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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Friday 06/28/19 Ride

Fellow Riders,

  • For this Friday's breakfast ride, I thought I would go to Randevu Restaurant in Cashiers, NC. Afterward, if there's still no rain threat, we can take another long and winding route home.  If that sounds good to you, we'll leave the Key Mart parking area at 8:30 am.  Hope to see you there.       Steve
  • Another good day for a breakfast ride - cool and clear.  Joining me today were Len, Ray, Harve, Doug, Steve G., Terry, Bill, and OG Bob.  It was good to have OG Bob along again because the orange gloves help me see the last bike in the group.  We took the better paved option and went up Hwy 130/281 to get to Hwy 64.  There were some rough patches on 64, especially in some of the curves.  NC may be slipping in their road upkeep.  With a call ahead, they were ready for us and had us set up outside under the gazebo.  It was very pleasant seating as we were served our coffee.  Our server was an intern from the Philippines and was very organized in getting our orders correct and in a reasonable amount of time.  After we finished, a couple of riders took the direct route home  For the ride home, the rest of us took Hwy 107 north to Hwy 281 for a very scenic and winding ride home.  There was very little traffic to contend with, but the farther south we went, the road surface got pretty rough for a few miles.  As usual, by the time we got down the mountain, the temperature was definitely rising.  When we stopped for gas, a couple of riders mentioned seeing a coiled snake on the road. I didn't see the real snake, but I do notice the the SC DOT is creating a lot of tar snakes on some of the roads the way Georgia does.  Ugh!!  Overall, it was another great day on two wheels.    Steve
I see how I could have missed it....
  

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