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Hear say has it that in Huntsville, Al., all you have to do is tell them you are an engineer and they will not select you. They don't want engineers on the Jury panel because they say the engineers think to much..

Sorry but no pictures this time around..... Nothing but great memories.

Randy, You and Linda are MORE than welcome. I told you before you guys always have a home in Alabama so come on down! (I will send you an email shortly)

Well we just couldn't stand the thought of B2Mom and Dad leaving so this evening, we just had to go pick them up at the campground and take them to dinner. We had a great time reminiscing, eating and enjoying the conversations once again. We dropped them back off at their camper and they are packing up and leaving in the early am tomorrow, and we again wish them a safe journey as they enjoy their excursions. Don, Patty, we really enjoyed seeing you guys the past three days. Awesome time! Be safe! Eck and Konnie PS: If you want your name changed let me know and I can change it for you too.

What we were told yesterday in class was that it costs the state of Alabama over 2.5 million an year for Jurors. That is a lot of tax dollars we must pay.. Not sure what your country does or how much it cost them /you or if you even have jury duty up there though. As for the $10 bucks, well it is basically to buy your lunch (as long as you eat a light meal and drink water). I did forget to mention that the court also paid me .005 cents a mile to drive there and back home. It didn't matter because I gave the check back to them anyway. In the states here, if you never sign up to vote you will never be called upon by the court system to serve on Jury Duty from what I understand. I signed up so that I could vote, and by doing so this is only a part of my duty as a citizen and I have no problem serving called upon. Note: If you are employed and are called upon, your employer shall, by law, pay you for your days wages minus the $10.00, so you really make your same days pay and are getting a day or week off from work (with pay). .

Last week I received a letter in the mail telling me I was a candidate and won the Huntsville, Alabama "JURY DUTY LOTTO" and that I had to be appear for Juror orientation on Monday 10-05-2015 @ 8am. So without any choice in the matter, I attended orientation and then all of us were hurdled up to the 6th floor to sit and wait on our names to be called. 2:30pm, we were informed that the case was resolved between the attorneys and judge and that all of us could go home and that we would not be needed anymore this week. We had to wait for our names to be called so that we could return our free parking garage pass and Juror ID tag that they gave us and to also receive our $10.00 paycheck (for the days wages). I told the lady to keep my check and I signed the back of it and handed it back to her. So now I am relieved for now until next time I am notified of winning! It has been over 25 years since I won the Jury duty lotto

My wife and I have been blessed the last couple days to be able to spend some time with two well known and well loved VR family members. We have been visiting with B2Mom and B2Dad who stopped in while on their adventurous travels. Gosh they both look so great and are doing so well. They came to our house on Sunday afternoon and we just sat around relaxing and having great conversations about everything and anything, then last evening, (Monday evening), we drove over to a campground they were staying at to visit them and we got to see their beautiful 5th wheel camper where we just had to continue with more endless conversations and laughs. I have to say that many VR stories were the hot topic and soooooo many great VR member names/ people and good times were mentioned in our conversations... (Many thanks goes out to Freebird for his time and creation of this site, so that all of us can share those great conversations and fantastic memories of rides and people we met or it would never happened). We wish Patty and Don a very safe journey while on their travels and we hope someday our roads cross again soon. Konnie and I give you our best, and please always remember, you have a home in Alabama. Stop in anytime! Eck & Konnie

Put a lit match under it so you can see what is holding it on................:sign just kidding::sign just kidding: I know it takes a lot of finesse and patients to get a stuck gas cap off. I wish you lots of luck in doing so. (Hope my above humor brought you a smile and did not offend you in anyway)

Yea..Uh-hah...I really do wish that was ssoooooooo true BlueSky

Well Puc, after reviewing your pics, I can see that you had some really nice "company" while staying at all of those 5 star places!!

