A few pics and the story behind them.....
I knew there would be lots of great food over the weekend so I tried to start on the lighter side with a Cobb Salad at Hangar 9 at Lock Haven on Wednesday afternoon. Okay, I did have extra dressing.
Upon arriving in Lewisburg on Thursday afternoon, we checked in and immediately headed out for supplies from the local liquor store and Wally World. KJ miscalculated a bit on the purchases and couldn't close his top case on the way back.
Rainy day on Friday. After looking at the weather we decided not to ride soooooo, time for Bloody Marys....
Petey and LittleJon getting in on the early start to a wet day....
After our breakfast beverages, we decided site seeing in a rental car was the ticket with MadMudder (Tim) as our DD. We descended on a local Mexican restaurant - Del Sol. They were amazing and accommodated the surprise visit without batting an eye. Here's some of the crew diving into the Mexican cuisine. Great food and great service. Highly recommended.
A close up of my Chicken Quesadilla. I started with a soup and could only finish half of this bad boy. Thank goodness because it ended up being a late night dinner. "I was so hungry, I could have eaten at Applebees" (long story, but a good one)
Off to the Distillery Tour. Our hostess was incredible. She handled our "bad comedy" and even had a few zingers of her own.
Yup, we went through a bit of inventory
We were a bit loud (no, really?) and Boss man came out to make sure we were staying in line and offered us a tour - probably to give our hostess a break from us
Debbie enjoying the company of Mr. Pickles
Pretty cool operation - could almost do this in my garage on a smaller scale
Boss Man let me have a taste and the stuff flowing out of this spigot was AMAZING!
After getting a bit of the liquor in our belly, it was off to the Brewery for more samples. The large Jenga game in the front proved to be the highlight of the visit, well, next to drinking the beer.
Our Hostess even labeled the flight for me. Not sure if she did this for anyone else or just thought she would help out the poor Canadian....
After sampling some brews, a bunch of the crew discovered the large Jenga blocks on the barrel which, by the way, were made next door. Let the games begin..... Andy getting advice from his beer on which block to pull.
Getting a bit tricky here. Jeff is doing his best not to be the one to have to pick all the blocks up off the floor
NO, not THAT Jon!!!!
After 7 rounds of 4-5 people pulling blocks, something had to give. KJ getting some direction and encouragement from Deb
The "Money Shot"
Gotta say, we had a lot of laughs. Just a bunch of big kids in kindergarten playing with wooden blocks.
Now, for the next challenge, hold my beer and watch me play Beer Jenga
Needless to say, the rest of day was a bit of a blur. Saturday morning radar indicated there was some clearing to the west so I joined Bob (Intech) and Tyler on a great ride to the New River Gorge National River
Some of our rides at the spot
Spectacular views of the Bridge and the river gorge impossible to capture on camera
A 180 degree panoramic shot from the Iphone
On our way again, Bob took us down the River Gorge on, what I thought, was a one way trail but it wasn't. We snaked our way down and back up again on the other side. No pics unfortunately cause I was hanging on tight. On the way back to the hotel, we stopped for a few pics.
Pretty place to be, don't ya think?
I've said it before and I'll say it again - what a great group of people! My first ride was in Huntsville and I've been hooked ever since. Each ride just gets better and better meeting new people and getting to see old friends. This was another great one. Thanks again to Wayne for taking ownership and pulling this one together and everyone who helped make this happen. Thanks to all for putting up with some Canadian bad comedy and taking me under your wings for the rides. Much appreciated. Gotta go now.
I'm so hungry, I could even eat at Applebees!
