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Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1127
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Saturday, May 16, 2009 - 09:34 pm: |
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Are you coming from Ironton or Portsmouth? Are you staying at either one or something? Some of my wife's family lives in Proctorville and I can ask them which one would be better - there's not much in Ironton that I remember and it stinks. If youre stopping there for the night, you may as well come on across the river and stay in Ashland.
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Andeeee
Site sponsor
Username: Purm1300
Post Number: 123
Registered: 02-2005
Guelph,Canada
| | Posted on Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 12:40 am: |
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I'll be staying in Jackson,OH on the Sunday night so I'll be riding down OH 93 and crossing the Ohio River at Franklin Furnace (just south of Portsmouth......BUT.... I'm always open to change that.
Can't beat "Local Knowledge"!!! |
Tom Regan
Advanced Member
Username: Tomregan
Post Number: 526
Registered: 04-2004
Newtown, PA,USA
| | Posted on Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 08:54 pm: |
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Jason - Thanks for the clarification on the dates/locations. I will be leaving PA on Monday (5/25) and heading towards Kentucky. I hope to take a Maker's Mark tour in Loretto Tuesday around noon and will then be headed for the Microtel Inn in Georgetown Tuesday afternoon. Please send me the "good" route from Georgetown to Loretto (trnewtown@msn.com). I am using MapSource (version 6.15.6). |
Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1128
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 01:40 am: |
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Tom - route sent
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Tom Regan
Advanced Member
Username: Tomregan
Post Number: 527
Registered: 04-2004
Newtown, PA,USA
| | Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 01:58 pm: |
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Jason - Got it thanks! |
Tom Wright
Site sponsor
Username: Twvtr
Post Number: 1695
Registered: 10-2002
Roebling,USA
| | Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 03:38 pm: |
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Tom -are you going to be in Harrisonburg for the FriendSTOC dinner?
Also, does anyone have anything for the auction? Please shoot me an email if you do. tlwright19@comcast.net
It's getting close.
Thanks.
Tom |
Tom Regan
Advanced Member
Username: Tomregan
Post Number: 528
Registered: 04-2004
Newtown, PA,USA
| | Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 09:02 pm: |
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Tom - I will not be able to attend the FriendSTOC dinner due to a prior family commitment on Saturday night. |
Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1129
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 02:03 am: |
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REG - are you gonna make the JJJ ride? Can you add Jim Menard to the list.
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Paul Ward
Moderator
Username: Wpward
Post Number: 2731
Registered: 08-2002
Wabasha, MN,USA
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 02:39 am: |
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FYI Reg - I'm not going to be leaving from home now. I'm leaving on Memorial Day from Chicago (heading to Chicago this Thursday evening or Friday) and meeting up with Christian in St Louis. Then we'll head on over to Georgetown on Tuesday. |
Reg Siemens
Site sponsor
Username: Reg_siemens
Post Number: 3120
Registered: 07-2003
Winnipeg,Canada
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 03:21 am: |
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Unfortunately I will not be able to make it this year...Big Bend trip still has me playing catch-up with work. I do however intend on saving the routes for future reference...in fact I may try riding some of them on my way to the Blue Ridge ride if I can fit that in this fall.
Enjoy the ride fellas and take lots of pictures for us desk jockeys! |
Tom McCrea
Site sponsor
Username: Tom_mccrea
Post Number: 667
Registered: 05-2003
Hurlock,USA
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 12:54 pm: |
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The group had a good meal last night and enjoyed having Uncle Phil pick our pockets.
Jim Menard explains the features of his wine storage device.
Uncle Phil chats with Moff, Keith, David and John Nagle via Skype.
Jay adjusts his bra in an unladylike fashion at the table.
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Peter Menard
Site sponsor
Username: Peterm
Post Number: 845
Registered: 07-2002
State College, Pennsylvania,United States
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 03:20 pm: |
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Back home safe and sound. Fantastic time and mostly great riding weather.
