What a wonderful day!

George and Bernadette led us on a great ride today which was also very educational. We visited the Booker T Washington birthplace and watched a short documentary about his life and accomplishments. Our second stop was the Smith Mountain Lake Dam which was not easy to find but after riding miles over some great motorcycle roads we entered the visitor center and wonder around reading history and then walked the short distance to the overlook area. Getting back on the bikes and retracing our route we stopped at the Mayberry Diner. It was obvious they don't normally have a crowd of 22 people at one time because they didn't have enough menu but the food was good old American bergers or hot dogs. And again Andy Hale was served first. All UTR members will understand - no matter where we go Andy and the people at his table manage to be served first. After lunch we headed to Bedford to visit the National D Day Memorial. This was a very interesting and educational tour. The whole day was spent visiting places close to the hotel but we still managed to log over 100 miles. Chrissy and George arrived today while we were out and joined us for the after hours gab session as we shared stories of rallies past. We now have 24 UTR members present for the 2009 rally.