Meeting Recap--October 26, 2013

Eleven of us came out this cold morning to attend this month's meeting; five on motorcycles in spite of the sub-freezing temperatures.There were two new faces: Jack, Dennis' brother, and Melinda who recently moved here from New Mexico. Both are most welcome and we hope to see them again soon.

To kick off the meeting we dug out an old episode of the Baloney Shop. It's was a few years old and revealed how then-hot issues have morphed over time, but not gone away.

We had planned to do some slow maneuver practice after the meeting and three videos laying out the basics was shown (braking, u-turn while moving and u-turn from a stop). However, it was agreed to forgo the practice until a warmer day.

The ride plan for November 9th was reviewed and the start time was changed from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. All the rest remains as depicted on the Calendar detail.

For December it was agreed that a shorter ride (< 200 miles) would be in order and it was suggested we stick to backroads in local counties. A ride plan for December 14th will be put together before our next meeting which will be on November 23rd, rather than the last Saturday, in order to avoid the weekend after Thanksgiving.

Dan gave a run down on the recent trip to Barber Motorsports and the Antique Motorcycle Festival. It looks like the three guys that went had a great time even though the campground was overcrowded.

Dan had added a new section under Articles on the website titled "Member Toys". What we'd like to do there is have each member post a short article about their current ride, or if you have more that one, the most interesting. Take a look at that section where two of us have already posted to get an idea of what would work (photos or video are not required but they do help).

Larry asked if a few of us could help set up the Christmas decorations in the Sanctuary on the morning of November 30th. He said it took a couple hours, with four men, last year. There was some interest, but no firm time was set to meet.

After viewing an assortment of videos, with topics as diverse as the Brown Recluse spider and "water crossings that didn't make it" we closed the meeting and a few of us rode to the barbeque put on by Dan's lodge (it was good).

Next meeting November 23rd 9 a.m.. Next ride November 9th.