JAN 26TH : N. GA. TRAIL RIDE AND DINNER IN HELEN GA : DISCUSSION

[Danny Kinder]

Weather is much better today!  Grabbing breakfast and heading that way


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[ugafanforlife]

We are all getting ready to leave the cabin and head into town.  Eating some grub first.

[DOUG]

At Pauls for Steak. 

Just got a message from Mike.  How did u get seperated?

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[DOUG]

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[mjodie]

Just got a message from Mike.  How did u get seperated?

Small group of us (5-7 rigs) stopped at bathroom rest area on 75.  I was in rear of group heading out of parking lot and had a problem with my rig getting back into 2wd. Delayed me for about 20 seconds.  Raced out and only had Adam in my sight.  For some reason Adam made a u-turn but waved us to keep going forward.  We couldn't see anyone in front of us and had no idea if the group turned on an access road or anything.  We were trying to hail anyone on CB channel 7 but no response as range and interference was not ideal (and obviously cell phone coverage sucked as well..).  We searched for about 40 minutes around Lake Burton because we heard that was the possible destination before giving up and heading home.  Suffice to say we were quite bummed and disappointed to not been able to finish the ride.  For the future, I think it would be very helpful if we had an actual driver's meeting where it could be detailed a bit where certain destinations are just in case someone gets separated from the main group.  Being that there are a lot of families with kids/females that need to make frequent pit-stops, we can't rely on just keeping up with the guy in front of us.

[Mirage]

Yep we got lost also and just decided to head back to Helen but ohhh well we still enjoyed it and nice to meet everyone it just sucked to not be able to finish

[DOUG]

Sorry we lost you guys. We waited for you to carch up.  I know Ben waited and saw you pull out of the pit stop before he came on up with the others to where we were a few miles up the road at Bethel church where we stopped to wait on those of u that stopped.  I dont think you could have driven by us but I guess you might have.   We relayed back to Ben on the cb where we were stopping so everyone could hear.  We waited about 15 mins and then headed onto the end and made a left and went up the west side of Burton and then west to our next forest service road.

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[Krawler00]

Yes, we should have had a drivers meeting to fill us in on a few details. Yes, a few more pit stops would have been good for those with little ones as well. We will surely discuss and make improvements on the next ride. I know the ones at the back of the heard always have the roughest time. Like lunch. By the time I got there, we were ready to roll within 15 minutes. We will surely be less schedule oriented and keep a watch out for the family groups. Thank you for the input!

[Krawler00]

Oh and Bell Mtn as well. I got to the top, parked and Doug was ready to roll out. Ryan, Dawn and I stayed on bell, watched the sunset, moonrise and had a nice fire. Much better than sitting in a restraunt, but that is just my opinion

[DOUG]

Oh and Bell Mtn as well. I got to the top, parked and Doug was ready to roll out. Ryan, Dawn and I stayed on bell, watched the sunset, moonrise and had a nice fire. Much better than sitting in a restraunt, but that is just my opinion

That was always the plan except we were running late.  Glad uguys had a nice fire.

The staff at Pauls Steakhouse were awesome and had tables set up for us weary travelers after a long day and everyone at our table had an excellent meal.  Hope everyone else did too!

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[onlygoon]

I hated I missed this one thanks to bobby and Ryan for calling me found out they found some spots in my brain and hope that the surgery will turn out nothing serious but hope to see u guys out at Morris and Ben we need to grab a beer an sit around a fire soon man when I am at my parents I will s there after surgey laid up so we can hang ha ha boy those pics look good really hate that I missed it. !!!!!!!

[cru9]

I hated I missed this one thanks to bobby and Ryan for calling me found out they found some spots in my brain and hope that the surgery will turn out nothing serious but hope to see u guys out at Morris and Ben we need to grab a beer an sit around a fire soon man when I am at my parents I will s there after surgey laid up so we can hang ha ha boy those pics look good really hate that I missed it. !!!!!!!

David once again Sorry and our prayers are with you and hope all comes out perfect. Keep us in the loop.