@marf After reading your post above, you reminded me of another motel nightmare I had. There was a M&E set up in some town in SC., (I forgot the name of the town right now), and I told my wife a month ahead of this M&E that I was going to go to support it. When the morning came for me to leave and head to SC., from Huntsville, Al., it was 28 degrees.. I had no heated clothing but off I went.. The high that day was a whole 29 degrees.. By the time I got to SC., I was about froze to the core.. I checked into a motel and told the clerk I want a quiet room with no neighbors if possible because I am tired and froze and want to have a good nights rest. Sure she said and then she said; I will put you just around the corner of this office under the pole with the light so you bike is safe. I said great. I go into the room, crank the heat up as high as it would go, unload/ unpack some stuff, and then off to the shower to thaw out. I finally hit the bed curled up in a ball cause I'm still cold, and off to sleep I go. About two hours later I hear this hard pounding and it sounded like someone was coming through the door. Some lady screaming words that would make a sailor quench, as I am leaping to my feet, hands in a fist and ready to hit whatever came through that door. My heart is pounding so hard and fast as I am waking up, and I hear the loud hard pounding again and realized it isn't at my door, but it is the door to the room directly above me, so being as mad a a hornet myself, I rip my door open and yell out: Are you friggin happy now that you woke everyone in the county up? She yells back: Shut the "F" up or I'll shoot your "a$$. Just then the guy in the room next to me opens his door thinking there is a fight right outside his door and I look at him and just point upward as he hears the female yelling above us. Here come to find out after the cops arrive, her husband was in the room with another woman.. Anyway the cops hall her off and things get quiet...I go back to bed and fall asleep.. next thing I hear is the alarm clock goes off. Heck, I didn't set the alarm clock, but as I am turning it off it says 7:30am.. I say "WTH". I felt like I never slept, but I go ahead and get up, jump in the shower again just to wake up, get dressed up in all the clothes I have because it is again 27 to 28 degrees. I pack up my stuff and open the door to leave, and Wooo it is pitch dark outside. Again I say; WTH...??? I grab my cell phone and notice it is 2:30 in the morning and here I am WIDE AWAKE. I left the motel anyway and went to a restaurant where I sat all night drinking coffee... I made it to the M&E though and I was again froze to the core. After eating I rode back to Alabama.[/b]

If I remember correctly you had to install it using two Ty-Wraps (one on each side). And again, (memory fading here) I think there was also a valid suggestion of placing a foam or rubber strip along the top edge (or all edges??) so that it doesn't rub against the radiator. I installed one on my RSV but that was a few years back and I have slept since then and don't remember how I did it.

I bet your neighbors like you.......

Funny you mention this Randy.. While riding in the truck today my wife told me to just tell everyone that she went on a new diet and this is what it has done to her..

Puc your rascal... you just gave me an idea....!! hummmmmmmm

New passenger... I made a bracket, painted it black mounted it under my left hand grip, then installed a push button switch (see blue button in last pic) that I can operate with my left thumb, which operates RED LED's in it's eye's (behind the sun glasses). Already had two neighbors come over to see what I have been wiring up on my Wing..

One quick thing you can check on Puc is that loose nut between the seat and keyboard...

Tom,' Not many have ever heard of or ever seen this peaceful route which is a very nice .1.5 hr ride just to get away from family and Pigeon Forge for a little while and believe me, there isn't any tourists on this route..Very few know about it.. https://goo.gl/maps/vCn1hQjwpe12

You can retire to Phoenix, Arizona where... 1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away from your house because you found shade. 2. You've experienced condensation on your ass from the hot water in the toilet bowl. 3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town. 4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food. 5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door. 6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? OR You can retire to California where... 1. You make over $450,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house. 2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway. 3. You know how to eat an artichoke. 4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party. 5. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is. 6. The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought. OR You can retire to New York City where... 1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan .... 2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map. 3. You think Central Park is "nature." 4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual. 5. You've worn out a car horn. (IF you have a car). 6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression. OR You can retire to Minnesota where... 1. You only have three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup .. 2. Halloween costumes have to fit over parkas. 3. You have seventeen recipes for casserole. 4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons. 5. The four seasons are: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road repair. 6. The highest level of criticism is "He is different, she is different or It was different! OR You can retire to The Deep South where... 1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store. 2. "Y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural. 3. "He needed killin" is a valid defense. 4. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Joe Bob, Betty Jean, Mary Beth, etc. 5. Everywhere is either: "in yonder," "over yonder" or "out yonder". OR You can retire to Colorado where... 1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car. 2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home, so he stops at the day care center. 3. A pass does not involve a football or dating. 4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail. OR You can retire to the Nebraska where... 1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name. 2. Your idea of a traffic jam is three cars waiting to pass a tractor. 3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day. 4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at. OR FINALLY You can retire to Florida where... 1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon. 2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars. 3. Everyone can recommend an excellent cardiologist, dermatologist, proctologist, podiatrist, or orthopedist. 4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state. 5. Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people.

