I'm doing the best I can, Franc. But this is a wild bunch.

 

We had a good meeting with Mark "Pizza Guy" leading it. Will meet in front of the General Store at 9:00 a.m. to run to the Dam. Three tours will leave from there. All going to Franklin and beyond. Tomorrow night we plan to be back in time for a 6:30 wedding in the Fontana Chapel for Terry and Barbara Ulein. After a dinner at 7:00 at the Grill we will have more snacks and dessert at the wedding reception in the Chestnut Room. Mark plans to lead a Cherohala Run Sunday a.m. A Bible Study is also offered Sunday a.m. at 9:00 for those who wish to attend.
Weather has been clear with light breezes. Few leaves on the trees. Expecting excellent driving weather for tomorrow's runs.
PACEMAKER

 

Glad to hear that the group has a defined plan.
Miss ya all but know you are all gonna have a great time.
Thanks for the update

Gary

 

Hope everyone has the usual great time and a safe weekend. I hate missing it but look forward to seeing you at other events throughout the year.

Have Fun!!!!

 

My car battery light came on last night coming back from dinner in pigeon forge on the srt.

It nixed my plans to meet for the ride this morning. Hopefully it's just the battery since its going on eight years old. I think I can make to autozone. I hope it's not the alternator. The detail shop sprayed alot of armorall detailing the car. Wasn't doing it on the 200 mile drive up. Light just came on in traffic last nite. Don't think it's the belt slipping since I didn't notice until after the drive up.

Hopefully it's a quick fix. If not I may need a rescue crew if I can find an alternator. It never fails that the car is perfect until until I drive away from my tools and home. I think it is jealous we are in town to see other crossfires and we have considered selling her.

 

so on my way home from the dragon i got allittle to happy with the throttle and ended up with a 223 ticket sad day i should have just stayed

 

Wow that sucks. It was great to meet you, hope you had a good weekend at the dragon

 

Where did you get the ticket? And what for?

 

Yep it does haha 18 years old my insurance is going to SUCK but you play you pay1

And BigKid and nick ill get an srt6 for the next dragon and give yall a run for your money! good luck to all be safe!! thanks for showing me such a great time!

 

Sounds like the law enforcement had a long winter and are hungry. Bears come out of hibernation with an attitude. They don't have a sense of humor down there except for fellow Leo's and I guess I do understand. But hey we came to play. Stay safe you all. I'm missing it all.

 

I received the following email from Joey at the Fontana Lodge............

Gary,

I’m sorry we didn't get to see you this spring.

Just wanted to let you know that I spoke to a couple your group members regarding the lobby beverages.
I do not want you or your group to feel like they can’t hang out and socialize in the lobby.
What I do not want to happen is guests bringing their own bottles of alcohol in and consuming them there.

Here are several options we can explore for future gatherings.

1. Have a bartender from Food and Beverage stationed in the lobby to sell drinks.
2. Purchase beverages from the bears den and take them to the lobby
3. Have a bartender take orders from the group and serve them in the lobby
4. Rent your a non – public location ie: Oak Suite (within village) or Chestnut Room (outside of village center)
5. Set up some type of shuttle/hay ride to and from the Chestnut room so people do not have to be on the main road after consuming beverage

I never want your group to feel like we don’t want them to feel welcome anywhere in the village.
Your group is important to us and our goal is to ensure you continue to spend time with us anytime you can.
Should you have any questions or other suggestions, please let me know and we’ll iron them out before the next event.

All my best,
Joey

So with this being said....
It seems it is fine for folks to gather in the lobby as long as outside alcohol is not being brought in and consumed by our group.
I'm feeling better and look forward to being back in the fall - October 4, 5, 6
Thanks to all who stepped in and made the weekend run smoothly for everyone.

 

in NC and i was in a caravan IN THE MIDDLE and everyone was evenly spaced he pulled only me for going 80 in a 65 and following to close even after telling him that i was going home to my grandfather who is in the hospital excuse me for saying this but he was an As*hole

 

so what i get from this is that it wasnt the so called "illeagle alcohol" that was present but rather they werent getting any money from the alcohol that was consumed. for yrs prior it was fine to have the party in the main lodge area. seems as the group got bigger joey saw profits he wasnt getting and used this incident as an excuse to reap a profit.
every single "option" he presents garners a profit for the lodge. has nothing to do with the event the alcohol legality or the people attending.

thanx but ill pass

 

I agree......but isnt that what its always about.

 

Joey could also just be complying with his liquor license requirements. Not sure what the NC liquor commission mandates (they vary by state), but few allow open consumption of personal alcohol on properties with liquor licenses.

 

You know that this isn't what it is. We had our fun and now it's over. We've got to adjust or move on.

 

I agree. They set the rules. But I'm not paying those prices. So my suggestion Gary if CICCI is willing is to forego spending on food have them rent the building and we all pitch in for food and bring our own preferred drink.

 

Ok Susan and I made home after a long ride down 75 wall to wall cars trucks, stop and go most of the way , made to Mt Vernon Ky and cut across to Lexington , I want to give a big thanks to Pizza guy for keeping us all on track this weekend , also to Ann , Gary , Lisa for putting up with me leading them around Sat it was great time , Thanks , as far the Lobby thing goes , what done is done , need to come up with some new ideas on what we can do to still make fun with out spending a arm and leg ,

 

Arrived home safe after a good run and a stop at three waterfalls.
I had a great weekend and enjoyed meeting some new folks as well.
I would like to thank Jonathan (Pacemaker) for leading the run through Franklin and our superb lunch stop at Kostas Greek restaurant. I actually had a chance to look at beautiful Franklin this time lol.
Also thanks to Pizza guy for leading the Friday night meeting.
All in all a great time was had, and the weather was perfect.
I have already booked my room for the fall so Gary please put my name down once the list starts.
I will post some pictures soon.
Andy

 

I broke my front wheel the road reached out and grab me. we are franticly searching for a wheel before everyone takes off tomorrow. or I will be taking a little longer vacation then expected. i want to thank Pat fink for calling the tow you are my hero Jhon for the company Texas t for dinner and Michael for the drive and everyone in the group for your support. anyone close to the dragon with 18 inch crossfire wheel let me know Lisa msxfire