Hey Art, I was wondering how hard it hit in Columbus. It was not pretty in Houston. Take care of yourslef buddy. Don't do like Old Rider that likes to use his Savage as a submarine.

http://www.blueridgemotorcyclecamp.com/

Wed June 10th - MMRanch staging visitors from the far West.    
Thur June 11th -  Oldfeller and Dave already there by cabin #4
Fri June 12th - MM's group packs up and headto Blue Ridge Campground  
Sat June 13th -
Sun June 14th -
Mon June 15th -
Tue June 16th -
Wed June 17th - Pack up and head home.


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WE ARE STILL TOO FAR OUT FOR ANY FORM OF REAL WEATHER ACCURACY .... it is all guesstimates right now.   The forecast tightens up at 2 weeks out but it will always say some chance of showers (mainly because up in the mountains there is always that chance).   Look at the individual days for the amount of precipitation, those 0.2" days are a heavy morning mist which also always happens all the time up in the mountains.

We've been through this before so you will always get you a 10 day out cancellation warning in case of fairly well predicted heavy bad weather (in time to get your money back on a cabin reservation).   If you are tenting, you will get cold at night and a bit dew wet each morning -- count on it.   So bring a bag and a blanket or two.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/cruso-nc/28716/month/2096614?monyr=6/01/2015

..... and count on it, you will meet up with a rain cloud at least once during the trip.   Stop and eat lunch or dinner, the road will be drying by the time you are done.  

Or ride on and get soaked, we have done it both ways.   (you dry out in an hour or so anyway)

I know it is still too early to check the weather.....but that doesn't stop me from looking.  It was looking pretty promising when it said "occasional afternoon shower" an hour ago - but now it says "strong afternoon thunderstorm"!

A lot can change in an hour........but we are still 2 weeks away and they are just guessing (I keep telling myself that).

The day by day verbiage changes are scary, until you click on the day in question and see how much precipitation (0.2") and the time span involved (1 hour)  --  then you say to yourself, "We will likely be 100+ miles away during that particular hour ...."

I can remember one trip that I dumped on several years ago because the entire trip was predicted to be soggy, but folks who did go reported occasional showers that they simply rode through.  

Wet, yep, a little wet is part of the Dragon experience .....   if there winds up being a day that is long term soggy I say stay at camp or plan to go to Sliding Rock if wet is going to happen anyway.   Or else since we are going to have my Cube and a pair of trucks present, we could simply get in them and go catch a movie and dinner at Waynesboro.

Remember, the entire forecast changes two weeks out and at a week out --- different models are used in different time periods.

And the final forecast for tomorrow isn't much better than 75% accurate on fine details.

Yeah I better get on with checking my loading options  
One of them is a grassy hill that might be problematic if it's wet, the other is a loading dock that MIGHT be a mite tall  
there are of course other possibilities, but those look the best, so far

will do man, site, phone, or txt, it's all good

Sounds cool Oldfeller. I'll let him know it is wife safe so a brother-in-law with a hurley should be OK.