Like I said in earlier post I was headed down to South Ga. to surprise my life long friend DP. He recently quit his county job and decided to start a BBQ business. I thought I'd drop in on opening night and be free labor. I really want to see him succeed. Its been 6 to 8 months since I had seen him last. So with the new bike and his opening night....it looked like a good excuse to hit the road.
I show up in Nantahala only to find out that his opening night had to be postponed...o well I guess its the thought that counts. By this time its late in the afternoon after I visited with him for several hours. I decide that I am not thru riding and might as well keep heading south if I am not going to be serving BBQ. I end up just short of Jacksonville before I change my mind. The rain clouds look really bad further south. I have been riding in dozens of cloudbursts the entire trip. 1 to 2 minutes of rain to cool me off then back to cloudy. It was actually refreshing. But the clouds in Jacksonville look somewhat meaner. I get back on phone and ask him if I can stay at his place for the night- he had already offered but I thought it only polite. Sure! he says so back up the road north I go. I get caught in a heavy cloudburst and decide to pull over and put rain-flys over my cortech bags. I have done this many times- I have had these bags on several bikes. Once I reached back to Nantahala I was dissapointed to see my rear tail bag fly had been blown off. Great I think..where am I gonna find one of those again? Hey no big deal though really in the whole scheme of things. I have traveled almost 6 hours and no probs other than speedo and this...pretty good for not traveling this distance in a while.
I bed down for the night in the spare bedroom and sleep like a baby. My lower back is good and stiff from an old injury but hes got ice packs and ibuprofin...ahhh relief.
Next morning I head off only to get down the road about 10 miles and remember I didn't pack my cell phone charger and have to turn around and go back...duh I feel smart this morning.
I am only about an hour away from the coast. Its been about a year since I have seen the ocean and I am not in any particular hurry.
This pic is of the bridge that connects Brunswick GA to Jeckyll Island. This pic is on Jeckyll side. It is really an impressive bridge.