Photos to follow. Yardwork comes first. |
Jim Menard
New member
Username: Menardj
Post Number: 10
Registered: 09-2006
Sinks Grove,USA
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 04:33 pm: |
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Arrived safely awhile ago, carrying new mud and many fine memories. Long live FriendSTOC! Hope to see everyone again soon.
(Message edited by menardj on May 31, 2009)
Jim Menard
02 BMW R1150RS, 82 Yamaha XS400
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Jay Richardson
Site sponsor
Username: Jaybird
Post Number: 230
Registered: 04-2003
Oz,USA - not france!
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 08:44 pm: |
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Home safe. Nice weather for slabbing. 450 miles, 6 hrs. 45 min. One stop for fuel. Is that good?
Really cheap shot, Tom. I knew I should have taken a shower instead of having a beer.
Had a great time. Thank you Tom, Mike, Phil, Jason and everyone who made this such a good time, let's do it again!
Finally took a shower...
Jaybird |
Peter Menard
Site sponsor
Username: Peterm
Post Number: 846
Registered: 07-2002
State College, Pennsylvania,United States
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 09:14 pm: |
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OK. A few photos, because that's all I took. We had too much fun rolling through the hills and valleys.
On Saturday, Charlie led four of us on a nice 300-mile adventure through Virginia and West Virginia. Most of the roads looked pretty much like this:
or looking the other way:
In the town of Blue Grass, we took a quick break (after three straight hours of riding) and stopped in front of this abandoned structure:
We stopped a bit later in front of "Slim's," another decaying and abandoned structure. That's me in the photo:
Charlie looked like this when we returned:
But he toned it down a bit later so Jason wouldn't feel bad about taking the day off to clean his bike:
Jim was pretty much tuckered out after the JJJ ride and Charlie's excursion:
Jay had to wait Saturday morning for Dan to wake up, but he still rode enough to get tuckered out. He had to refresh himself on his private deck:
Andy and Dan decided to keep away from Jay until post-shower time:
Tons and tons of photos were taken at the dinner, so I'll refrain from posting any of my lousy ones. However, here is one of Uncle Phil holding a Skype conference with those guys across the pond. We couldn't hear the conversation, but it was a cool thing to do:
I've got a lot of other things to catch up on, so that's it.
Thanks, Tom, for all the hard work putting this together. And also to Mary, because Tom can't do it alone.
It was great to see everyone again. |
Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1138
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 09:32 pm: |
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Home. Long day of slab but great weather. 420 mile slab ride today bumped the total for the whole week to 1275. Pretty good little ride. I'll post pics later after some rest.
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Tom Wright
Site sponsor
Username: Twvtr
Post Number: 1705
Registered: 10-2002
Roebling,USA
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 09:33 pm: |
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Mary and I home and I've managed to get the grass cut. I think this is the first ride home from FriendSTOC that we did not hit any rain.
Thanks to everyone who showed up and helped in one way or another. Special thanks to Uncle Phil for keeping everyone in line and lubricating the wallets, Mike Miller for the shirt project again this year, Jason for getting everyone there safely, and Peter Menard for the generous donation.
Also, to Reg for the webmaster duties again this year.
If I left anyone out, I'll remember later or remind me.
(take it easy on Jay, he did some hard miles on that side trip to DC traffic)
I'll try to get some pictures up later. Still unpacking and packing for Americade.
We had a great time as always. It was good seeing everyone again. I think we're going to have to come up with longevity pins next year.
Tom |
Tom Wright
Site sponsor
Username: Twvtr
Post Number: 1706
Registered: 10-2002
Roebling,USA
| | Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 - 11:45 pm: |
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Here's the FriendSTOC 6 crew.
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Charlie K
Junior Member
Username: Charlie_k
Post Number: 11
Registered: 10-2005
Mineral Wells,United States
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 01:06 am: |
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Hi folks,
Made it home safely around 5pm. Thanks to all that worked so hard & made FriendSTOC a great time, as usual. See ya'll next time. Ride safe.
