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Official Updated 3 Great Lakes in 3 Great Days Ride

OOOOOOPS-----a natural retiree error----six Saturdays and one Sunday. So mid week is a bit confusing.
Game plan is :
Spend Wednesday night in Saint Joesph. Take a leisurely ride up the west cost until Flint is due East then take all back roads to Davidson arrive around noon.
I am ready -----packed and loaded the Spyder this afternoon.
Now I am just watching the clock.

Gene,

Enjoy the ride tomorrow and be safe.

St Joe is in my neck of the woods. It's a nice town, enjoy your stay over.

Mark
 
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I can not wait for everyone to get here and then the ride north. I get home from work Thurs. morning about 10:30 am I plan on doing my workout and then taking a little nap so I can meet everyone for dinner Thurs night. If it isn't too late and the weather is good, we can all come back to the house for a Bon Fire that evening to relax before the morning ride. The weather has been great, not too hot during the day and great sleeping weather at night. We have had some rain but I do believe by the weekend and then heading north we are going to be missing anything else. I so need a trip with no rain.

Deb,

You may need a trip with no rain, I just need a vacation. I am getting beat down, we have been crazy busy at work. I am so looking forward to a week off and it starts Friday.
:yes:
 
OOOOOOPS-----a natural retiree error----six Saturdays and one Sunday. So mid week is a bit confusing.Game plan is :Spend Wednesday night in Saint Joesph. Take a leisurely ride up the west cost until Flint is due East then take all back roads to Davidson arrive around noon.I am ready -----packed and loaded the Spyder this afternoon. Now I am just watching the clock.
Gene what "back road" are you planning on taking to Flint? Leonard Street is a beautiful ride from the lake shore to the Grand Rapids area. Grand River Dr./Riverview Dr. are really nice from GR to Ionia. M-21 isn't bad from Ionia to the greater Flint area. And be sure to plug DAVISON in your GPS not Davidson or you may never get to the right place. If you are coming anywhere near Lowell we'd love to have you stop by for lunch or a refreshment of your choice. We are two hours to Davison via the expressway. My cell is 616-340-9895.
 
OOOOOOPS-----a natural retiree error----six Saturdays and one Sunday. So mid week is a bit confusing.
Game plan is :
Spend Wednesday night in Saint Joesph. Take a leisurely ride up the west cost until Flint is due East then take all back roads to Davidson arrive around noon.
I am ready -----packed and loaded the Spyder this afternoon.
Now I am just watching the clock.
Gene, I wish I could catch up with you while you are on our side of the state, but I don't want to slow you down. Maybe another time. I wish we could have done this trip, but the cards were stacked against us, and my surgery Monday was the straw that broke the camels back. Godspeed to all!
 
Pay back

Ms. AnnI just pulled up photo's of Lowell----the Internet is wonderful.-----Ms. Virginia wants me to take 21 and lots of pictures.
Ms.V and her sister will be in Saugatuck for a week next month.
When I get near Grand Rapids I'll give you a call-----I owe your a diet Coke.
See you Thursday
 
Ms. AnnI just pulled up photo's of Lowell----the Internet is wonderful.-----Ms. Virginia wants me to take 21 and lots of pictures. Ms.V and her sister will be in Saugatuck for a week next month.When I get near Grand Rapids I'll give you a call-----I owe your a diet Coke. See you Thursday
Sounds like a plan. Is Ms. V coming with you or are you riding solo?
 
Got a kicked in the face with some social security crap,money stuff, a holes said I am not disabled anymore. but I was hoping to get over and meet up with all of you , are you meeting on friday at 1530 macinaw city? its about 567 from dirt town I have to work monday at 1830 so i am seeing If i can talk a buddy into running over with me.
 
Up and away

Ms Ann-----Just me-----its near 6am and I have to get on the road. smilesmilesmilesmile.

Seth now that's good news about you heading north ---hope you can make it to the UP.

(this is turning into the first MICHIGAN RENDEZVOUS)

Don't argue with the government-----I never thought you were disabled. -----you sit allot but so do I.
 
Got a kicked in the face with some social security crap,money stuff, a holes said I am not disabled anymore. but I was hoping to get over and meet up with all of you , are you meeting on friday at 1530 macinaw city? its about 567 from dirt town I have to work monday at 1830 so i am seeing If i can talk a buddy into running over with me.

