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October Ride - 2013
October's ride turned into an unplanned Chill Your Butt Off ride, as the temperature made it only to the lower 50's.
King Troensegaard, Rob White, Bob Nicholas, Tom "Rollo" Hardy, Juan Sakata, Mike "Wuss" Mueller, Gabby Whetzel, George Downes, and Dave Hennessey gathered at George Downes' New Baltimore Garage.
The northern contingent was quite late in arriving since U.S. 29 had been closed due to a major accident, and I-66, the alternate route, quickly became a parking lot. The southern contingent munched doughnuts. En route, Bob's new Panhead developed a case of spongy brakes. We polished off the rest of the doughnuts while George and Wuss assisted Bob in fixing the problem.
We finally got underway, and headed to Dave and Jennifer's Hennessey's home, a scant two miles away.
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Departure Point
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Bob Disassembles
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George Pumps, while ...
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... Bob Is Bleeding
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It's This Much Better
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Our intrepid ride leader got confused at the first turn, and made a right instead of a left. We soon found ourselves travelling a dirt and packed-gravel single-lane road along a stream bottom in the deep woods.
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Down By The River
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“I Took The One Less Travelled By”
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Our ride leader deftly corrected, and soon we found ourselves parading down Main Street in old town Warrenton, