Riding double with Don means he has to ride lead because I am leading the group to the rally. He is not comfortable riding lead but Ken is a fantastic drag; in fact the two make a good team. Pulled out of the hotel at 8AM under dry skies but weatherman is calling for rain and winds from a tropical storm in the gulf. Halfway down the Blue Ridge Parkway the rain started and the fog developed on several of the mountain tops and the hollers. We passed at least 2 dozen deer including a 5 point buck; several turkey and 5 or 6 groundhogs. Due to the low visibility several in our group pulled back and didn’t see us turn at Fancy Gap. I reached Bernie on the phone and told him he was lost! Well he knew that! In just a few minutes the whole group was back together and eating lunch in the Fancy Gap restaurant and creating more noise than most of the other patrons wanted I think. We arrived at the Quality Inn by 2 PM and are very pleased with the rooms.
In the pouring rain Bernie taxied 3 people at a time down the hill to Shoney’s for dinner but the rain had let up enough for us to gather outside our room on the sidewalk and tell stories, joke and work on Roger’s bike.
Just how many UTR men does it take to replace a headlight anyway? And why is George Curlett’s nickname Chief Brown Bottom?
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