I just received the two free night vouchers in the mail where we can stay at any Hilton in USA... Now to make some traveling plans....Ops.., ah, yea, right after my wife makes the traveling plans..

Tom, Here is a nice route to spend about 2.5 hours on if you want. Take Hwy 449 north out of P-forge to Hwy 411 then take Hwy 416 south (curvy road) to Hwy 321 east to TN route 32 (this is a VERY, very curvy road )- Note: it will turn into a gravel road for about 1/2 a mile and as soon as you pass the water plant (on right), you are back on a paved road again where you will get on I-40 north to exit #443 / Hwy 339 west to Sevierville where you can pick up the parkway south back to P- Forge. https://goo.gl/maps/KAuzecDvsZH2 Another (2 hr -non stopping) beautiful ride would be: Hwy 431 south and then taking the "Gatlinburg by-pass" to Fighting Creek Gap Road (west) to Little River Gorge Rd (west) to Route 73 to the town of Townsend where you pick up Hwy 321 (east) back to P-Forge. https://goo.gl/maps/gTRGgJ7pgw32 Now if you want to check out the "Tail of the Dragon" that everyone talks about and see a couple other nice roads/ places along the way, you can take this route which will be about a 4.5 hr ride. Im not going to spell it out like I did above..Hopefully the link works for you. https://goo.gl/maps/jUTL1L9fT9o

Hey Puc, Try Ctrl + Alt + S .......to spank it for acting up... Give thought to where you do the pointing and outsource the clicking.. Maybe your spell check is suffering from exhaustion... Maybe the electricity is slow going to your computer.. Maybe your computer is feeling a little nauseous by having too much spam and cookies You need to find the same program that God uses to upload the Sun every morning... Hope this helps brighten your day.. On another helpful note: You could try resetting your computer to a point back in time where it did work great..

(Quote) - Eck that is definetly a nice ride but with a large group it may be too long. What I was thinking if from the lodge to Petersburg by way of Smoke Hole Road then rt 42 to Scherr and then a short ride on the " H" back into Thomas then 219 to parsons and then 72 back to the lodge. And check out Lance Ridge road from Aurora ,wv to St. George, wv and let me know what you think Hey my friend, please don't think I'm taking over. This is YOUR gig, not mine. You go ahead and plan the rides as you wish or how you feel comfortable with. I'll ride what ever you plan with you no matter what. Just a little food for thought: The above ride I planned is only 4.5 hours long and 176 miles and this is with out any stops along the way. I know we will be making stops for lunch and views. If you feel this ride is to long of a ride then maybe give thought to splitting the group up. Those who want to ride the 4.5 hours / 176 miles can go with who-ever leading (which I will offer to do to help you) and those who want a lesser time / mileage route can ride with you or whoever leads the ride that you are thinking of. I will do whatever you ask me to, in hopes of helping you, not to over take this task.

Oh heck yea, route 72 is a must ride for all who attend the rally. Another beautiful road to ride. Here is a sneak preview = Here is a day ride that includes 72 if you are interested. We start off by riding a good section of the well known "corridor" then head south to Cabins picking up Smoke Hole Rd taking it south to Hwy 220 staying south to Hwy 33 west through Seneca rocks and over to Hwy 32 north to Hwy 72 west to 219 north/east back to Canaan Valley Hope this works:https://goo.gl/maps/skvCsbrCjQo If you choose to ride this route "clockwise from Canaan Valley, then we would ride the corridor from the west to the east which is opposite of the following video. Either way, the scenery is fantastic..: Part 1 = Part 2 = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tphez8MWZcc