I'm out of vacation time, not to mention out of moola !!!  

One of these days, I will make one of these trips.  Promise!

Oh, and by the way, the cabin that we rented a couple of weeks ago didn't have A/C either.  Hubby thought he was gonna die, but it had a ceiling fan, and the evenings got cool, and it was so far back in the woods, we didn't get too hot...  well, not because of the lack of A/C...  

if you go fast enough, they won't be able to catch you

Early weather forcast sez days will be partly cloudy with 30% chance of thunderstorms in the evenings


      (duh, its the mountains)


All of those speed ranges listed above are the same speed


What are you going to do with them slow hurleys?   There is a yellow line everywhere on the parkway.

1) break the law and cross the yellow line while passing them

2) just use the same lane while passing them kinda on the left side when things get clear enough

3) Run up on their butts until they pull off on an overlook

4) Put Lancer out front and let him introduce them to Ma Duce if they don't move outta the way



You DO know that there ain't nobody but Serenity that's sane going on this particular trip, now don't you?



We held out for the rule of sanity fer jest as long as their was a chance somebody else sane would come, but they didn't show up so it's jest us chickens again with only Serenity to represent the normal people.


It's a bad thing,  bad  bad  bad  thing


that Big Zuk is the second most "voice of sanity" for this trip

and he ain't got his son with him to protect

And MMRanch is out in front

(if Lancer can control himself)

and the scarred up one riding cleanup at the back of the pack rides a bike called

"the Flying Purple People Eater"






We are gonna have to put Serenity out in front and pray for lots & lots of highway patrolmen to be out in force on those days (that's the only way sanity will remain in charge)

OK, reality intrudes again -- they posted the new work schedule this afternoon and I get Bill's late night shift on Tuesday night for the week of the 4th.

This means I will work all night and crawl into the truck at 6:10 AM Wednesday morning and take a catnap in the shotgun seat while Lancer drives up to the mountains.

Lancer, you can show up any time Tuesday afternoon now, I'll be there all afternoon and all evening up until like 9:30 PM.  

We won't have to struggle to get the bikes loaded up now all fast-like.

I will be the hold up getting started on Wednesday morning so we won't be showing up at the campground now until noonish-oneish timeframe.

Durn, are you going to be all sleepy too?  

I plan to take a nice nap for 6 hours on the way up so I'll be fine when we get there.   I will also sleep in the morning before, getting up shortly before you say you are getting into Fayetteville.

Lancer, got a rear wheel with a tire on it that you can bring with you?


I gots me a faulty bead on my new BF Goodrich tire ....







This particular dog isn't going to hunt ....  not this trip anyway.

Actually, it isn't that bad.   About a 4" linear bruise across my left wrist and lower thumb joint and two barked knuckles.

I'm typing with it, so it can't be that bad ....


Tubeless air stem broke off in the wheel though -- that will take some time to cut out and fix (layers of silicone and cure times,  etc.    


Lancer -- got a spare wheel w/tire?