red buds travels 2011

[red bud]

we left there headed to cigar shop off 400 had a smoke and a beer







we went by 400 pawn to look at guns we couldn't afford, then by the house i'd promised robin i'd be home by 2 to take her to the mts

[red bud]

i've been tru helen a million times, used to go every thrus night for ladies night, bartended there in the mid 80's and had never been in the mill

[red bud]

the traffic jam we call helen



there was even a traffic jam in the river



on over the mts to visit friends

the veiw from their drive don't know how they stand it

(camera died so these are cellphone pic's)



more messing around



we ended the evening watching some dancing girls

[red bud]

oh ya'll wanted pictures of the dancing girls




we left around midnight and got rained on the last 30 minutes of the ride

[red bud]

still haven't got clutch adjusted just right, so i went for a ride adjust back forth every so often. Didn't get any pictures but i rode by the memriol at graceland (it was the annversery of his death)

just rode tru and kept riding











ended the evening at kuduz and listened to the dead irish blues

[red bud]

bike night again



no telling what kind of biker gangs you'll see in a place like memphis



lots o bikes

[red bud]

marshal and fred leaveing (note to self don't smoke cigar and take pictures)

[red bud]

that friday i had to be at a meeting at our office in ga, so thrusday night i was headed home i was in a cage but everybody else was on a bike so i'm posting these anyway

a stop at the vortex



pretty tame from what it used to be



no ghostryder, no t.rex63, no dags



no imates that i knew but some cool bikes

[red bud]

headed north and stopped off at twains
















walked over to eddies attic, but the cover charge scared me off...........headed northagain

[red bud]

stopped at am legien in buford

mostly the harley crowd






was time to call it a night, i'll toss this one in from destation helen saturday night

[BMW Kurt]

You gonna be too tuckered out from all that partyin' to come to the Old School Rally in Tellico Plains??

[red bud]

Originally Posted by BMW Kurt

You gonna be too tuckered out from all that partyin' to come to the Old School Rally in Tellico Plains??

it ain't looking good for me, it looks like i'll be out here that wkend (which means i'll be close to bikes, blues and bbq) i'm gonna try to go to barber's vintage. are you?

and how was horzions?

[red bud]

mydad turned 75 this yr, did i mention he just got back from riding to prudue bay and back.

so we met him at the deer lodge for birthday supper





him and robin

i had a tbone as big as a toleit lid and a baked potato as big as my head

yea, i didn't get pictures

but heres more of us



him and wilma

[red bud]

thought i'd throw in some more dancing girls


are ya'll ready







we gotta go over the mt to get to gainesville from hiawesse









good day to ride

right before we got to helen in the straight away before the flea market i saw something coming off a hill and into the rd. I thought it was a dog, but when i saw it's movement i yelled that's a bear. Robin didn't see it as it went over the hill down to the creek. we circled back didn't see it, on the next pass it took off across the river which was cool but we didn't get any pictures. ( again)

[red bud]

back in memphis, it was bike night at cycle gear



adv dinner night

so i went by and got a book signed by a world famous author



then we went to vence or something like that for wine and pizza, with maliubu dan and jacks(the author)

on the way home i stopped off at eastend grill

how about alittle wing dang doddle



leo