Bingo Babies" outside of Biloxi. Just came crashing into my lane. Fortunately I had already recognised them as a potential hazard, and was ready for their move. Freakin' blue heads!

Shep,
Gald to hear you are safely home. We need you at all the events to be in charge of pizza procurement!
Sam

[MightyShep]

Shep,
Gald to hear you are safely home. We need you at all the events to be in charge of pizza procurement!
Sam


LOL! I made it home today! (Wed. 7-11-07) and am I glad. That was one Hell of a trip.

[JONNYREB]

Shep glad yer back safe and it was darned good to meet you. Heard through the grapevine that we(local charlotte chapter) are headed your way next year. How long did your trip take? Is 2 weeks enough?
Enjoyed it!! J.R.

[SCraig]

LOL! I made it home today! (Wed. 7-11-07) and am I glad. That was one Hell of a trip.
Glad you made it home, Shep. Great meeting you and I appreciate your delivering my hat :p

[MonkeyGrass]

LOL! I made it home today! (Wed. 7-11-07) and am I glad. That was one Hell of a trip.

Feels good, don't it?!

Glad you made it back home. Both literally and around here. It's been WAAAAY too quiet these past 3 weeks while you've been on the road! :mrgreen:



...and we're waiting for the ride report... ;)

[Brown74]

Man I had a blast! Seems that the 'troopers are a good bunch of well rounded folks. Made lots of great friends, in a short amount of time! Looking forward to the next gathering. You guys rule :-D

Brown74 (Scott)

[mokusbajusz]

Howdy all.....Just looked at available pic's and video's....NOW i am really jealous that i couldn't go with Bob. Looks like you all had so much fun !!
Bob is not home yet but he has made it back to Canada...anxiously awaiting his arrival...he is bound to have lots of photo's...hope i can remember how to post them.
Maybe next year ????

Lynda

Hey Lynda,

please let us know if everything is ok with Bob!

I know he takes a little detour before head to Squamish, but it's so unusual, that water warrior doesn't post at all...:mrgreen:

BTW congrats to you, you have a great man!

[mokusbajusz]

LOL! I made it home today! (Wed. 7-11-07) and am I glad. That was one Hell of a trip.

Hey Shep,

it seems that except Bob (water warrior) all of us who came from more than 1000 miles far are safely arrived home.

Today is my first day in the office, just finished with reading and deleting emails and now I am here on the forum...

The acclimatization is one difficult thing when it comes to holiday versus work... :rolleyes:

[MightyShep]

Thanks everyone!

Jonnyreb:
Two weeks is okay. It depends on where you want to go. I made the return trip from Tallahassee Fl. to San Pedro CA. in 4 days. That was hauling ass and stopping for gas and food. No sight seeing.
Day 1 was 700 miles
Day 2 was 575 miles
Day 3 was 670 miles
Day 4 was 588 miles
(note: mileage is approximate)

add another day and you can smooth out the miles. That gives you four days to play with. Kind of tight but certainly do-able.

MonkeyGrass:

It felt good for about a day. Now I want to be back in the Smokies with the BBQ Krew. :(

Scott:

Any time. Glad to have met you too.

Balazs:

I'm glad you had a good time. It was great to meet you and have a few beers. Next time I'm in Europe I'll try to get over to Hungary and you can show me around. Or maybe we could meet in Munich for Octoberfest?

[mokusbajusz]

Balazs:

I'm glad you had a good time. It was great to meet you and have a few beers. Next time I'm in Europe I'll try to get over to Hungary and you can show me around. Or maybe we could meet in Munich for Octoberfest?


Either way would be nice, although Octoberfest is dangerous. You must be well-trained to drink liters of beer from the stronger type. You seemed to be OK, but I still need some practising...

[pbeens]

My killboy.com pix:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35063&id=904255061&ref=mf

Zeefoto pix also on order.

-Peter in Niagara Falls
http://v-strom.wikispaces.com/

[aps45819]

Man I had a blast! Seems that the 'troopers are a good bunch of well rounded folks.

:lol: my daughter saw my pics of the trip and commented on how "well rounded" the front of most riders seemed

[mokusbajusz]

I think it's a good idea to share our photos that we all made during the event.
At least I'm very interested in seeing yours!

If you got pics, post them here, or if you've already uploaded them to some server submit a link where we can have a look on them.

Maybe some of you remember that I've created an account at Picasaweb (by Google) right for this event. Everybody is welcome to use it.

You can find it here: http://picasaweb.google.com/tellicoplains/
To upload pics you need to sign: tellicoplains@gmail.com
Password is the name of this site without ".com".

I've already uploaded mines.

[Fourvalve]

I think I'll be on The Big Trip then; out to Montana, then down the length of the Rockies, stop off at a friend's place in Jackson Hole, then back to Ahia. I'll be there if I can, though...