Meeting Recap--June 28th, 2014

Six of us (Melinda, Paul, Steve, Larry, and the Bobs (the younger and the elder) met this Saturday to map out plans for the coming months.

We referred to the recent Rider Preference Survey and other input from riders regarding changes to our riding routes that may allow more riders to participate. One suggestion favored by those at the meeting was to intersperse shorter, less technical rides, with those to more distant mountainous areas. The thought being a short (100 mile or so) ride one month, a more traditional longer ride the next. For July12th we scheduled a ride along these lines (see Calendar).

On July 20th (a Sunday) we plan to ride to King Of Kings (Jasper) to attend the 10:30 a.m. Service. You may recall KOK was a mission plant initiated  by TLC's Long Range Plan a few years ago. Pastor Knoche of TLC is the Pastor Emeritus at KOK. After the Service those willing can ride up to Suches for lunch at TWO.

We discussed the prospect for a Family Gathering. We viewed a video that showed the facilities at Sweetwater Creek (off of GA 20 just west of Knox Bridge).This is a COE park and has a shelter and parking more than sufficient to handle our families. There's a nice beach on Lake Allatoona and facility for horse-shoes, badminton, volley ball  or other games that can be brought to the park.  http://www.allatoonalake.org/parks/sweetwater-park.html    We are thinking August 16th would be a good day and we will soon be looking for input regarding your participation and the number of folks that may be attending with you. 

Steve and Larry shared with us  photos and video of their experiences on the motorcycle camping trip they took in early June. Their trip included the off road "Cherohala", the Blue Ridge Parkway's southern end, Clingman's Dome, Cades Cove, Parsons Branch, the Dragon and a number of Forest Roads and mountain tops in Tennessee and North Carolina. Great trip; thanks for letting us go along.

Our next meeting is scheduled for July 26th. Mark your calendar and try to be there. It's fun and your input is important.