Dang Versey !

That place holds a lot of GREAT memories for me !  
I had the idea that the flood waters were up to 20 feet from normal , but if that's our cabin then it would be more like 30 feet or more from normal.
It does look like our cabin !    

I hope they repair them !  
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Hay Versey ,  while your here ... have you thought of where you'd like to go next year ?  

I can't help but think ... we've only got another 20 years or so that we'll be able to go off for a week long bike ride !  
After that
We'll be like those old Japanese guy who dust off their old 125cc bikes to go take a ride.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg2h4Uu-aHs

Wow! That picture is gut wrenching.

Please let me know where you guys decide to go next year. Unless that time is already committed on my part I sure do want to meet up with you guys. I'm not getting younger and have already experienced a couple of health scares, so, let's ride while we can!!!

MM:  The Tellico Plains weather for this week looks pretty scary - rain forecast for nearly every day.

The forecast has afternoon thunderstorms Mon/Tues (pretty typical for hot July/August days in the mountains) - then for Thur/Fri there is a 90% chance of rain and 70% on Saturday.

If the forecast doesn't improve much I am likely going to cancel my cabin reservations on Monday.

Hay Springman , Versey and all other interested parties  ...  

I was just  getting ready for a TellicoPlains Skyway adventure  ...  and came across another Skyway adventure in SW Colorado.
It's called the "San Juan Skyway"

Its just short of 1500 miles from my house and the way there runs with-in 5 miles of Lancers house !  

I wonder how much other stuff might be in the same area :     The $1,000,000.00 hwy is there some where ?

I'd post the link but I'm on the Chrome book and its a lot different than my Windows ?

Anybody know how to :copy and Paste on Chromebook ?

MM:

I have attached the Accuweather forecast for this week.  The weather is not likely an all day rain - but I suspect it will not be easy to dodge the rain for several days in a row when the forecast has so much potential for rain.  When it is so warm in the mountains - the afternoon pop up thunderstorms are somewhat inevitable.

MMRanch wrote on 07/28/25 at 08:51:05:


I talked to my neighbor Bruce - he is not afraid flowers....or showers.

We will be leaving Wednesday morning and will likely arrive late afternoon on Wednesday.

Might be a repeat of that very wet ride we had on "The Rattler" last year.

MMRanch wrote on 07/28/25 at 19:07:52:


We have some really good maps of the area that show the nice rides - so we can plan a route that hopefully dodges the rain.  The current forecast hints that the rains will be early morning and the afternoons dry - which is the opposite of the afternoon pop-up showers that we normally experience down there.

That ride with Jed included a fairly long stretch of dirt road that was very dusty.......and likely would be very muddy with all this rain.  That is not something I have a need to explore!!!!!

We can ride part of the way out with you on Saturday and then find some fun roads to ride back (if it doesn't drag us into heavy rain).

I will bring my 10x10 Pop Up canopy and you can put it over your tent to help you stay drier.

Hay , the more of this campground I see the more I'm impressed !  

Last night I'd planned to go get a steak and pan fry it over my single burner campnding stove.    Well , I found Wayne and Kelly have a gas grill in a BIG sitting area for there guest to use !  
When I checked in Wayne told me they have coffee and pastrys in the mornings and will cook when asked.   So , I'm having mud coffee with added hot water and pastries now.  
The phone service is Wifi Calling and has worked every time so far .
I met a couple of fellers (dirt bike guys) at the grilling area last night and we're having breakfast now , but they are leaving today.
Well , its getting hot outside so I might need to "Head for the Mountains" !