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« on: June 19, 2009, 09:22:55 AM » |
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Mark your calendars and make your reservation for Aug. 29-30 in Jefferson, Texas. Jefferson is known as America’s MOST haunted city. We’re headed out of Houston at sun-up for the 4.5 hour ride to Jefferson Saturday, Aug 29. Jefferson is a step back in time. Spend the afternoon strolling the historic streets; visit the old-time soda fountain (that’s where you’ll find Duct Tape knocking back chocolate malt or 3!), visit antique shops or enjoy an afternoon ride in East Texas. The evening plan after dinner at Auntie Skinner's Riverboat Club, is the “Ghost-Walk”, a guided tour through 13 historical buildings that are known ghost hang-outs! Then to the “Ghost-train”. Please see below for more info on the city and the tour. If you’d like to join us please call: Inn of Jefferson 400 South Walcott (Hwy 59) Jefferson, TX 75657 903-665-3983 King room is $59.95 Double room is $73.95 Includes breakfast Hotel code: VRCC Ghost Train link: http://jeffersonrailway.com/store/index.php?main_page=page&id=3&chapter=1&zenid=42dc4469798fecf31224705737ab23e0History of Jefferson, TX link: http://jeffersontx.com/History.htmSunday morning after breakfast we’ll take a ride out to Caddo Lake. The link is below. There are lots of good riding roads around the lake. Then it’s back on the road headed home. http://explorecaddolake.com/There are many B&B’s and a couple of historic hotels in Jefferson. If interested, the link is: http://jeffersontx.com/ |
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Duct Tape
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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2009, 04:06:07 PM » |
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You bet! Count me in. Sounds like a fun weekend...wait a minute...of course I'm going to be there...by royal decree...just in case her highness needs valet parking.
The ride up from Houston will be a destination ride. We'll hop on 59 North and go. Coming out of Houston 59 is very freeway like, but around Livingston and on North it's really a nice scenic ride. It will still be hot that time of year, so we want to start early. We've got a friend in Kingwood scouting a good meet point on the north side and hope for KSU about 7:30 am. We'll post estimated times to be at various locations on the way for anyone wanting to join us enroute. We'll make Jefferson in time for lunch and an afternoon of seeing the town.
The ride back on Sunday we'll likely plan a little longer and interesting ride.
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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2009, 06:18:11 PM » |
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mmmmmmm
Cornbread samich!
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BnB Tom
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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2009, 05:26:48 AM » |
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Got room for a North Texas Valk? Sounds like a fun trip from the Dallas area too. Only about 160 miles from here but meandering the back roads could make it pretty interesting.
Tom
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2009, 05:54:17 AM » |
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Sounds like a great time. We've put it down in pencil and are hoping for pen soon. HD Fred & Maryann are also interested.
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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2009, 08:08:55 AM » |
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Enjoy the ride!
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« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2009, 12:36:38 PM » |
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HA HA! I'm looking for an AC suit! I think I won't find one.... so we're leaving at the crack of dawn. I hope y'all are going! We rode back to Carlos this morning. Not as hot. We left at 7:30 AM and got home about 30 minutes ago. |
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« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2009, 04:59:28 PM » |
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Got room for a North Texas Valk? Sounds like a fun trip from the Dallas area too. Only about 160 miles from here but meandering the back roads could make it pretty interesting.
Tom
Sure! There's always room for another Valk! I'm hoping to meet a lot of the N. Texas group. We should arrive around lunch time from Houston. |
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« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2009, 05:00:43 PM » |
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Sounds like a great time. We've put it down in pencil and are hoping for pen soon. HD Fred & Maryann are also interested.
Great! We're looking forward to it! |
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Gear Jammer
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« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2009, 08:02:28 PM » |
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Alright Queen,, SugarPlum and I are registered !!  |
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« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2009, 02:10:52 PM » |
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There should be around 10 bikes and a "maybe" from Bandit!
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Wanderer
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« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2009, 04:08:42 PM » |
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The Jefferson Hotel and Lamache's restaurant used to be owned by a Valk rider. Might still be one or the other, or both? We had a Valk gathering there about a hundred years ago, March of 2005. Before that was '03... How long has it been since you replaced your valve stems? |
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« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2009, 10:36:52 AM » |
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How long has it been since you replaced your valve stems?
To me it looks like they were trying to do the "nickel trick" and lost the coin. |
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« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2009, 12:30:37 PM » |
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 I RE-CALL THAT RIDE. I MET YA'LL AT THE HOTEL FOR LUNCH OR WHAT EVER. THE BIG MAN WAS HAVING VALVE STEM PROBLEMS. HELL SCOTT AND OLINDA WAS ON THAT RIDE ALSO. I TOOK ALL DOWN TO H&W IN MARSHALL AND THEY TOOK CARE OF THE VALVE STEM PROBLEM. MAN HOW TIME GOES BYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. RON
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« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2009, 01:03:21 PM » |
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Well I sure hope y'all are going to come on this years ride!!!!
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« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2009, 01:40:19 PM » |
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You peeps are giving me flashbacks. When my wife and I moved from San Diego to Texas, Jefferson was the first place we lived. It took about five months to go nearly insane with such a small town so we packed up and bought a house in Marshall. We made it there just over three years before we had to bail to the big city. I hope Jefferson is a better place to visit than to live in; we haven’t been back since we ran.
