A Noisy Memorial Day
June 1, 2010
Ooops, we forgot that Rolling Thunder took place in DC over Memorial Day weekend
and we travelled a little too close to all of that racket for our comfort. One good
thing about the noise was that it scared almost all of the deer off Skyline Drive so
we didn’t have to worry about any close encounters between Bambi and our bikes.
Unfortunately the noise almost drowned out the incredibly interesting gun firing
demonstration at Harper’s Ferry (they were louder than guns for pete’s sake) so we
really had to strain our ears to learn that more men were killed in the Civil War from
the germ and bug infested rations that they were fed than by minie balls (some
people call them bullets, they called them minie balls).
After a tour of Monticello and lunch at Michie Tavern, we returned home with these
eloquent words from Thomas Jefferson:
"If a Nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization,
it expects what never was and never will be....
If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free,
it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."
Join us each Sunday
morning for an all day ride
on the backroads of NC and
VA. We leave most Sundays
at 8:00AM from the Cracker
Barrel Restaurant at
Interstate 40 and Hwy 42.
For a shorter ride meet us
Thursday nights at 7:00pm
leaving from Team Powersports
on Hwy 70 in Garner for an
evening ride and dinner. For
info on upcoming overnight
trips, click here.
Riding a wide variety of motorcycles, we travel far and wide leaving
trails of chrome and metal around the inside of every curve
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Riding a wide variety of motorcycles, we travel far and wide leaving
trails of chrome and metal around the inside of every curve
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