Thursday 04/26/19 Ride

Fellow Riders,

• Based on the current forecast for Friday, the relentless rainy pattern continues.  I'm planning to take a Thursday ride to Hendersonville, NC, for some lunch at Mean Mr. Mustard.  If that works for you, we'll plan to leave the Key Mart parking area at 10:30 am.  We can still plan a breakfast at Sisters on Friday for those that are interested.  If you think you'll make breakfast Friday, let me know.   Steve

Mean Mr. Mustard Cafe

• There were lots of clouds and no sunshine when seven riders decided to take advantage of a forecasted dry Thursday to ride north to Hendersonville, NC.  The riders joining me included David D., Len, Neil, Doug, Harve (first time rider - welcome Harve), and Steve G. With the incredible amount of rain last Friday, I was leery to try some of the back roads to get to lunch.  I checked the SC and NC DOT websites and there did not appear to be any closures in our way.  We could clearly see evidence in several places of the wash out rain from a week ago.  Fortunately, there was little debris on the roads to worry about.  In case we didn't know just how important Mother Nature is, She let go of some large drops of rain when we were about 15 minutes from our destination.  We got the message!  When we arrived, they knew we were coming, thanks to Paulette, and seated us right away.  It was cloudy and cool enough we didn't venture to the outside tables.  The service was quick and friendly and the food was quite good as usual.  The menu choices made were about 50/50 for breakfast and lunch.  Mother Nature gave us another reminder of Her importance by letting the sun shine while were inside, bringing back the clouds as we started home.  We took the more mountainous route back, driving through Dupont State Forest, where the number of cars in the parking lots indicated a lot of hikers were checking out the waterfalls.  When we had another 15 minutes to our final stop for gas at the rebuilt station at Keowee Lake Shop, Mother Nature let loose another two minutes of big rain drops.  We get the message - be thankful for the rain.  We just wish it wasn't so often on Friday. 💧🙏  Overall, it was another great day on two wheels.  It was just Thursday and not Friday.    Steve

One of the original memorabilia items at Mean Mr. Mustard.


You can see where "threaded the needle" of the no rain forecast.

Friday 04/19/19 Ride - Holiday Weekend - No Activity Planned

Fellow Riders,

• Due to many of our regulars being busy this Friday (also rain expected), no formal activity is planned.  Those wishing to ride anyway should meet at the Key Mart parking area about 10:30 am an select a destination and ride leader at that time.    Dan

• Good call Dan.  The "expected rain" turned in to a monsoon.  I need to check with OG Bob to see if can go to his house and retrieve my mulch that washed away down the hill on Quartermaster.  There's always hope that we'll see a dry Friday in our near future.    Steve

Thursday 04/11/19 Ride

Fellow Riders,

• With Thursday's weather looking a whole lot better than Friday, I think I'll take a ride to The Dutch Plate in Campobello, SC.  There should be enough sun to make it a fun ride.  If you're interested, let's plan on leaving the Key Mart parking area at 10:30 am, THURSDAY.  Based on the rain forecast for Friday, I think we should plan for another breakfast gathering at Sisters at 9:30 am.  Let Dan or I know if you plan on going on Friday. Hope to see you at one, or both events this week.    Steve

The Dutch Plate Family Dining

• Thursday ride - Three other riders joined me for a ride to The Dutch Plate to have lunch.  Joining me were Gary, Steve G., and Neil.  It's a little over 60 miles to Campbello, so I kept the side roads to a minimum, but still made it an interesting ride.    We were startled on one country road by a large wild turkey doing a little trot next to some cows in a field.  It decided to fly across in front of us and we were able to see what a large bird it was.  With a small group, we didn't make a call ahead to the restaurant, which was not a problem.  We seated ourselves and were served drinks fairly quickly.  We placed our orders, a couple of lunch specials, and a couple of breakfasts, and they came out in good time as well.  The Dutch Plate food is good, not great, and probably best when you order from the breakfast section. Overall, it's not a bad place to go and it is a ride that gives you some nice two lane highways with sweeper curves.  The ride back started on the most scenic stretch of Hwy 11, and the mountains looked great as we headed home.  We did log a few more miles on the route home and rolled off Hwy 11 in Cleveland to ride some familiar county roads.  The skies were much sunnier and the temperatures were considerably warmer by the time we reached home.  It was another great day on two wheels.   Steve

• Friday breakfast - The "I'd rather be riding my motorcycle" riders met at Sisters for some breakfast.  Those joining Dan and I were Bill, Pat, Gary, Steve G., Chuck, Neil, Terry, and Russ.  They were ready for us thanks to Dan's call ahead.  The server was quick to get our orders and they brought them in good time.  Omelettes seemed to be quite popular.  Another server helped deliver the food and let us know she was only going to be nice once, so we better pay attention and make sure we got the right order.  It's hard to believe we had yet another rainy, or at least threatening rainy day.  Maybe next week we'll have a dry day.  After all, it will be Good Friday.    Steve

 

Sisters Restaurant

Friday 04/05/19 Ride

Fellow Riders,

• Although Steve does a fine ride, he seems to be on the outs with Mother Nature and can't insure dry roads this Friday morning so I'm just going to plan for a 9:30 Breakfast.  If you want some grits just "reply" to this note and I'll make sure they have room.    Dan

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