Charlie K. |
Tom McCrea
Site sponsor
Username: Tom_mccrea
Post Number: 669
Registered: 05-2003
Hurlock,USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 01:15 am: |
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A more complimentary photo of Jay having a brew in honor of a missing friend.
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Tom Wright
Site sponsor
Username: Twvtr
Post Number: 1708
Registered: 10-2002
Roebling,USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 01:56 am: |
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A couple more.
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Ken Hendrix
Site sponsor
Username: Ckhkjh
Post Number: 631
Registered: 07-2002
Coppell, TX,USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 02:08 am: |
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Looks like a great time was had by all. Sorry I missed it. Maybe when I get on a fixed income and an unfixed schedule like Guy I will have more flexibility to be able to attend again in the future. |
David Whitley
Moderator
Username: Zebedee
Post Number: 1689
Registered: 03-2004
Dunfermline,UK
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 09:48 am: |
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I like the screen they errected to keep you out of sight from the more NORMAL guests. |
Uncle Phil
Site sponsor
Username: Phil_d
Post Number: 3907
Registered: 08-2002
Nashville, TN,USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 01:06 pm: |
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Well, I got back to the Holler around 3 PM yesterday to find that AT&T had cut the waxed string that connected the tin cans for my blazing fast internet connections of 28.8 K. But they're on it so I may have service back by Tuesday evening. Had a great time and many thanks to Jason for leading the Triple J. It was nice to be able to be the sweep and just relax at the end of the line. And it was good to able to insul..., errr, talk to the Brits and John via Skype. Thanks for Tom putting it on again and thanks to Mike for getting the t-shirts done!
RedBird-97STD 123,000+M SweetTreat-02ABS 53,000+M
FroST-97ABS 17,000+M http://www.unclephil.us/
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Jason S
Advanced Member
Username: Number9
Post Number: 1147
Registered: 09-2004
USA
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 08:40 pm: |
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Posted a bunch of pics in the JJJ thread.
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Andeeee
Site sponsor
Username: Purm1300
Post Number: 125
Registered: 02-2005
Guelph,Canada
| | Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 - 10:01 pm: |
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Rolled into Guelph,ON at noon today.
Cool (42 F to 52 F) and overcast all day from Grove City (1/2 hour north of Pittsburgh,Pa.) Yesss..the Gerbings were helpful!!!!
Started to drizzle about 1/2 from home.....a fitting end to the previous 10 days of leaning.
Had a GREAT time. It was great to renew old aquaintances and make new ones.
Special thanks to Tom Wright for putting this event together.
Also special thanks to Jason S. for putting together the JJJ.....You've ruined me for riding here at home.
As "ARNOLD" once said...."I vill be back"(to Kentucky).
Thanks also to your family and In-Laws for their generous hospitality.
Andeeeeee |
Uncle Phil
Site sponsor
Username: Phil_d
Post Number: 3918
Registered: 08-2002
Nashville, TN,USA
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 06:44 pm: |
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Just another note - I really liked the accomodations at the Village Inn, the food and the location. Great job, Tom!
RedBird-97STD 123,000+M SweetTreat-02ABS 53,000+M
FroST-97ABS 17,000+M http://www.unclephil.us/
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Peter Menard
Site sponsor
Username: Peterm
Post Number: 847
Registered: 07-2002
State College, Pennsylvania,United States
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 07:02 pm: |
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Ditto on that, UP. Very clean, quiet and comfortable, and the proximity to all those great roads made it pretty much perfect. |
Ron E
Advanced Member
Username: Ron_e
Post Number: 932
Registered: 03-2005
Orlando,United States
| | Posted on Sunday, June 7, 2009 - 03:33 am: |
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I think I was the customary last one to leave Sunday. Took the long way south to Salem (Roanoke) to visit with my Dad. I made it home, the 5th, about 11:30 pm after a long ride in the rain. Lots of miles, lots of smiles, good roads, good folks, good grub. Thanks to all! |
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