The last ride and more

Well I'm in the groove now about my rad treatment so I think posts will be more timely. Can it be true that we have been a club for over one year? Yep, and getting more members each month.
The following went on the ride: George, Richard, Drew, Buddy, Bill G, and Hugh. Riders earned ride points toward the Goddess award and the founders were all present. Thanks to George for planning the ride. There was lots to see on these new roads.
I sure hope everyone is keeping track of their points. Comment on this post to let me know how many points you have earned.
Jay Hopkins joined the club. He rides a red People 250. I sure hope he makes the next ride.

I'm planning the next ride on Sunday July 5th. If it goes well maybe the ride capt. will let me plan another one.
We will meet at Harrison Bay State Park @ 8AM. We'll ride up Harrison Bay road to Birchwood Pike where we turn right. We ride to Hwy 58. At that corner we take a left and ride just a short way to Career Lane. Turing right on Career Lane we ride to the four corners where this road meets Ooltewah Georgetown Rd. This is a gas and rest stop. Then we turn left onto Ooltewah Georgetown rd and head up to Hwy 60. This is a long flat road with good views and usually few cars.
At Hwy. 60 we make a left [ yep we're making a large square] and ride through the Hwy 60/Hwy 58 intersection.[We can stop at the gas station as needed]. Continuing on Hwy 60 we ride until we turn left onto Birchwood Pike, another scenic ride with farms and some big turns; but no sharp switchbacks. Finally we'll turn left onto Harrison Bay rd and end up back at the park.

So I hope you'll join us. There will be a rain date scheduled if there are real storms.

See you soon,
Shiftless Sister

Scooter Auction at Scenic City

Saturday, June 20th at 11AM Scenic City will auction off a 2005 Kymco Grand Vista 250. It's in great condition.
I'm pretty sure a new model goes for about 5K; so this could be your chance to get one with very few miles. I'll bet it goes for a real reasonable price.
Call for information or go by the shop to see this scoot. Hugh will be happy to tell you what you need to know.

Our ride will be back in time for interested Fossils to bid.
So seeya on Saturday @ 8AM at Scenic City.

Shiftless Sister

Ride creations

The founders would love to have members create rides. They can be late afternoon since the sun sets 'bout 8 or on alternating Sat/Sun on weekends. Comment on this post of email wftracy@bellsouth.net

We want to have more than one rider per month.

IN the Wind

I've found some new images to express the greatness of the daily rider. This time we salute Kay Arrowsmith. Her scoot has over 7K and she rides it all the time.
Congratulations Kay.
Remember In the Wind awards go to daily riders. We'd love to see you on the club rides but that's the winning ticket.

Shiftless Sister and Mr. Bones will be taking daily rides to Memorial for her rad treatments. If you'd like us to come and visit you after, it would be around 9am just send us a message. We will be going for 6 to 8 weeks M-F.

New members

Welcome to new members George Barber and Ralph Messner. They rode with us; Ralph on a Friday night to Nightfall and George on weekend rides.
George is the planner behind the upcoming Saturday ride. We meet @ ScenicCity at 8AM and return in time for the auction.

Ride points go to Kay, George, Richard, Hugh, and Ryan for the weekend ride and to Ralph for the Nightfall ride. No rain as I recall so one point. I think that Richard is in the lead for the quarterly Goddess award. I sure how more of you Fossils so up on Saturday.

On behalf of Mr. Bones, membership
shiftless sister

The start time for the 20 June ride has been changed to 8:00 AM. Two reasons: Heat, and we need to be back at the Scooter Shop by 11:00 for an auction. This will be followed by lunch at the Shop.

Lets do a pre Summer Ride on Lookout Mtn. George Barber who lives up there will be laying out the mountain route. One of our destinations will be Johnson's Crook, as for other points, George is weaving an epic route as you read this. We will be leaving from Scenic City Scooters at 9:00 AM on the 20 of this month. In case of rain we will do the run on the 27th. We are planning on lunch after the ride.

Saturday, May 30, '09. This ride saw us doing the Cash Canyon Trail as well as the TVA facility on Racoon Mtn followed by a pizza feast at Scenic City Scooters.


























The Man of the Day.

The last ride and more

The last ride made me think that some folks needed a little more encouragement to get out and ride. The founders are aware that there are other commitments. We are having rides on Saturdays and Sundays. We will be having late afternoon weekday rides as the days get longer.
That brings me to ride points.
Lately I have been awful at remembering all your names. So while riding I thought how could I get all riders names but not sound so bad. I needed a way to have names written down. This led me to ride points.

There will be ride points given for each ride. Usually 1 point per ride unless other factors appeal to me. Rain rides will be honored with 5 points per rider. Founders will not qualify.

I am generally not using this blog for personal writing. The countdown calender doesn't count as it shows when I can be a full-time fossil and full-time rider. But I digress.

I will be having radiation therapy for 6-8 weeks for diagnosed and removed breast canser. So this may interfere with my plans as I am hoping to have a mid-summer barbecue @ my house. This will all depend on how I feel. There will be one when the rewards will be given for ride points and ride points will count towards Goddess Awards.

"In the Wind" will still be awarded to those who ride daily to work or use their scoot as their daily ride.

Finally, I am still choosing a name for the new scoot. Please send your ideas in comments.

Look for another post about new members.

shiftless sister

Any one up for a ride on the Cash Canyon Road on Saturday, May 30?
Riders will depart from Scenic City Scooters at 9:00AM. This should be a relatively short run, probably lasting about 2 hours. I have no idea what kind of road conditions we may encounter so who knows for sure how long it will be?