Mid-Winter Ride Report

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First, I'd like to thank Early Bird Ray for putting this VRCC event together for the third year in a row and to thank both Ray and Santa Chuck for once again leading a wonderful ride through the Hill Country.  The weather did not cooperate, but that did not seem to matter.  It could have been storming and that would not have diminished the experience one single bit!

It is really wonderful how many folks are willing to ride, fly, leave their homes in the middle of the night, cage across the country and do just about anything to get to this event.  Must say something about the character of the folks involved with the VRCC!

So, without further fanfare...

"No spittin', no cussin'" - Early Bird gives us an oral preview for the next day's ride...


Getting ready to head out for a great day of riding...





Our first stop was in Blanco at the town square.  Group 1 - led by Santa - is on the far side.  Group B - led by Early Bird - in the foreground.  We ate, shopped and visited...



Traveler looked mighty wet as did the rest of us...



We then headed over to Sisterdale and visted Sister Creek Vineyards - some mighty fine wine!...




Damien - from Boerne - met up with us there in Sisterdale.  His Valk looked so clean compared to the rest of us...


After that, it was straight up the road a piece to Luckenbach - where for a brief moment Valkyries actually outnumbered Harleys...for a brief moment...




TP was able to meet up with us there - that made two from Minnesota!...


Chickens and Valkyries?  Only in Luckenbach...


Our final leg was not without incident.  Since I was not with the A Group I don't know the details, but basically James was run off the road at a narrow cattle guard crossing by an inattentive cage coming in the opposite direction.  He and his Road King were somehow mostly fine - even though witnesses described him and his bike as being up side down!  Nevertheless, Mom was very relieved!...



So, as the sun finally broke out, First Group and Second Group (not in that order) made it to Dripping Springs High School ready to devour some fine food at the Wild Game Dinner, which we did!...




What a great weekend with great folks!  The ride was great and visiting with friends was even greater!

Safe winds to all!

Can't wait 'til next year!

[Old Geezer Richard]

  Hey Charlie , alot good friends , great food and alot good memories and too short of a weekend    ...  great pictures Charlie me and Lisa had a blast this weekend  .... keep in touch Charlie , OK ... let us know how the the surgery comes out  .....  can't wait for April , the GOTF's Yippeeeeeee  ... Thanks the Geezers

[laserpat]

Great ride report and pics.  One small correction, that was Damian not V-Nav.

[Disco]

Man, looking at all the pics and reading about the fun is making me sadhappy.  Sad I missed it.  Happy everyone had a great time.

[Gear Jammer]

Great job as always Charlie 

[Old Geezer Richard]

 Hey Disco , man-o-man , where's Disco and Wanderer when you need them when there tooo much food  ....  missed you guys and especially Brother Jeff's weekend Wisdom ....  I bet you guys were warm and cozy AND DRY   ... it was great seeing everybody and meeting new faces and meeting the Infamous Blotar   ...  the weather wasn't the best but , Santa and Early Bird put together a one hell of a ride ... and finally it dried out enough to sit around outside Sat. nite having some Tongue Oil and talk some gospel ...  hope to see you guys in April at the GOTF's .... Thanks the Geezer

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My apologies to both V-Nav and Damien!   Thanks for the the correction Pat.  Hey, no one said you had to be smart to be in this business! ???

Disco, I think your bike could have ended up almost as dirty as last year - even without the Lime Creek Road Quarry...well, almost!