Meet, Greet, Ride and Eat! Date TBD...

[bwalsh]

Or some semblance thereof.
I ran into vatrader01 at Lowes the other day and we must have talked for a 3-4 hours. While we were there a red Vstrom showed up. It was allonsye! We had a mini ADV rally right there in the Lowes parking lot! We all talked for another 2+ hours! One of the things we talked about was to try and get a meet and greet together.
Meet #6...TBD


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Meet #5...Final head count=Over 51-53 would be my guess!
Griffins Tavern February 18th 2012 at 11:30!
659 Zachary Taylor Highway
Flint Hill, VA 22627
"IN" list
1: bwalsh
2: XDragRacer
3: sexyboots
4: vabuckaroo68
5: Elkhound
6: hairdo
7: VACommuter
8: twohawks wife
9: twohawks
10: Old Man River
11: ecubed
12: clutch cargo55
13: HBNette
14: HBN
15: Cambion
16: KDLdirtkiller
17: Boondoggle
18: Muffynmonster
19: 6USMC6
20: + 1
21: + 1
22: DCrider
23: + 1
24: Porcupine224
25: scott P
26: Wreckchecker
27: + 1
28: Old Eli
29: Gastone
30: Bloochdog
31: + 1
32: + 1
33: + 1
34: BluWolf
35: Check Oil
36: Motocox
37: 5punksdad
38: punk#2
39: Jules
40: IronheadChicago
41: JimVonBaden
42: FATNBLD
43: ruralgold
44: Mountain Maiden
45: Mountain Mad
46: J.J.
47: Dr. Beard
48: Hack
49: Kalsop
50: XC Rider
Plus a one or three extras.


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Meet #4...Final head count=?? Pics start on page 57.
Lost River Brewing Co. May 7th 1:00PM
155 West Main Street (Rt.55/John Marshall Hwy in VA)
Wardensville, WV 26851

6USMC6
Muffynmonster
Krotchity
KLRdirtKILLER
anotherguy
Pacadermng67
jeepngoose1
ORExpat
Rob
VACommuter
XDragRacer


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Meet #3...Final head count=18! Pics start on page 50.
Old Salem Restaurant April 9th 12:00
8366 West Main Street
Marshall, VA 20115
(540) 364-1563

bwalsh
Muffynmonster
6USMC6
Ironheadchicago
Mrs. IronheadChicago
Skyclad
Nick650
Mtnflow
jeepngoose1
Elkhound
VACommuter
RocketMan
Krotchity
KLRdirtKILLER
Ose
BeeMaa
Mrs. BeeMaa
Dentvet

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Meet #2...Final head count=40-42!? Pics start on page 30.
El Paso March 5th at 11:30!

245 S Stuart Ave.
Elkton, VA 22827

540-298-8861

"IN" list

Lora
Marion
Muffynmonster
6USMC6
Badguy
scott P
9one9
valongbeard
vatrader01
ORExpat
twohawkswife
twohawks
David ?
KLRdirtKILLER
GSA Pilot
Old Eli
Butters
Banshee
Bloochdog
Nick 65
bwalsh
MND
jeepngoose
jeepngoose1
efb
OnandOff
Roadglider
Skyclad
Blasting Elf
Jr. Skyclad
Rocketman
h14xl
Elkhound
XDragRacer
Ose
Boret, not in the picture
HBN
Ironheadchicago
Mrs. IronheadChicago
Iamchaz

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Meet #1...Final head count=25! Pics start on page 11.
Griffins Tavern February 19th at 11:30!
659 Zachary Taylor Highway
Flint Hill, VA 22627
"IN" list
bwalsh
vatrader01
allonsye
ironheadChicago
joints4sale
Old Man River
Badguy
Beast Rider
twohawks
6USMC6
Muffynmonster
Bloochdog
ORExpat
vacommuter
scott P
Elkhound
blaster 11
FoxedupOne
Foxette
HBN
HBNette
Rocketman
MND
.
.

[valongbeard]

Sweet! I was trying to get a Harrisonburg lunch together, but haven't heard any interest yet. Hey. It's what we do.

I would love to hear more input. I am interested.

[pnoman]

If you will put up with an out-of-stater, I'd like to meet and re-meet y'all. So you saw vatrader01, eh? He is a most interesting guy. We've had a few good discussions - mostly WV Historical Markers and what life must have been like in years past.

