Indiana Jonesing

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Nice Report Bill
I noticed you reported on all the chicks but the one at the Massage 
Parlour.. ;-)
What was the best road (town so I can map it) in case I get out that way 
again..

  Pete S


> Hi All , first off I will not apologize for the goofy subject line cuz I 
> am fer sure jonesing for another Indiana adventure.  WOW what a great 
> weekend we had. The roads we rode the sights we saw the people we met and 
> rode with ,  Awesome fricking Awesome.
> I'll start with Saturday since it was the main ride day. Started with 
> breakfast at the Cracker Barrel and the cute and charming Amanda , and 
> shame on you Dave D. how do ya expect to get a heart warming smile ifya 
> can't remember her name , jk , but when she said with a slight tilt of the 
> head and a swing in her hip " My mama raised me to be justa hick" how 
> could ya not be enamored. Anywee off we went , Dave B. Dave D. Jerry and I 
> , to meet Don and Matt at the Williams Dam. A few photos and the adventure 
> began. Hindostan was cool not often ya visit a ghost town. The monastery 
> was a sight to behold and of course all those roads. Don you picked the 
> most amazing route and set a brisk yet enjoyable pace. Lunch at the Dock , 
> thanks again Don , a lot of laffs and good food who knew tooth picks could 
> taste so good : ). See the pix of the view from the Overlook , kinda made 
> me feel like i was on the Rhine river again , sweet. I'm sure I'm missing 
> a few things but it was THE perfect ri!
> de. my tally was 335 miles and memories aplenty.
> For me I met up with Jerry in London Ohio a 485 mile cruise on the 
> Interstates. And to Jerry's surprise I had never been to a Waffle House. 
> Check this out Dark One there is not a single Waffle House in New Jersey 
> that's right not even one. closest one is an hour away. this was Thursday. 
> On Friday Jerry and I metup with Dave Daniels and we tailed a cutie up 70 
> and when we stopped at the rest stop she was stopped right next to us so 
> of course I chatted her up and found she lived quite close to me in fact 
> her father works in my home town ( M&M factory) so off we go to meet Dave 
> Beard and lunch at Diggers , hey if it's good enough for GW 
> ............... followed by a nice ride to Bloomington. The town was abuzz 
> with students arriving for the new year. We had some girly beer , hahahaha 
> , and another cutie of a waitress , no smiles for me cuz I forgot her 
> name, but ya gotta love her serving technique. and of course I gotta hit 
> the local CD shop for some dollar cd's. Friday I total!
> led 373 miles.
> Sunday was travel day Jerry and I left early 7:30 am up Rt 46 a good start 
> , found the interstates and a little rain and at Columbus we went our ways 
> , thanks for the escort Jerry. I had planned to stop in Bedford Pa and 
> ride the last 4 hours Monday morning but I got to the exit by 4pm and 
> decided to continue , bad mistake , I rode gearless in the rain for the 
> last 6 hours of my trip , which took me until 10 pm to get home and 735 
> miles. But I did meet some good people on the way . Mike on his Harley I 
> met at the toll plaza for the Pa turnpike , he followed me until I stopped 
> for gas , kinda sound familiar guys ?? after gassing up I told him to lead 
> and off he goes doing 80-85 MPH and then the rain , so what does Mike do?? 
> he speeds up to 90mph. So in response to Mr French's question I would say 
> the IRC's ride just fine in the rain. One last note before I stop 
> babbling. I got off my last Hiway and was exhausted , wet , tired sore etc 
> etc and 22 miles from home I had enough s!
> o I pulled over at a small shopping center. I tried to stretch my aching 
> body tried to stop my trembling worn out limbs and finally noticed that 
> the only open shop was a massage parlor ROFL now there's some irony for 
> ya.  but the cool thing was the BBQ restaurant at the end of the mall. the 
> owner saw me and asked how I was and after hearing my tale he invited me 
> in and Boss Hawg would of for sure cooked me anything i wanted even though 
> he was clearly closed. He gave me a drink and we chatted for at least ? an 
> hour he made me call the wife to let her know I was ok and then insisted I 
> call him back when I got home so he would know I was ok and then he loaned 
> me his warm DRY jacket and some gloves and sent me on my way. Boss Hawg of 
> the Hog Hollow Bar-B-Que is a fine gentleman and i suspect a new friend 
> for life.
> that's me and my ride report 1928 miles total , see ya in 2008 !!!!!!!!
> Bill Magitz
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