Meeting Recap- March 23, 2013

A half dozen of us made it, in the rain, to our first meeting at the new, non-winter, time of 9 a.m. We had a look at one of the last of the series What You Didn't Learn In Sunday School. There has not been a Baloney Shop posted since February so we may have to start something new in a couple months.

The first order of business was setting out a ride schedule for April and May (June was already set as the time for the overnight to Maggie Valley). We decided April 13th would be a good time to ride The Long Loop that we had to defer earlier because of road conditions up in the mountains, and May18th for a ride up Wayah Road with a return via the Cherohala Skyway (those wishing to take a side adventure up the Forest Road to Wayah Bald and the tower will have an opportunity too).

Since the last Saturday of May is on the Memorial Day weekend, and we have a ride scheduled for the prior Saturday, we decided to cancel the May monthly meeting

We watched, and discussed, two videos that highlighted the danger in navigating surfaces that are slick from oil and/or algae, one from Dakar 2013, the other TravellingStroms helmet cam on his ride into Cambodia.

Another dramatic real-life video, taken on the TAT in Utah, showed the value of SPOT out in the boondocks. You can see this in our Weblinks under Face Plants titled  Off Road Gone Bad.

Another video, professionally done, highlighted the dangers on the Dragon. You can see this, again in Weblinks under Roads To Remember titled Dragon Dangers.

We had some laughs with other videos, and discussion about them, but still were able to adjourn by noon (more or less)