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Our riding season hit the
halfway point hard on this ride. It was hot, hot hot. My motorcycle
thermometer seemed to be stuck on 97 degrees throughout the day. But
this group is tough and somehow, as we gasped our way through the
furnace known as the Mississippi Delta, everybody managed to smile and
have a good time.
We met at Collierville and despite the heat we had a good turnout. Ten
motorcycles and one cage (pa-tooie) showed up and when the high noon
whistle blew, we were off. We rode a short twenty seven miles the
first leg then took a hydration break just to be sure all was well
with everybody. The key to surviving on these hot days is slather on
the sunscreen, cover up and drink lots of water, even if you don't
feel thirsty. I give as an example the Arabs in the Sarah desert. They
are covered from head to toe with nothing but their eyes showing.
A Baskin-Robbins popped up in Oxford and we just couldn't resist. That
cold ice cream was a hit and revived us all. Then on to Tutwiler for
our third rest stop. More water and gas for the bikes. This left us
with a seventy six mile run for the Hollywood Cafe in Robbinsville,
our destination. We were due at 5:30 and would have made it with ease
if our ride commander had not had his head up his....!
But it wasn't my fault. You see, my GPS malfunctioned and my socks
wouldn't stay up, I had a powerful itch in an unmentionable place and
I was distracted by some cows in a pasture nearby and tomorrow is
Sunday and my yard needs mowing and a bunch of other things so it
really wasn't my fault. Surely you can see that can't you?
So we arrived at the Hollywood Cafe twenty minutes late. Big deal. The
food at the Hollywood was overpriced but decent. After an hour wait we
were finally served. But just as we were about to dig in a live singer
cranked up playing way too loud. Ruined my meal and I was ready to go
as soon as he began...
Roll Call: Stan and Nina Viets, David Elston, Brenda Crawford, Paul
Romesburg, Lou and Carla Nathan, Jake Abraham, Terry and MC Scott,
Buck and Donna Perminter, Bob Branch and guests George, Rick and Sammy
plus Hildia Max and Yours Truly giving us ten bikes, two cars and
eighteen souls. Pretty good show.
We rode a total of 301 miles, saddle time was 5:01 and Maximum speed
logged was 70 MPH
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