The weather was giving us fits approaching this weekend. First it was rain all day, then 20% chance of rain, then rain the night before, then only a thunder shower around 4. Well, none of that happened, the streets were damp and we encountered a little fog. By 10AM though we were in glorious sunshine and it stayed that way all day long. We had 10 people at breakfast, and 7 attended the ride. Some folk had commitments and others had mechanical issues, but we left with 7. We did some dirt riding up and over the Blue Ridge and I dropped the bike on an uphill turn where I was in the wrong gear and the bike bogged. I stopped put my feet down and over she went on the downhill side. I went with it, rolled and got back up, only damage done was to my pride. And I had to do three u-turns, oh well. The Good News: We found some kickin' roads although half the group missed them because they had to leave partway through the ride. We even had a switchback so tight and vertical, it was rated as a 5mph corner! That's what I'm talkin' bout. Anyway, we missed those that couldn't make it.

I just wanted to thank Steve, Andyr, and John that came out to help with this ride which included twenty bikes. We had one person go down and went to the hospital where he was treated and released. Thank God! Besides that the ride went smoothly and I only had one U-turn, I'm improving! We did over 300 miles on great roads with beautiful scenery. I forgot to bring my camera, so I will have to post a link later to view others pics. Sorry. Despite the crash, a good time was had by all.