October Meeting and Ride

The morning was pretty chilly as the temperature showed 37 degrees at 7 a.m. By the time we left the house for a short ride over to Curtis and Sherry's house it had warmed up to a balmy 41 degrees.

A big thank you to the Davis' for opening their house to us this morning and providing donuts, coffee and OJ. You two have a beautiful house and Max is adorable.

It was great to see Rip and Smokey this morning. Glad you two could make it and it was worth starting the meeting a little later to have you both join us for the meeting.

After the meeting Curtis and Sherry lead us on a back route up to Neosho and then to the Undercliff restaurant. The route was awesome and most of us had never been that way before. When we got to the Undercliff we were joined by several members of the Missouri STAR groups and had a great lunch. We then took a nice, easy ride over to the historic Nelson's Riverton Store (formerly the Eisler Brothers store) on Route 66 which has been in operation since 1925.

The afternoon had warmed up to the low 60's and the ride back was awesome. Part of the group broke off and headed down Interstate 49 while some of the others took the back roads all the way home. Overall a great day of riding, friends and food.

Here are some of the pictures from where the group rode across the Blue Ridge Parkway in the rain. Mother Nature was in full force as we barely escaped the hard rain.

Even though we were wet and it got pretty chilly for July it was an awesome ride!!

 

Pictures from Deal's Gap Resort where we stayed on our Summer Trip

 

 

 

 

Earlier this year the Charter rode over to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge. TCWR provides a lifetime refuge for abandoned, abused and neglected "Big Cat" and other wildlife. Below are just a few of the pictures and they cannot take the place of seeing the majestic animals in real life.

 

The group would recommend this wonderful place to any one looking for a place to take their family to have a great time. We sure did.

 

You can learn more about TCWR at www.turpentinecreek.org.