Friday 12/27/19 - No Ride Planned

Fellow Riders,

• I hope everyone had a great Christmas.  I am not planning a ride for Friday.  For anyone interested in going on a ride, I suggest meeting at the Key Mart parking area at 10:30 am, and select a destination and a leader.  Have a great ride.   Steve

• Update - Gary says - Hey guys, I plan to ride tomorrow (Friday) and hope a few others will join me.  See you at the Key Mart 10:30.   Happy Holidays

• I heard a group of seven had a nice ride and visited the Village Bakery & Cafe for a good lunch.  Hopefully, next Friday I'll be able to ride.   Steve

Village Bakery & Cafe

Friday 12/20/19 Ride

Fellow Riders,

• This Friday I thought I would head to Anderson for some lunch at the Pompous Pig.  It's been a while since I've had some of their tasty BBQ.  If this sounds good to you, we'll plan on leaving the Key Mart parking area at 10:30 am.  Hope to see you there.    Steve

The Pompous Pig

• The weather definitely cooperated and 10 riders joined me for the ride to Anderson.  The other riders included Len, Dan, Rob, Steve G., Kevin, Harve, Pat, Ray, OG Bob, and Neil.  We took familiar county roads to avoid the always congested Hwy 76 going into Anderson.  It had been a while since a lot of us had traveled through these parts.  It was a little cool, but the sun helped keep things warm as we arrived at the Pompous Pig.  Thanks to Paulette's call ahead, they had a couple of tables set up for this large group.  The BBQ is always good and I enjoy the pulled pork on a hot dog bun when I'm there.  A couple of guys got the nacho's which must use an entire bag of chips for the serving.  Hats off to the guys who can handle that choice.  After lunch, a few  riders headed off to visit the local Timms HD and some followed up with a stop to see how Bill was doing at the rehab center.  He seemed to be progressing nicely.  The rest of us had a nice long ride home that took us through Norris and Six Mile before gassing up and heading for the house.  It turned out to be a great ride before the Christmas Holiday.   Steve 

Merry Christmas and a Harley New Year!!

Friday 12/13/19 Ride

Fellow Riders,

• Unfortunately, this coming Friday looks like it will be a perfect day to not ride a motorcycle.  So instead, I thought I would take a page from Dan's playbook and drive my four wheel vehicle to Sisters Restaurant in Salem for some breakfast.  If you're interested in meeting there at 9 am, let me know so I can give them a heads up.  Hope to see you there.    Steve

Sisters Restaurant - Facebook

Friday 12/06/19 Ride

Fellow Riders,

• I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  I thought I would head to Anderson and the Eggs Up Grill for lunch.  You have to like a place where you can get breakfast for lunch.  If this sounds like a good destination to you, we'll leave the Key Mart parking area at 10:30 am.  Hope to see you there.    Steve

Eggs Up Grill - Anderson

• The weather folks, especially those manning the radar, fooled me for this ride.  No rain was projected for early Friday and the radar looked good around 8 am. Things changed.  Even though the rain drops started just as I fired up my bike, there were three others waiting for me at the Key Mart parking lot.  I guess all of us were pretending it wasn't raining, or at least it wouldn't last long.  Len even called to see if I was standing in the rain, which I was, and his decision to sit this one out was affirmed.  Joining me were David D., Ray, and Terry.  We could see some better looking sky toward Anderson, so we took off for breakfast.  The rain left us alone by the time we got to Clemson, but the bikes continued to throw rain on us for a few more miles.  The clouds remained until we arrived.  There were only four of us, but Paulette had called ahead to make sure we had a table.  The server told me she was the one that talked to Paulette, and after she hung up, she thought, "did she say 4, or 40," so she called her back to confirm our small group number.  This is a great place for breakfast or lunch, but we all chose breakfast and mostly, it was the superb corned beef hash.  After we finished, the weather projections indicated we may see more rain by 1 pm, so we took the most direct route home.  Of course, by the time I arrived at home, the sun was peeking out of the clouds. Fooled again.  Oh well, overall, it was still another great day on two wheels.   Steve

Way to go Ray!!