Return-Path: From: east@big.att.com Date: Wed, 28 Jun 95 12:27:24 EDT Reply-To: east@big.att.com Sender: east@big.att.com Original-From: Martyn Wheeler To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: The Ups & Downs of RCR IV X-Comment: East Coast Motorcyclists Mailing List "Bill Penschow" says: >DOWN To the Weather Gods for starting to piss on us Friday morning > and essentially not letting up until Sunday afternoon. The laid-back ride hit clear weather fairly quickly. We could laze around in the sun while waiting for Steve's truck. I think it was only raining on MD, and then only near Camp Westmar. <:-) >UP To all the Beer snobs who gave Jim a crash course on good beer. Agreed. >DOWN To the Gods of MC maintenance for and unseemly number of electrical > problems and the big drive shaft failure. I'd rather have breakdowns than crashes. >UP To our beloved Coffee Meister. Damn those brews were good and I > essentially don't drink the stuff. That really saved me on Friday night, and was wonderful in the mornings. >DOWN To the restaurant Saturday on the Sport Ride that turned lunch into an > endurance event. Our group stopped at the Eagles Nest in Hedgesville (VA? WV? I dunno). The food and service were pretty good, but it took them several iterations to get the burger orders right. What I really liked about the place was that we pulled up, chatted outside for a while, and when we came in they already had the tables pushed together for us. >UP To Mike Beavington for a fine awards ceremony. Agreed. >UP To our "Official" Photographer. Josh I have got to have a set of those > pictures at any cost. What was that breakfast joke about the chicken being involved and the pig being committed? I think the pig should have first shot at destroying the negatives. :-) :-) >DOWN To the board walk entry to the Men's Showers that on Saturday morning > resulted in the worst crash of the weekend. Looks like I got a cracked > rib out of that one. Ouch! I nearly fell there myself, I think. (Yes, I know that's a good straight line. :-) ) It's certainly the worst "crash" if you mean impact with a solid object. Me, I'm waiting for the photos before declaring this settled... :-) >UP To the Gods of MC riding for no major crashes. I'd call it no crashes. A few drops on wet grass and slippery mud hardly count. Considering how many more attendees we had this year, I think that's really great. >UP To all attendees for a great, safe, and memorable weekend. Definitely. Martyn -------------sasmjw@unx.sas.com----(Martyn Wheeler)----DoD #293------------- SAS Institute, Inc: (919) 677-8000 ext.7954 H: (919) 839-0092 (Raleigh, NC) "We live in the short term and hope for the best" -- Finitribe