Seth, I'm taking Hwy8 thru Wi, then Hwy 2 thru MI to St. Ignace. You have my cell give me a call to warn me to get out of the way as you fly by me!! Then as the local LEO is "chatting" with you I'll know the coast is clear for me!!! --Paula
 
Ms. AnnI just pulled up photo's of Lowell----the Internet is wonderful.-----Ms. Virginia wants me to take 21 and lots of pictures.
Ms.V and her sister will be in Saugatuck for a week next month.
When I get near Grand Rapids I'll give you a call-----I owe your a diet Coke.
See you Thursday
Good choice for Ms.V. Saugatuck is my original hometown, I was born and raised there. I love the place!
 
Got a kicked in the face with some social security crap,money stuff, a holes said I am not disabled anymore. but I was hoping to get over and meet up with all of you , are you meeting on friday at 1530 macinaw city? its about 567 from dirt town I have to work monday at 1830 so i am seeing If i can talk a buddy into running over with me.

Seth,
Would be great to see you. Yes between 1530 and 1600 on south east side of the bridge in parking lot by the park. We have dinner planned at the Village Inn that night at 1800 and I have already confirmed they are holding the back room for us. By the way, congratulations on not being disabled anymore...:2thumbs:
 
Gene, I wish I could catch up with you while you are on our side of the state, but I don't want to slow you down. Maybe another time. I wish we could have done this trip, but the cards were stacked against us, and my surgery Monday was the straw that broke the camels back. Godspeed to all!
Going to miss you guys on the trip. Janet was asking last night if you and Nancy were going to be there. Hoping you would. Good luck with your surgery. We'll be talking about you behind your back:roflblack:
 
Seth that would be great if you could come. Don't run over Paula when you pass her! Good luck fighting with SS, if they made it easy to collect your benefits they would put thousands of lawyers out of business which in turn would probably put local TV out of business too without all of their sleazy advertisements.The weather is looking almost perfect! I just hope it isn't windy when we cross the bridge. Everybody ride safe and we will see you on Friday (Gene we will see you tomorrow)
 
Got a kicked in the face with some social security crap,money stuff, a holes said I am not disabled anymore. but I was hoping to get over and meet up with all of you , are you meeting on friday at 1530 macinaw city? its about 567 from dirt town I have to work monday at 1830 so i am seeing If i can talk a buddy into running over with me.

Seth,

It would be great to have you come along. I've only had the pleasure of talking to you briefly at the owners event in Chicago. And if you come you can color in one more state on your map.

Mark
 
Seth that would be great if you could come. Don't run over Paula when you pass her! Good luck fighting with SS, if they made it easy to collect your benefits they would put thousands of lawyers out of business which in turn would probably put local TV out of business too without all of their sleazy advertisements.The weather is looking almost perfect! I just hope it isn't windy when we cross the bridge. Everybody ride safe and we will see you on Friday (Gene we will see you tomorrow)

Everybody dislikes attorneys until they need one. Funny how that works.

I will agree there are some shady ones, but they're not all bad.
 
Everybody dislikes attorneys until they need one. Funny how that works.I will agree there are some shady ones, but they're not all bad.
I don't think they are all bad by any means. I just don't like some of their commercials like 1-800-Call Sam. I do think it is unfortunate that in order to get the benefits you deserve it quite often means you have to hire an attorney to represent you.
 
I don't think they are all bad by any means. I just don't like some of their commercials like 1-800-Call Sam. I do think it is unfortunate that in order to get the benefits you deserve it quite often means you have to hire an attorney to represent you.
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I don't think they are all bad by any means. I just don't like some of their commercials like 1-800-Call Sam. I do think it is unfortunate that in order to get the benefits you deserve it quite often means you have to hire an attorney to represent you.

Then you get less than you should or the govt. pays more than it would have because the attorney's cut comes out of what ends up being payed..... :sour:
 
Sorry to interupt the attorney bashing (which I am in agreement of :roflblack:) But, is anyone else going to be sleepless on the night before this trip? I'm going to go thru the motions of going to bed, but I think sleep will be hard to come by. :2excited:

I have not heard back from a couple of people who were thinking of coming with me, so...Solo it is! The spyder has been cleared for take off, gassed, and packed. This is going to be so much fun...Butch said he is majorly jealous, so I'll have to think up a fun trip for us to do this fall to cheer him up. (Hey Joe, you and Butch could do an AeroStich run!)

See all of you Friday on the south side of the bridge! Travel safe, Paula
 
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