I am in and I am unpacking the bags -- bike and trailer are all put away now.
I got pictures of Don's trike to put up as soon as I get a round tuit instead of all these square ones that I have to deal with right now.
I think we have discovered a gold nugget in the Dog House at Simple Life as when
fully occupied it can cost less than $20 per person. It really does have 6 FULL SIZED BEDS, an additional futon couch bed, a kitchen, a full fridge and a full bathroom and private shower. It also has a full deck (complete with fire pit and pig cooker smoker BBQ) and its own sheltered parking lot.
We could easily stick 10 people into it and have enough room to walk around at night. Or we could low ball it with only 4 people and
it would cost as much per head as Cabin #4 at Blue Ridge.
It gets down to which side of the world you are going to -- if you are going Dragon side (west side) go to the Big Dog. If you are going Waynesville side (east side) go to the Blue Ridge.
I also agree with Dave we need to move the early summer Dragon trip to some other section of weeks --
we have had too much rain on the spring trips of late .....
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Dave brought his V4 sports touring bike this time and to us it wasn't a big thing as it is a 795 pound bike that handles slowly in the curvy stuff.
HOWEVER, on the Cherohala Skyway Dave was the demon terror of the crotch rocket guys as they simply could not shake him as he had similar acceleration and similar sweeper handling --- they got distressed and stopped, so Dave just stopped with them until we Savagers caught up.
As always, Hogs were never an issue, nor were the occasional BMW or Honda Flat six. I finally found my throttle stop and simply didn't have enough go juice to go play at all on several uphill runs what with Dave having power everywhere and Jeb having power on the top end.
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I have also begun cogitation on a Kawasaki Vulcan S, a 650cc vertical twin
that is low enough even for me and weights about what a stock Savage weighs.
Will begin looking for a crashed unit or a bank loan take back. Or a wifey bike that isn't liked as much in the winter as it was in the spring.