I'd like to join in unless I've been banned for my WV Tag rants ("What? The 10th consecutive tag in the same county??!!" )

Vatrader01 and I met once for lunch at a nice BBQ diner in Shenandoah - Uncle somebody?? EDIT: COUSIN BOOGIES They had room for maybe 20-30 or more, if I remember. Probably not big enough.

EDIT: My elbow is still recovering from surgery, so I probably won't be making the ride before Mid- to Late-March.

[H14]

Originally Posted by bwalsh

Or some semblance thereof.
I ran into Vatrader01 at Lowes the other day and we must have talked for a 3-4 hours. While we were there a red Vstrom showed up. It was allonsye! We had a mini ADV rally right there in the Lowes parking lot! We all talked for another 2+ hours! One of the things we talked about was to try and get a meet and greet together.
So...what do you guys and gals think of a meet and greet somewhere in a central location to all who are interested in coming? I'm hoping to get some NOVA folks, Cat Herders, SMIB's and anyone else in between.
Shout out if interested. Depending on who wants to come will help decide where to meet up. It could be for breakfast or lunch. If there are people coming a long distance lunch may be better.
Some ideas I have are The Old Salem restaurant in beautiful downtown Marshall. They have a huge dinning room. The food has been good the three times I have eaten there. There are some good roads in the area to ride after the meal.
Another option is Christina's Cafe in Strasburg. I haven't eaten there but some friends have and they liked it. They have awesome espresso! There are some excellent roads in this area too!
Vatrader and allonsye had some good ideas for restaurants too. Hopefully they will chime in with their suggestions.
So who's "IN" and or has any other ideas???

Hell yea, I'm in for Old Salem restaurant, they make a hellluva fresh ground hamburger. Some of us have met up before at the southern kitchen in New Market, good eats there as well. Speaking of fresh ground, Allonsye used to be able to fresh grind coffee but no more.

[bwalsh]

valongbeard.
pnoman. Hell yeah. Yeah VAtrader01 is a really cool guy! I enjoyed talking to him the other day. I'm also trying to push him back into the downward spiral of tagging.
I'd like to meet you too! I actually saturated every thread on the first two pages in the SE regionals.
h14xl. I'll have to ask him to grind me some. Actually I better not. I just met him three days ago and he has hooked me up with some bike goodies! Thanks allonsye!

So I'll start an "IN" list in the first post.

[H14]

That's a sorry looking "IN" list so far.

[ONandOFF]

Sounds terriffic. Can't say IN or OUT 'till a place and date are set tho...

[LadyDraco]

Highbinder and I could be a maybe

[ORexpat]

May have a kitchen pass for one of the days this weekend . . . . Weather's forecast to be dogpoop on Monday. Meeting y'all for lunch would make a good excuse for a ride!

I like the idea of Strasburg. Marshall's close to the RLD but OK too.

Another thought would be the Griffin Tavern in Flint Hill. I like that place.

[bwalsh]

Originally Posted by h14xl

That's a sorry looking "IN" list so far.

We'll extend the cutoff a few more minutes...

George, You've got to be an in so the meet will be closer to you!

LadyDraco, That would be terrific. You two would most likely get the longest distance award.

[Old Man River]

I'm in!
Just can't make it the first two weeks of March.
Marshall and Strasburg are cool - Flint Hill is even better.

[bwalsh]

Originally Posted by ORexpat

May have a kitchen pass for one of the days this weekend . . . . Weather's forecast to be dogpoop on Monday. Meeting y'all for lunch would make a good excuse for a ride!

I like the idea of Strasburg. Marshall's close to the RLD but OK too.

Another thought would be the Griffin Tavern in Flint Hill. I like that place.

I guess we could do one this weekend too. I'm free.
Sperryville is an option too, at least for lunch at the BBQ place.
The reason I posted now was to get a count of how many folks would be interested then trying to figure out where to meet. Something two, three or four(?) weeks out. Depending on who's coming and from how far they are coming from will dictate where to have it.
I guess we could split them up too, eg: NOVA meet, Valley meet, etc.
I also posted in the SMIB thread so...
My thought was someplace central to the regulars on the chatter threads and the tag threads. I'm also going to post on the Charlottesville riders thread.

[BluWolf]

Complete noob looking to meet other riders. Call me IN.

[Skyclad]

Hmmm, depending on the when, I can make both those where's for lunch with my southern neighbors.

[H14]

Dammit I need some breakfast. Just tell me where.