May 3, 2008 Ride to Mount Magazine, AR

All in all, it turned out to be a pretty nice day for a ride. We met Andy, Rick, Deb, Arthur, Susie and Steve at the Shell on Hwy 10. Then rode to Williams Junction to meet Mary, Keith and Sherman. Then we rode in to Perryville and met Terry and Mike (and Mike's new baby)

BTW - Mike: Welcome to the "Old Geezer's Bike Club!" Got yourself a beaut-y-ful bike!

But now back to the ride. THE VERY COOL RIDE...I guess I'm rushing the summer to get here, because I really wanted it to be a LOT warmer than it was - sure wish I had my chaps. But, it did warm up a bit and wasn't to bad.

We made our way up to Mt. Magazine to a Bike Show at Shirley's Outback. It wasn't a very large show, but they did have a great band and some pretty good BBQ.

Then we rode up to the Lodge and hung out a bit, then over to Overton Lookout. The wind was kicking - too bad there weren't any hang-gliders.

We almost saw a wedding at the lookout. Poor people, one guy came by and said the couple was from Hawaii and so that was the theme of the wedding. They were all dressed in summery type dresses and short sleeved shirts - I'm sure they were all freezing in that wind on top of the mountain. We left before the bride and groom showed up - we didn't want to disturb the wedding with our bikes.

On the way back home, we saw a house on fire at Casa. Did you know that they will send firetrucks from Perryville to work a fire at Casa? I think that last truck we saw was probably just a waste of expensive gas money...by the time he got to the fire, it was probably a goner.

I've posted all the ride pictures on the link to the right: Mara on MySpace. Go check them out.

M

More Memory Questions...

So far, I received some very nice responses about my Memory Questions. Just please remember...the answers are from MY memory and I'm not declaring that I remembered the correct answers.... Just as I figured "someone" would surely let me know if I were wrong.



So, Mike has informed me that the Uncles Frank & Butch's gas station was a "Champlin" Not Champion.


Here's a few more... see how you do....


1. What was on the road between Aunt Dorothy's and Aunt Lillian's House?
2. What was the name of the lady who had big flower garden, and hand - made quilts? She lived next door to Aunt Lillian.
3.What kind of vehicle did Leonard drive?
4.We couldn't see Betty's house from the road...because?
5.What was the school bus driver's name that lived on Katillus Road?
6. Do you recall the names of our school bus drivers through the years?






1. A 4 - square and a 3 - circle games that we would play after school on the road.
2. Mrs. Lancaster, I use to mow her yard for her sometimes - she would pay me with a beautiful bouquet of fresh cut flowers. And, on stormy nights she would call Momma and ask if I could spend the night with her - she didn't like to be alone.
3. A Panel Wagon, he never drove anything else. When he got a different vehicle, he got another Panel Wagon.
4. The hedges grew so tall you couldn't see the house. Eventually they trimmed them down and, even later, removed them.
5. Mrs. Knowles.
6. I remember Mr. Jones and Mr. Carter as our bus drivers.