Mike,

Daylight Savings time doesn't kick in until March 12th.

So, it is 6:30 at night on a clear night and it is just about dark outside.  

This is of concern to me as there is a half hour travel time between Ruby Tuesday and the campground and I don't really relish trying to pitch a tent in the dark.

Generally speaking, when we are traveling any distance we are between a half an hour and an hour later getting to the finish point than we originally thought, what with bathroom and gas breaks taking up some extra unplanned time.

If Dark is 6:30 and tent pitch/air bed time is a half an hour and the travel time to campground is 30-40 mins we should plan to finish eating by 5:15-5:30.   Not trying to rush dinner at what might be a crowded restaurant,  we really need to get there by about 4:45.  

This means planning to be there by 4:00-4:30 Florida time.    You would back off another hour due to time zone change and be aiming at 3:00-3:30 on your watch.

Should we get there a little early, we can always kill some time at a gun store or go pick up the few inevitable things that we didn't remember we were going to need at a local Dollar Store.

I can do this trip with only two gas stops so I will hit the road by 9:30 am on Thursday March 8th as I have no time zone change to deal with and I have a shorter travel time than you have.

 Daytona Beach area (Bike Week)   Dates March 9th-14th    (variable according to rain forecast and interest in the Bike Week events)    MM has reservations at a campground where we will stay for a day or three.      

Daytona campground is : 9th + 10th .... and 16th.    The 16th being Bike Burn Night.  
Dupris campground is : 11th - 15th ... to include hog hunting and snake wrestling .  
Ocean Pond campground is : 8th + 17th.   to include Ruby Tuesday's and Giant Bugger Wrestling ...  

I've got my "Pack" out and putting stuff in as I remember what to bring .   After more than a week of sticking stuff in it I'll be doing good to get it to close !    So , I'll end up pulling everything out to see what I can do without .  

One duffle bag , and a tent.

Don't bother bring them to Florida.   I've got plenty of the 150 gr. jacketed to load and we're not even loading them at full power.  

You must be leaving about daylight on the Barclounge .   I was hopeing to wait till the day warmed up a little but I'll plan on "suiting-up" and leaving early too.   Its a 10 hour ride and to get there by 4pm central I'd have to leave at 6 am .    Normally I get up at 7 and have coffee for 2 hours   ..
Hopefully it will be a warm night on the 7th ...  

Surprise, we are two weeks out now and the weather forecasts should be verging on real now.


Participants --- MM, Oldfeller, BadWolf, Ed L.

Tent has a spot still open, so we have room for one more.

It is a roving trip, several days at the Daytona Beach Area - several days at the Dupris Area - and a day arriving and a day leaving up at the north end at Ocean Pond Area.



CURRENT WEATHER PREDICTION IS FOR FLAWLESS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER
If there is any minor drizzle predicted, it is on a day we aren't going to be there.




Meet up area by Lake City Florida, near Jacksonville on drive in day.    Date THURSDAY March 8th

Meet up at America's Best Inn, 339 southwest Commerce Street (2nd building down from Ruby Tuesday, same side of the road)

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lynchburg,+TN/America's+Best+Inn,+339+SW+Comm...

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/lake-city-fl/32055/month/332305?monyr=3/01/...

NOTE:  we are not staying here, we are taking a hotel on ride in day
https://freecampsites.net/#!96&query=sitedetails




Daytona Beach area (Bike Week)   Dates March 9th-14th    (variable according to rain forecast and interest in the Bike Week events)    MM has reservations at a campground where we will stay for a day or three.    

http://bikeweekcampground.com/

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/daytona-beach-fl/32114/month/328173?monyr=3...





Down by DuPuis / Indiantown (main camping place)   Dates variable according to rain forecast and interest.   You could say it is a free backup for Bike Week rainout days.   Here is an overview of the campground.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h_CJXDMflg

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/indiantown-fl/34956/month/15185_pc?monyr=3/...    





These perfectly beautiful weather results are really just too perfectly good to get all overly excited over, but they are there for your viewing pleasure ......     We know they shift some one week out, and become much more specific for days and amounts of precipitation during that last week.



MIKE, READ ALL THIS, important place time changes

First night, sleep easy inside, get  up all rested, take a nice hot shower, eat a free meal, toss the crap into a single bag and load the bikes back up -- start out at a reasonable time and get a good leg up on the Hurley Burley.

It's not just for you, I am an old man all of a sudden now too -- wait until you see me.   Then you will appreciate the "self-serving nature of sleeping easy" that very first night.

We are supposed to relax and ENJOY it, you know ......      

Plus, it was a really cheap room

MMRanch wrote on 02/26/18 at 16:46:32:


That is why I have decided to get my last "heavy" bike in the next few months.  I hope I can ride it into my 70's - but how far into them is yet to be seen.  I am slowly working on a Savage based bike that will look like a 60's era British single and be suitable for an old fart to ride.  If I can't hold up a 350 pound bike......not sure what I could ride as modern bikes are all pretty heavy - even the small ones.  I suppose the little Suzuki TU250 at 310 pounds is a possibility.....I just wish it had more power - a 400cc version would be nice....so I suppose the Yamaha SR400 would be a better choice (about 360 pounds with fuel).

Who was it that hand painted "Webley Vickers" on the tank of his debadged Savage?

Some bright boy needs to come up with a gold foil transfer stencil on flowing Victorian script  ......  

"Webley Vickers Racing"

.....  for use only on modified Savages