2011 SE Ohio Fall Ramble

[BikerGeek99]

Well, Sooze and I had a chat last night and decided to come out and hang out & ride with youz guyz.

Of course, the Best Western is booked for tomorrow night. :angry2:

Any lodging recommendations other than in Cambridge or Marietta?

 

[Intech]

Well, Sooze and I had a chat last night and decided to come out and hang out & ride with youz guyz.

Of course, the Best Western is booked for tomorrow night. :angry2:

Any lodging recommendations other than in Cambridge or Marietta?

Awesome Andy! Now I can give you something Bust asked me to give to you and Jason. Jason will have to wait for his..... :glare:

 

[Intech]

I will be packing tonight and hitting the pavement at 0800 tomorrow morning. Plan on riding 55 to 50 then to Parkersburg then slab up 77 the rest of the way. I should be arriving around 1600.

 

[El Toro Joe]

Well, Sooze and I had a chat last night and decided to come out and hang out & ride with youz guyz.

Of course, the Best Western is booked for tomorrow night. :angry2:

Any lodging recommendations other than in Cambridge or Marietta?

Andy, you could try this place...it's in Caldwell

https://www.bbonline.com/oh/harkins/

 

[wheatonFJR]

I will be packing tonight and hitting the pavement at 0800 tomorrow morning. Plan on riding 55 to 50 then to Parkersburg then slab up 77 the rest of the way. I should be arriving around 1600.

0Face, griff and I will be there later than that.

We'll be north of Columbus about noon. We'll stop at the Iron Pony so griff can buy all his Harley gear, then we'll shoot down south of Columbus to pick up 56 east, then 78 east at Athens. Probably get there about dinner time with 500 plus miles on the day.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Well, Sooze and I had a chat last night and decided to come out and hang out & ride with youz guyz.

Great! It will be great riding around SE Ohio with you...and finally meet the famous Geeks. :clapping:

 

[BikerGeek99]

We'll be north of Columbus about noon. We'll stop at the Iron Pony so griff can buy all his Harley gear, then we'll shoot down south of Columbus ...

We live ~ 15 minutes from the Iron Pony. In fact, I was there yesterday buying new riding boots. I'll PM ya my number - lemme know when your ETA and we'll just meet you there and ride down with ya.

Great! It will be great riding around SE Ohio with you...and finally meet the famous Geeks. :clapping:

'Famous?' I dunno about that. And we did meet - briefly - at EOM '09. I think.

 

[wheatonFJR]

...And we did meet - briefly - at EOM '09. I think.

Last EOM I was at was in 07...

I'm pretty sure confident the only way we have seen each other has been in ride reports. In any case, it's long overdue. It will be good to meet...you guys all set up to stay at the B&B?

 

[BikerGeek99]

Last EOM I was at was in 07...

I coulda swore that we met at some point... Oh, well. This'll be like when I met Kevin at NERDS. 3 times...

you guys all set up to stay at the B&B?

Think we'll wait until the morning and call the BW to see if a room has opened up. If not, we'll either try that B&B or grab a room down in Marietta.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Think we'll wait until the morning and call the BW to see if a room has opened up. If not, we'll either try that B&B or grab a room down in Marietta.

Marietta's expensive...you could try tent camping at the SP just north of Caldwell. You might even get Joe to pitch the tent for ya. :clapping:

jk....

Hope something opens up for you at the BW...ya coulda booked a long time ago. but you were waiting for the weather forecast, werncha?

 

[wheatonFJR]

Final tally of riders:

wheatonFJR

griff

El Toro Joe

SLK50

yamafitter

drc32-0

Bryguy

Intech

gearman

PhilJet09

FLOWBACK

0Face

Bockelrider

Gray Ray

scraped up?? - is Dave coming??

extrememarine

BikerGeek 2up

mdisher/renegade

 

[mdisher]

Unless things go horribly wrong tonight, I am planning to be there between 0745 and 0800.

Departing my humble abode around 0430.

-MD

 

[wheatonFJR]

Unless things go horribly wrong tonight, I am planning to be there between 0745 and 0800.

Departing my humble abode around 0430.

-MD

So...you'll be all warmed up and ready to lead a group .

 

[mdisher]

Unless things go horribly wrong tonight, I am planning to be there between 0745 and 0800.

Departing my humble abode around 0430.

-MD

So...you'll be all warmed up and ready to lead a group .

LOL, maybe. I can lead the slow 'ready for a nap' group.

-MD

 

[wheatonFJR]

Unless things go horribly wrong tonight, I am planning to be there between 0745 and 0800.

Departing my humble abode around 0430.

-MD

So...you'll be all warmed up and ready to lead a group .

LOL, maybe. I can lead the slow 'ready for a nap' group.

-MD

One man's slow...is another's "hair-on-fire"...that's what I've learned in the FJR world.

See you Sunday am. I presume you aren't getting up on 0430 to get to Caldwell at 0800 on Saturday morning for an extra day of riding.

Shoot, you're getting up late. I believe Wayne/extrememarine might be getting up at 0300 leaving from Blue and Maize territory to get here sometime after we head off Sunday am.

 

[El Toro Joe]

Unless things go horribly wrong tonight, I am planning to be there between 0745 and 0800.

Departing my humble abode around 0430.

-MD

Matt, glad you can make it. I had a great time chasing Denny around southern Ohio last time we rode together.

 

[El Toro Joe]

Looks like we're gonna have quite a party in the parking lot tomorrow night :yahoo:

 

[mdisher]

LOL, maybe. I can lead the slow 'ready for a nap' group.

-MD

One man's slow...is another's "hair-on-fire"...that's what I've learned in the FJR world.

See you Sunday am. I presume you aren't getting up on 0430 to get to Caldwell at 0800 on Saturday morning for an extra day of riding.

Shoot, you're getting up late. I believe Wayne/extrememarine might be getting up at 0300 leaving from Blue and Maize territory to get here sometime after we head off Sunday am.

Correct... Had a commitment on Sat and hotels are all booked up right? I guess there is a slight possibility I might ride up or towards that way Saturday evening but I'd call that low...

I have the route, and if for some reason I'm running late, don't wait for me, I'll try to sync up at points 8/19 and start riding backwards to meet y'all.

-MD

 

[BikerGeek99]

I tossed together a SpotWalla page so the internet weirdo's can follow along.

SpotWalla Linky

 

[airboss]

I tossed together a SpotWalla page so the internet weirdo's can follow along.

SpotWalla Linky

Hey, who ya calling a weirdo!