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Title: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: speedevil on July 18, 2009, 06:50:09 AM That would be me! I've washed the Goldwing and she decorated the trailer. We're heading for the Smoky Mountains on the wing on Monday. The Duc is staying home for this trip.
Life's good. :) (http://www.dalemorin.com/IMG_0137_600x450.JPG) Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: fastwin on July 18, 2009, 06:56:18 AM Congrats!!! My words of not-so-wisdom to newly weds: For her, always make all the good ideas sound like they were his ideas, even if they weren't! For him, treat her like a thoroughbred and she won't be a nag!
Have fun in the Smoky Mountains!! Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: CMDRDAVE on July 18, 2009, 07:04:45 AM Congrats [thumbsup] , Sounds like a great trip, have fun!
Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: rockaduc on July 18, 2009, 07:24:09 AM Awsome!! Congratulations!!! Welcome to the club of the living dead! (my wife is right behind me as I am typing this) [beer]
Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: nikkimonster on July 18, 2009, 08:05:09 AM congrats! my 10th yr anny was this month.
Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: cdv478 on July 18, 2009, 10:40:27 AM Congratulations, and nice Goldwing! I always called them "oldwings" until I bought my '76 GL1000. Now I realize they are amazing motorcycles. I'm jealous of the ride you are planning to go on!
Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: lagerman72 on July 18, 2009, 11:10:01 AM Congrats and enjoy the rides! Both
marriage and the one to the Smoky mountains. [beer] Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: somegirl on July 18, 2009, 12:05:15 PM Congrats to you both! [beer]
Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: needtorque on July 19, 2009, 07:37:48 AM congrats! my 10th yr anny was this month. Nice, my 10th is this december. GZ to the OP as well. Enjoy the peaks ;) (and the valleys i guess lol) Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: z0mb1e_DUC on July 19, 2009, 09:45:48 AM Congrat's. Let the journey begin...
Without the valley's, how would you recognize the peaks? We will be celebrating 18 in another month. Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: 695LAM on July 19, 2009, 11:20:35 AM [clap] Congrats to you both. Have a great time.
Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: Big Troubled Bear on July 19, 2009, 11:17:49 PM Congrats [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: eichh on July 20, 2009, 02:28:41 AM Congrats again! The party was a good time, the wife and I had fun. Have a safe trip.
Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: yamifixer on July 20, 2009, 07:05:23 AM Congrats. I wish you all the love and Happiness I have had for the last 19 years.
Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: mitt on July 20, 2009, 08:03:45 AM Looks like a fun [evil] [evil] [evil] trip. Congrats. [wine]
mitt Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: DesmoDiva on July 20, 2009, 08:47:16 AM Best wishes to you and your wife!!
[thumbsup] Enjoy your [moto] honeymoon. Title: Re: Guess who's getting married today? Post by: speedevil on July 23, 2009, 02:59:46 AM Well, we made it to Cashiers, NC on Monday. Barely. We left northern IL at about 7am Monday and got to the cabin in Cashiers at 11:30pm. 861 miles total. A long day's ride, and not helped by riding over the mountains at night, in the rain and fog, 2-up, and pulling a trailer. But we made it just fine. I was starting to get pretty tired, but we stopped and walked around, drank water, and stayed alert for the remainder of the trip. 1000 miles in 24 hours is doable without a lot more effort than that trip. Whew.
Tuesday we went raftiing on the Nantahala River near Bryson City. I had not been rafting before, Amy has. The water was COLD, but the rafting was a good time. The guide was a character and I would definitely go again. To get there we took NC-107 north, the same road we took south to Cashiers the night before. It's a pretty nice road for riding, but I didn't notice on Monday night - I wanted to get my bride and myself to the cabin safely. Wednesday we went to the Smoky Mountain National Park. We took NC-64 west to Franklin and then 441/28 north to Cherokee. Of course we stopped at Bridal Veil Falls for some pictures. The park had some great views, and I'm sure we only saw a few of them. I hope the photos turn out. We took several along the creek as you go north into the park and used a tripod and a very slow shutter speed to blur the water's motion. I hope those turn out nice. Then we exited the park into a circus. Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are definitely not my style. We finally got away from that c(t)rap and on to Tallassee on US-129. We had a late lunch there and headed back south to Deals Gap. That was a nice ride. I didn't try to set any speed records, just rode at a decent clip and stayed on the pavement on my side of the road. They were pulling an HD out of the shrubbery as we went through, but no way to tell about the pilot. We stopped at the motorcycle place at 129 and 28, and then took NC-28 to Franklin, a nice ride, and then back to Cashiers. MY BRIDE WAS SLEEPING ON THE BACK ALL THE WAY THROUGH DEALS GAP AND NC-28 TO FRANKLIN. I guess that means she trusts me - or maybe she would rather have her eyes closed. More to follow... |