Maybe it is time to see Jefferson in a different light and go back for a visit.
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« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2009, 05:19:21 PM » |
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I imagine that Jefferson falls into that catagory of "it's a nice place to visit....yada yada yada" . It actually is a great place for a weekend visit! I hope you can make it!
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« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2009, 09:31:50 AM » |
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I RE-CALL THAT RIDE. I MET YA'LL AT THE HOTEL FOR LUNCH OR WHAT EVER. THE BIG MAN WAS HAVING VALVE STEM PROBLEMS. HELL SCOTT AND OLINDA WAS ON THAT RIDE ALSO. I TOOK ALL DOWN TO H&W IN MARSHALL AND THEY TOOK CARE OF THE VALVE STEM PROBLEM. MAN HOW TIME GOES BYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. RON Good to HEAR FROM YOU, RON! Got a good report on you from Scott last week. What? Did you quit drinking "Two Cup"s? You changed handles on us. Here is one of your photos from that ride, Ron... In my smugmug acct. under "Not My Files" A couple of these guys still ride some. |
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« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2009, 01:00:28 PM » |
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The big guy on his back is Winterhawk right? That was the cleanest bike I ever saw. Hope we can attend the ride but too far off to be certain yet.
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« Reply #19 on: June 24, 2009, 04:42:17 AM » |
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The big guy on his back is Winterhawk right? That was the cleanest bike I ever saw. Hope we can attend the ride but too far off to be certain yet.
That was Winterhawk cleaning the tread grooves in his back tire. Winterhawks seem to be extinct now - haven't had a sighting in years.  |
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« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2009, 02:33:16 PM » |
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I just spoke with the hotel and they said 12 rooms have been reserved so far for VRCC folks. There's 18 rooms left.
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« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2009, 09:55:10 PM » |
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What would the chances be of a repeat, Roy? As much as Lori enjoyed our previous antics, I would be surprised if she did not make Tom take her. Wouldn't want her to have to hear about it "second hand"! ~Jeff
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« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2009, 05:44:34 PM » |
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i/we have a reservation ...  aug. 29 ... |
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« Reply #25 on: July 03, 2009, 04:57:42 PM » |
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 my wife kathleen sez that she is "the" qotfu ... she has the tiara to prove it ... ???
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« Reply #26 on: July 03, 2009, 07:26:23 PM » |
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Sounds like a flannel underwear battle coming on.....
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« Reply #27 on: July 03, 2009, 08:08:21 PM » |
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my wife kathleen sez that she is "the" qotfu ... she has the tiara to prove it ... ??? YES..... but does she have a tiara and ride a Valk????? |
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« Reply #28 on: July 04, 2009, 07:04:19 AM » |
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YES..... but does she have a tiara and ride a Valk?????
ALL HAIL THE QUEEN! |
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« Reply #29 on: July 04, 2009, 09:49:53 AM » |
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YES..... but does she have a tiara and ride a Valk?????
ALL HAIL THE QUEEN! I'm not a competitive QOTFU...... there's always room for one more! |
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« Reply #30 on: July 19, 2009, 10:06:19 AM » |
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We've got about 20 going.
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« Reply #31 on: July 19, 2009, 10:09:19 AM » |
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Bringing it back up incase anyone missed this before. We have about 20 going so far.
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« Reply #32 on: July 19, 2009, 04:45:55 PM » |
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This sounds like a really nice mini-trip. It looks like it should be a good weekend for us to make it. Jim & Nancy
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« Reply #33 on: July 19, 2009, 06:32:45 PM » |
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This sounds like a really nice mini-trip. It looks like it should be a good weekend for us to make it. Jim & Nancy Great! We're looking forward to it! |
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« Reply #34 on: July 24, 2009, 08:27:32 AM » |
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YES..... but does she have a tiara and ride a Valk?????
ALL HAIL THE QUEEN! I'm not a competitive QOTFU...... there's always room for one more! Does ANYONE believe she's not competitive? |
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« Reply #35 on: July 24, 2009, 01:10:58 PM » |
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« Reply #36 on: July 29, 2009, 09:04:58 AM » |
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not me ! WHAT!  Y'all are talkin' SMACK! |
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« Reply #37 on: August 03, 2009, 11:07:04 AM » |
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We're making some final plans for the ride. We plan on leaving the Kingwood area by 7:00 AM..... so KSU from Sugar Land will be around 5:30 AM on Aug 29....... Anyone from this area that is riding (Sugar Land) can meet us at 59 and Hwy 6 at the Target center. |
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« Reply #38 on: August 11, 2009, 02:37:23 PM » |
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I just made our reservations for Friday and Saturday night! Can not wait! (If you're still undecided, they still have rooms available...) We're thinking about a slightly post-rush hour departure, a rib lunch at the Country Tavern, and an arrival in time for an adult beverage. Oh yeah, and a scenic back roads route with some of the Texas Forest Trail mixed in. Lori? Melanie? Tom? T-Roy? Anyone else? |
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« Reply #39 on: August 12, 2009, 04:57:50 AM » |
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For sure Lori and I are up for the Friday take-off. And the Country Tavern is one of our favs so let the good times roll!
BnB Tom
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