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Tri-Star 2016

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stevegrab:
Got back yesterday around 5:30PM after 6 great days of riding and some great southern hospitality by Geoffrey, his helpers and the staff at the AI. We only had a one quick downpour on our first day ride down on Thursday, and then some threat of rain Sunday had us doing a short 100 mile day over to Damascus on 58 and around some of Whitetop Mtn.

The one short day had my mileage down below normal, only about 1450 for the trip, with most days around the 200-250 and a couple 300 mile days to/from the event. There are too many good roads to rush it, so 2 days is always better covering 500-600 miles of twisties instead of slabbing or taking more major highways. On the way back we had some fun taking the old road US52 as it crosses the mountains in northern VA into WV. Need to stop at Big Walker Mountain lookout someday, looks cool. It was much warmer on the ride home, especially yesterday as I saw temps in the mid to upper 80s all day. In Buckhannon WV we spent the night and the cicadas were making their noise. At a stop along a lake in Ohio we could here them even louder, and saw many empty skins all over the place.

Many thanks again to Geoffrey for stepping in, and to those that helped to make it a great time. Was good to see many of you at the event, even if most of y'all did bug out and head home Sunday morning ;)

HawkGTRider:
I'd like to give a big shout-out to our 21 friends from OHIO who attended TriSTAR! Virginia kicked everyone else's behinds with 18 friends in attendance. North Carolina had a good showing with 11.

As the only 3 members from Tennessee, I had a really nice weekend getting to know Ken & Vicki Gill from the middle Tennessee area. If we'd met before, I'd forgotten, but I don't think I'll forget again.

Saturday night I recognized/introduced as many of the event and club volunteers as I could remember, but there were a lot of folks that haven't stepped up to fill some vacancies yet. If you want to learn more about the club and get to know folks, or at least have them know you, volunteer for something. It's far more rewarding than you would think. We need volunteers at STAR, at the regional events, and for club stuff in general. If you don't know what positions are available, please contact Ann Redner. As the club VP, she coordinates the volunteer needs of the club.

boatanchor:
Wish I could have made it Geoffrey, perhaps next year....

HawkGTRider:

--- Quote from: boatanchor on June 03, 2016, 10:21:50 am ---Wish I could have made it Geoffrey, perhaps next year....

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Put it on your calendar...it'll be Memorial Day weekend.

DirtFlier:
If I may add, you can become a "volunteer" without calling anyone on the EC.  When you show up for the event, just offer your services for x-hours on a certain day and you'll make the event coordinator very happy.  Typically they're trying to do 4 things at the same time and just a tiny bit of help can go a long way!  :-)
 

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