Last Sunday we met up with SmokinJoe

LOL... Well at least I got part 2 finish before the end of the following week...LOL....

Sunday morning rolls around and the sun is up and shining..
A little chilly at first...
Stepped in the garden and yuppers to wet to work…:wings
So lets ride and meet up with SmokinJoe and his group at Shady Valley…
89 miles from our farm….HB suggested to load our mesh coats :huh

It was a grand day..



We started out with our heavier coats….



Highbinder said we are to meet up with Joe around 12:30…..We arrived a tad early so we could say Hi to David & Kim the proprietors of the Shady Valley store….
Very nice folks …



Joe and the group rode in …Time to chat …And hang out for a bit..
That’s Joe he really flies his dragon{Valk} in the twisties..As a matter a fact, this group that we ride with really fly their Dragons very very well….



BigAl sat and chatted with Highbinder…. Looked at HB’s shirt and said you know I have a KLR maybe I should join ADV ??


Lucky13 and his gal MeanStreak… Funny I never understood why they call her MeanStreak?? She has always been pleasant…




Gordon aka Lucky13 was telling us all just how you can cut the tip of your own finger off in a splitter .. But first you have to do it just so ….. That’s Greg off to the right…



Right before we pulled I saw this very familiar bike and trailer pull in …
If you look way in the back by … Who’s trailer is that you say .. Why it was Kyle’s !!!
Yeah yeah I didn’t get a very good shot of it….But walked over and said howdy … And that it was good to meet him at WillVille Friday/Sat….. Have a great ride home !!




We ran the Snake .. And went around the lake and was off to Etown for dinner…



In town we lost a few riders so it was time to pull off the side to regroup….
Dragon herding at it’s best… Funny we all said ,as we all looked in the rear views . Well I saw the lights and thought it was our group.. Oops it wasn’t …



You can see HB & I had changed in to our mesh jackets . It was 89* in TN…




Ahh food … We got there around 2:30pm ,, I was getting hungry!! I ate at 5 am that morning…So a nice salad and a baked sweet tater is in order.. :tb
Carolina Girl And Meanstreak chatting over dinner ..




SmokinJoe show Highbinder his snake eyes for a good ole fashion gun fight…



With bellies full ~Ttime for a little chat and digest.. That’s BigTom with Lucky13 and HB…



The rest of the guys… There is NormanDog he’s CarolinaGirls mate…



CarolinaGirl & Menstreak saying there good byes….







Joe even shot this pic of me and my Limegreen helmet and my half Yellow mesh coat.. LOL…. Not really my first choice in colours but the price was the clincher…. And it is cooler in the summer months..



Yuppers it was a great weekend … It all started off with camping and twisters and ended with warm sunny skies and great mountain roads….

Hmm Maybe I should post up Friday & Sat.. Camping out....

The first camp out of the year…. With a few ADV buddies who ….
Wanted to camp after the long hard winter.. So a bunch of us said where and when…
The second weekend in April it is !!! The Place.. at our good friends place “WillVille”
The motorcycle camp ground in Meadows of Dan, Va.…Just off the BRP…
A great place .... With a nice creek....

Highbinder & I head out after chores…We stopped at our favorite Chinese restaurant in Hillsville… Then we are only a hope skip and a just from Will’s ….

We pulled in a little after noon… ??? only 1 tent Kyle’s ….
So we unpack


HB’s bike all unpacked ..


Then it off to the Poor Farmers Market ,just to see if there is anything I just got to have ..
I did pick up a little something for my sister .Who had just lost her dog….



There’s me honey…. He had injured his shoulder a few weeks back…
So we really didn’t know how it would be camping… But he was game to give it a go…



The campground started to fill up…





FreakingRT showed up !!! And staked his claim to a spot..



Folks just hanging around at Will’s



Will was havig some Cookies and cream icecream…HB was wondering why he didn't offer any to all of us.. :lol3 Just kidding…..



We brought 2 kinds of Chili with us for supper…. Others went up the road to eat…
Hey we are to be camping … Not sleeping outside and eating out…Oh well what ever…



257Bob rolls in ... I stoll this pix from KnyBanjo :wink:.. We shared our meal with him ….



I had baked the night before , and shared some of the Banana nut rum bread that I made..


Will had the bonfire going … Photo taken by HappyRiding....


Sat around told a few tales …Then we went to the tent for the night.. At first it was just rain and a few claps of thunder, no big deal ..
Then the lighting was all crazy colours and the thunder was just about simultaneously



You can’t really see it but I was really worried… As the hail started to fall big time…
All I could think ,was my bike is uncovered !!! I sure hope it’s not big hail pellets…



Thanks to Gaston Gagne here’s a pix of the Hail….



Saturday morning while most went for a ride to our neck of the woods …
HB & I packed up …Had things to do on the farm.. We didn’t have anyone to watch and feed the stock for this trip ….



Shoving/stuffing our sleeping bag in the wheel wells…



TheBlack is just about loaded…



On our way home we stopped at the other Va.Farmers Market .. To pick up some honey ..
I was getting low…. We looked for the group ride .. But they had left a good 2 hours in front of us… By the time we ate and shopped… We got home just in time .around 1:15 The skies opened up once more… We had hoped that the group had changed there route , as the rains had been really heavy…. Didn’t see them heading up rt 614…

Sorry I didn’t take anymore pix… With the odd weather the camera seamed to stay out of sight….
Had a blast … It was good to see a few people that we knew…
And to met a few new ones …Plus put a face to a few names….

Yuppers it was a good Friday/Saturday…




P.S. Sorry ya'll don't know some of the folks that I'm talking about....

Saturday night Smokin'Joe calls us and said… It’s got to be to wet for ya to do your work
So why don’t you both meet us at the Snake!!!!
Part two….. To be continued

Tracy, thanks for the writeup. I have had the pleasure to share the wind with most of those you posted and they definately do fly their dragns well. Looking forward to kaming back to that stretsh of the woods again this year to ride with yall again.

See you out there
Smokey

Thanks for the pictures and commentary!! Just a few days away from riding here in the Catskill Mtns. The street sweepers have been out for a week now getting all the winter gravel off the roads.
Got my Double Darkside mounted, just need to adjust the fork, got a bit of brake drag. Once I have that straightened out I will hit it.
Looking forward to Memorial Day weekend in Clayton,Ga.

REAPS

Awesome write up and pics!!! Thank you very much for posting!



..................bobby