May 2-4: TAR Spring Ride

Post by **troy** » 01 May 2014 07:56

Guys, sorry to let you down, but my wife just reminded me that this weekend is the big scrapbooking conference in St. Louis. We go every year, and I wouldn't miss it for the world. It's a wonderful time spent with great people from all over the country who are into scrapbooking just like us. We get to learn about all the latest innovations in scrapbooking including the exciting new background patterns!

I'm sure you guys understand.

JUST KIDDING!!!

If that ever really happens, somebody please kill me. See y'all tomorrow!

MrHix · Post by **MrHix** » 01 May 2014 08:27

There is a knitting conference this weekend in STL that Chadman wanted to go to. Colleen just slapped him along side the head and said "We are going riding!"

We will be @ the lodge around 9:30 PM.

Cheers,

allkidd · Post by **allkidd** » 01 May 2014 13:44

Only one key so if we r not here will put under lighter fluid bottle on front porch.

MoRidin · Post by **MoRidin** » 01 May 2014 15:43

To all my riding friends...suck it!

Sucking...one of the many actions I cannot do yet until I am medically cleared...and since half of my face doesn't work, it makes drinking a messy affair. I bring extra shirts (plural) to work each day in case I drizzle water down my front

I have been promised I will be cleared "...for stupid things like riding your dirtbike..." the third week of May.

I am laying low so the MO 200 remains a go!

Have fun all - ride safe...ish...

Post by **troy** » 01 May 2014 16:02

MoRidin wrote:To all my riding friends...suck it!

Sucking...one of the many actions I cannot do yet until I am medically cleared...and since half of my face doesn't work, it makes drinking a messy affair. I bring extra shirts (plural) to work each day in case I drizzle water down my front

I have been promised I will be cleared "...for stupid things like riding your dirtbike..." the third week of May.

I am laying low so the MO 200 remains a go!

Have fun all - ride safe...ish...

I'll think of you and say a prayer of healing with every water berm I jump this weekend!

rycomm · Post by **rycomm** » 01 May 2014 21:30

It looks like Steve S. (Bronco) and I won't get there till around noon or one tomorrow afternoon. We'll find something cool to do until 'Q time. See you all then.

Ryan

chadman · Post by **chadman** » 04 May 2014 18:02

Colleen and I had a great time at the ride! Thanks for everyone involved in setting this up!

Post by **troy** » 04 May 2014 21:04

Very close to perfect for the 3 days, Except for the last 30 minutes when Scott body surfed Fly Gap Road. I heard Scott was dazed, but OK. Scott, how you doing?

I did not take a lot of photos, but I do have some and some good video to share. It can take me a bit of time to go through those and post up, but as always, I will.

HanesAnizer · Post by **HanesAnizer** » 04 May 2014 22:55

Another great TAR ride! Weather really could not have been better and the lodge was fantastic. Good to see folks from the Fall ride again and of course meet some new faces. Thanks for putting it together!

I didn't take many pics, but here is what I have -

Scott_B · Post by **Scott_B** » 05 May 2014 09:00

troy wrote:Very close to perfect for the 3 days, Except for the last 30 minutes when Scott body surfed Fly Gap Road. I heard Scott was dazed, but OK. Scott, how you doing?

I did not take a lot of photos, but I do have some and some good video to share. It can take me a bit of time to go through those and post up, but as always, I will.

Thankfully, my pride took the worst of the damage from my mishap. Who would have thought using the front brake at 30 mph with a flat front tire could bring a bike down so quickly? My well deserved alone time waiting for the rescue truck/trailer allowed me to go over my mistake over and over, so I shouldn't make the same mistake again.

Fantastic weekend, regardless. As always, Troy and Randy put together a perfect trip.

Scott_B · Post by **Scott_B** » 05 May 2014 13:26

I'm not much of a shutterbug, but here's a few shots I took during the trip:

https://plus.google.com/photos/10766684 ... 7Z3YkfzPew

Post by **troy** » 05 May 2014 13:29

Thanks for the pics, Scott. VERY glad you were not seriously hurt in that crash!

jasbaum · Post by **jasbaum** » 05 May 2014 14:13

Here is a link to my pics from our great weekend:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id= ... =drive_web

KC · Post by KC » 05 May 2014 20:35

Thanks for the pictures guys, wish I could have been there.
I want jasbaum's pics # 350 and 351 in full color decals on the sides of my enclosed trailer.

kendall_smith · Post by **kendall_smith** » 05 May 2014 21:20

What an awesome weekend of riding! I wish I could have ridden with you guys on Sunday, but our checkout deadline in the campground would have been impossible to make if I had gone riding instead of getting busy loading. It was good riding with everyone. Glad it all went down without any (too) major incidents. Not too bad for a group that large to only have suffered a drowned bike, flat tire, and a stuck throttle tube. Sorry to hear that Scott went down on Sunday, but it sounds like he took it in stride!

i should have some good pictures to put up, but unfortunately we don't have wi-fi in the campground we are currently in and I probably shouldn't burn up our hotspot gigs uploading pictures to my smugmug account. I'll post here as soon as I get a chance to get them uploaded though.

Bob Morgan · Post by **Bob Morgan** » 05 May 2014 22:22

Phil, Andy and I rode Dual Sport loops Friday and Sat. It was our job to introduce "Creekside" to Arkansas, and I think we accomplished our goal.

Many thanks to Troy and Randy for all their hard work! Dinner was Great!
Here are some shots of our adventures, and the campground.

phil denk · Post by **phil denk** » 06 May 2014 07:32

Ditto..........

https://plus.google.com/photos/11185560 ... woqi2ZrFVQ

Big thanks to Bob and Andy for getting me back to camp with a broken clutch cable !!!

Post by **troy** » 06 May 2014 07:34

Nice photos, guys! Looks like a good time in the campground, too.

Post by **troy** » 07 May 2014 10:47

Here is Bo's (bohawk) ride report -- he creates EXCELLENT ride reports!
http://advrider.com/forums/showpost.php ... count=8281

Here is a compilation of the little video clips I took.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg7JI2Hs8GQ

Something is wrong with my camera, though. Everything is a lot blurrier than normal. So much that the photos are about useless to me. (Mike, this includes the photos before and after I ran the camera through the washing machine and dryer!)

allkidd · Post by **allkidd** » 07 May 2014 11:02

Hey Guys, Thanks for all the great pictures. For someone who doesn't like to take pictures, but likes to look at them, it is nice to know others will take the time to take and post pics.

I had a great time as everything was pretty much perfect....the weather, riding, lodge, food and friends. I'm already looking forward to the next trip!

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