Get insomnia at the Dragon and you can go listen to the passed out snoring over by the fire pit for your late night entertainment.

Get insomnia at Blue Ridge, you can go to the lounge and watch TV or go on line or else read up on the Compleat Historie of Horseless Riding as compiled with every single back issue of Cycle and Cruiser et all, going back to the '60s.  Stack them all up in little year order stacks while you do it.

Crank up the coffee pot and have a cup while you are doing it, too.  

Or read the book you brought until you fall asleep on the couch.  

Or you can listen to all that giggling going on over in Cabin #5, your pick actually.

(some of us have more older style amusements than "excitement".)

Dang...hope them forecasts are wrong!.... we only got rained on once last year....was hoping not to ride in the rain this year.... someone do a "don't rain dance"...

I'm out fellas, Jeanne finally got around to filing for divorce, and the standing orders in my area include not doing anything to burn up a lot of money, so I gotta be a good boy and not burn the bux for the next 2 months  

we've been separated for near 3 years now, OF, I'm amazed she waited this longas long as the proceeding go well I'm good with it
she isn't seeking any of my money or posessions I've gained since separation, amd it's fairly amicable
I just hope the judge doesn't refuse our case, as the court clerk told me he doesn't like the sort of fill in the blanks type forms we're using
I downloaded them off Texas Law help .org, and the site says they're approved by the Texas Supreme Court for use in divorce cases, so fingers crossed
wish we didn't have to wait 60 days from the date of filing before scheduling the hearing

Although I really wanted to meet up with you guys this year, doesn't look like it's gonna happen. Unfortunately I found a job so I probably won't be able to get the time off. maybe next year.

AL

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 05/20/14 at 16:11:26:



Well I was hoping to stay unemployed for a couple more months but I had to take the job when it was available. maybe if you guys do another fall get-together.

AL

It would be new territory, since we stopped around Boone in our excursions.

Kayak.com or Hotels.com is your friend --- you can generally spot cheapie hotel rooms anywhere near a tourist attraction, especially in the off season.

Some are roach dumps, some are very nice -- you and I have seen each kind on our past trips when we were just moving from A to B to C.

As far as beds, when travelling by bike I don't like a crapped up loaded up bike.   If paying for a room means just carrying enough clothes to change into, I can deal with that.

One fine day I shall retire, probably when I can't work any more.

Then we shall go places .....

Something that occurred to me recently is that most small/medium churches are willing to host the occasional traveling campers, if you can communicate with them up front.  They will give you access to a bathroom, etc.   It is their Christian duty to offer aid after all.

We could go places far far away and not spend a lot of money doing it.

In the age of Google maps, you pick a route to ride and pace out your day and when you identify a stopping spot say "Hey Google, churches near this location".   Most churches have internet sites now days you know.   Then you contact them at least a couple of months ahead of time and ask nicely.

Find me a protestant church and very rarely will they not have some association with Boy Scouts or Awana, and by golly we got one of each in the travelling group.  Heck, I constitute both, and even have both uniform shirts.

If the church won't put you up, the local Scoutmaster or Awana leader will.


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Fall, speak quick for the time period and I will give it a shot with work.   They will be prompted to look at the football schedule, etc and put out a memo with "forbidden dates" and then we can dodge around them.

I would want EARLY FALL before leaf season  ---  leaf season means tourists, high prices and hickory nuts, acorns and all sorts of leaf crap all over the roads.   Cold, too.   Plus all them crazy animals that love to dive in front of your tires ....