Trace
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1st Annual VFRD Spring Memorial Ride
Trace replied to PirateRiderBen's topic in VFRD Spring Memorial Ride (TMAC)
This is exactly right, including "carrying this tradition forward". A fine event that doesn't need anything else to make it better. Well done, PRB, Dad and Zeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeero. -
We both fared surprisingly well, considering our very short distance to the surf, including other properties in our "portfolios of care and maintenance". Zillions of trees down, but the towering pines and southern oaks somehow missed us. Power and cable back on....amazing. Too bad the hurricane didn't flatten or wash away the Greene Motel.
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With any luck, that shitbox motel will be bulldozed by next year.
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We have to evacuate, too, because Ponte Vedra Beach is a barrier island....water on both sides, and we're in the path. A glancing blow would be great at this point. The winds will be bad, but the surge maybe worse. I'm 4 feet above the mean tide line, whatever that means. They're predicting 5+ feet. Ugh. The Vette and the Duc get moved to a massive, tilt-construction parking garage in the morning (owned by Donis, plans reviewed by me) that puts them out of harm's way. The house is heavily insured, including FEMA flood....and that's that. I'll take several bottles of booze, a hunk of brisket from Winn Dixie and head to the mainland.
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Anything to stay out of that fleabag. However, we just got mandatory evacuation orders....gotta be gone tomorrow morning. Hell, maybe I'll just ride to Boone!
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Norm and I just made the decision to cancel. Too many unknowns, possible evacuation orders for the barrier island we live on, chaos on I-26, rain for the riding days.....Calling the lovely Greene motel now so they can rent our rooms to coastal evacuees! However, we just might go to Franklin for a few days later next week, into the weekend. Anyone/everyone is welcome to join us. ALSO--NavyHeloDrvr's birthday is tomorrow, Oct 6. If he and Carver make it in time, make sure you buy him a beer and sing the Bday song!
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What with SC announcing an friggin' evacuation order for Wednesday, and our route is up 95 to 26 (Charleston) and then to Charlotte, etc.....and being that we don't know if it might come near us, Norm and I are talking about coming up Friday instead of Thursday, leaving Tuesday.....dunno until the storm track is more defined. Of course, if the "defined" means our houses are gonna be swept out to sea, we might not be doing the Fall Ride. Mother Nature is a bitch.
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Norm and I are considering that our houses are 500 yards from the ocean and we have people who rely on us. So....watching the predictions....
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That mod was removed before he sold it.
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That bike is a piece of junk and that longtime owner was a dumbass when it came to proper maintenance. And even worse, rumor has it that BR rode that bike to Daytona for Bike Week.
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There's not much room in there.....kinda like playing Twister!
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Well actually, I was gonna leave the fukn motorcycles at the Shack and bring the Vette. It's quite at home on the BRP...just ask Cindy, who is still mad at me for banging her head against the passenger window numerous times. (I told her to pay attention and quit with the texting and Facebooking) In fact, why don't we just plan to get a bottle or three of whiskey and take turns driving it between a few sips? We can wind up drunk in Cherokee and lose all our money in the casino. And end up with Bad Women. Won't that be fun?
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You need a stodgy, upright, old-man Duc Multistrada!
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Do you realize that you'll have to ride in a "sportbiker" position for possibly several hours at a time, versus the stodgy, old-man ergonomics of the ST?
