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Everything about this ride
was great other than it being the last dinner ride of the year. Yes,
we still have a few rides left but they are all special events such as
multiple day rides and our annual cookout at Arkabutla. It's hard to
put a finger on what was the best part of this ride, the weather or
the food. The food was delicious and hot and the staff as friendly and
helpful as you could ask but the weather may have topped even that. I
mean after all, this is the middle of August and we had fall like
temperatures, Hildia even complaining of it being a bit to cool on the
ride home. That Canadian air mass that descended on us a couple days
earlier made for perfect riding weather. You just don't get many days
like that and I was surprised that the turn out, although good, wasn't
better.
We met at the Kroger store in Collierville. Eleven bikes and nineteen
folks showed up. As scheduled, we pulled out at three PM and took
highway 57 and 22 to the Tennessee River and the Catfish Hotel. We
arrived around 5:20 PM and the parking lot was packed with cars,
pickup trucks and motorcycles and they have a big parking lot. Sooo,
we had to wait a little while but it was well worth it. It gave us
time to socialize a bit, something we don't seem to get to do a whole
lot but even though we had to wait, the only complaints I heard was
not from impatient riders but hungry ones.
Lot of history surrounding the Catfish Hotel. The property has been in
the Hagy family since before the Civil War and sits right next to the
Shiloh National Battlefield, so close in fact you can touch the trees
from the porch of the restaurant. And in y opinion, the food is as
good as the Lake View Inn at Reelfoot, if not better....And they serve
generous helpings too. We will be going back. In fact, next year we
just might schedule two rides to this great destination. I don't think
there's a single solitary soul in this bunch that would mind two
helpings a year of this fantastic food. Man those hushpuppies were
good weren't they?
If you were with us, Thanks for coming. If you weren't, we missed
you...
Roll Call: Paul Romesburg, Richard & Donna Hightower, Tod &
Cindy Beers, Floyd Nunnelee, David Elston & Brenda Crawford, Buck
& Donna Perminter, Charley & Darnel Gibson, Danny Parker, Bob
Branch, Paul & Diann Talkington, Hildia Max and Yours Truly.
Some dubious stats about this ride: We logged 200 miles measuring from
here at Central Command on Brackenbury Lane. Our average speed was
42.7 mph and our maximum velocity attained was 77.1 mph...And I got an
incredible 40.4 miles to the gallon pulling a cargo trailer. Best ever
for me on the 1800.
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