Retirement Life is Good !    I wish it on all-of-ya'll.

I have a few things I have/want to do ; but most of them are flexible and not very strenuous.

Al:

We are looking for a place to go in the summer of 2015.....got any good riding areas up there for us?

Dave

As I told you, I was feeling petty that day.

My joints were hurting good too .... so it made me both peevish and petty.    

A bad combination of the moronic P's, to be sure.

"No need to be doing both on the same day", I thought, so I took my drugs, indulged the petty a little bit until the joint pain eased off, then I could drop the peevish part, then a couple of days of not thinking about the Dragon Lodge at all eased off on the petty as well.

HOWEVER, it did give me a perspective to understand Big Zuk a little bit better, as his pain was 5x what I have to deal with and I don't think his ever completely went away, really.

So, being all un-pained, un-peevish and not feeling particularly petty I too can go camp out at the Dragon Lodge.

I do agree with Al though, all the hours of driving is a bit much for just a quick 2 day trip, so I may come up a couple of days earlier and make the trip a little longer on the front end of it.


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OK, MM   Think of a bed roll across the back of my bike behind the sissy bar, and me rolling along from place to place with you.

We need to show up at the Dragon on a Friday (which one, btw?) to meet up with Dave.   This gives us some before days to do a little exploring in.

So, what all else do you want to go explore in the before segment?

You want to do a one day explore or a two day explore?


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Al, you used to take a day and stop in the Virginia mountains because there was something up there that was worth you repeatedly stopping up there.  
You did it like 3 times that I can remember.

What was it?

Mebbe MM and/or I could meet you up there in Virginia at that something that you know is good and then we could detour a bit and check out West Virginia some on the way down to the Dragon.    This might cut your long weekend trip down to size some.

We could check out the Boone ski resort areas as well.

MM knows the "explore" format, we might jest camp out in a hotel room some if weather or achy joints say so.    Or not if the weather is good.

Picking up Dave's  "Perty Bike of the Week" award ? (any excuse is better than none !  

Friday the 29th of Aug is a good date

CMA Tn. State Meeting is Aug. 22nd -24th.

The weeks early in Aug are OK (I think )

I was planning on bringing a tent and sleeping bag.   I was picturing a tent with a cot in the middle of it with OldFeller snoring away .    But come to think of it ....
The tent floor is 7'x7',head space is about 4'   so .... a cot ought to fit going sideways ???   (if so we could split a tent.)   As in I'll bring tent and sleeping bag , and you (OldFeller) bring a cot and sleeping bag.

???

I'm going to set one of the tents up and try a cot in it now ... get back with ya latter .
 



 

...... and, since there is a great big silence coming in on the early explore item, I think I will mebbe go to to NOWHERE and camp at the end of it and fish and muck about in the general area doing some little biddy piddly something until the guys arrive.

(yeah, it's a real place the Dragoneers all know about)


Let's see, where is that old folded up ratty looking bucket list hidden in my wallet -- it sez I still have to go parachute, do a zip line and some white water rafting .....  this may be a chance to check one or two off the list.


(I will be out of pocket most of the rest of this week except at night -- Momma's vacation trip starts tomorrow)

Guys

Well ... the Cot in the tent try-out showed the tents I have are about a foot to small for a cot .   So Do either of you fellers have a tent bigger than 7 x 7 foot ?  


I'll probably have to teach my class (pending on me finding a replacement) till  12:30 or so ;  then  a 5 hour drive to dragon central.

So I should be there a little before dark on friday the 29th.   Should have enough time to set up a tent and go find dinner.  

I'm a little confused about when your getting there OldFeller ?  

From what I understand    Dave is sneaking in a day early so he can be "Re-acquainted with all the  curves before I get there.   (am I getting set-up for a whooping ???)  .   I'll bring the S-40 and mabby it won't be too bad !   .
Now it sound like OldFeller is slipping in a day early too !  

I'm glad we got a month to iron out the details  .     and If we're having fresh FISH for dinner Friday ... Do I need to bring some aluminum foil and spices to cook in ? ...

I am sneaking in two days early but don't worry about me, I can find lots of things to do up in the mountains.

MM has a class he has to teach, so he won't be in until Friday.

Dave doesn't need to kill himself at work and then try to kill himself to come on Thursday, he can sleep at home that night and come on in on Friday in a civilized fashion.

We will meet at the Dragon on Friday August 29th.

This gives me time to kill a bucket list item or two ..... always easy to get a check mark on an item since most of them live up in the mountains.