Meeting Recap-April 27, 2013

Nine members met on a rainy Saturday morning for the monthly meeting. Larry won  the hardcore rider award as he rode in on his KLR. The rest came in cages or trucks.

After viewing the latest edition of LHM's Baloney Shop the group got down to laying out details of the upcoming May and June rides. After a lot of discussion they agreed to an earlier than usual start time for the Wayah-Cherohala ride scheduled
for May 18th. The ride will begin at the Chevron station at exit 27 of I-575 at 7 a.m.
This start time for the 320 mile ride should allow plenty of time for sightseeing on the Nantahala and, for those choosing to, exploring the forest road up to Wayah Bald and still allow a return to Ball Ground around 5 p.m.

The June 14-15th ride to Maggie Valley (Wheels Through Time) will kick off Friday afternoon at 4 p.m., again from the Chevron at exit 27. This will allow the group to have dinner at the Riverside Restaurant  on the Toccoa at 6 p.m. and then move on to Dan's cabin outside Morganton before dark.The next morning (early) they'll continue on to Maggie Valley and still be able to return to Ball Ground at a reasonable hour.

The group watched a short video from Captain Crash that talked about thinking through the items that a rider should carry on their person, so that they'll be handy should the rider be separated from his bike in a "get off" or other circumstance. Bob (the elder) passed around an identification bracelet that carries vital information that can help first responders. The bracelet, and other forms of ID are available from  http://www.roadid.com/c/RoadID

The group went through a training exercise that tested their recognition of road hazards and traffic signs. The link to this can be found in Weblinks under Training.

Before adjourning the group watched a few non motorcycle videos that brought a lot of laughs and some amazement about what some folks are daring enough to do ( see Batman Returns in the Not Motorcycle section of Weblinks).

REMEMBER there will not be a monthly meeting in May because it would fall on Memorial Day weekend.