Keowee Key Friday Motorcycle Group: November 2020

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Fellow Riders,

I won't be available to plan a ride this Friday. I would suggest those wanting to ride meet in the Tate Realty office parking lot to select a leader and a route for a 9 am departure. I'll see you next week and want to wish all our riders a Happy Thanksgiving!! Steve

Fellow Riders,

Looks like we're in for a sunny, but cool day on Friday. I plan to ride and stay in the lower elevations, taking a break around half-way. We'll be back between 11:30 am and noon. If you're up for a non-breakfast/lunch ride, we'll leave from the same parking area we always do. However, for those of you who have not been by Key Mart and the realty office lately, you need to know that the owner of the realty office building has built a mound between the two businesses, closing off through access. You'll need to enter the realty office parking lot at the north end entrance. If you gas up at Key Mart, you'll have to get back on Hwy 130 (Stamp Creek) and head to the north end of the parking lot. I guess we'll have to start calling it the realty office parking area instead of the Key Mart parking area. Hope to see you there. Steve

Fellow Riders,

I think I'll take advantage of the above average temperatures and ride into the mountains. We'll stop along the way for a brief break and return through Cashiers. If a non-breakfast/lunch ride sounds good to you, we'll leave the Key Mart parking area at 9 am, and return between noon and 12:30. Hope to see you there. Steve

This turned out to be the largest group we've had in a while. Riders joining me today were Len, Dan, Neil Ray, Rich, Russ, John, Terry and David D. I modified the planned ride due to some lingering fog and rain in the mountains. I took us east before we cruised up Hwy 176 and stopped in Rosman, NC for a break. As we were heading east, you could see the mountains and it seemed like a good idea to wait before heading north. David was late getting to our departure site, but managed to catch us in Rosman. It turned out to be another great day to be on two wheels. Steve

Fellow Riders,

I plan on taking the route I was going to take last week and head south for a ride around Lake Hartwell. We'll make a stop along the way for a short break. If this non-breakfast/lunch ride works for you, we'll leave the Key Mart parking area at 9 am. We should be back between noon and 12:30 pm. Hope to see you there. Steve

Lake Hartwell Dam - Georgia

It was a beautiful fall day for a ride. Joining me today were Len, Dan, John, and Neil. Bill stopped by to deliver a couple issues of Full Throttle Magazine (his article is on page 36, of the November issue hard copy, page 38, of the e-zine.) As we headed south, we could still see a lot of downed trees along the roads that Zeta had blown over last week, but the roads were clear for our bikes. I wanted to avoid any less traveled roads that may still have debris, so we took familiar highways 187 and 29 toward Hartwell. We made a stop for a brief break before proceeding through Hartwell. The sun and temps were great as we meandered along Hwy 77 toward home. When we were going through Seneca, you could still see a lot of the damage caused by the tornado back in April. No doubt 2020 has been a crazy year, even with severe weather. Overall though, it was another great day on two wheels. Steve

Hurricane Zeta and some powerful winds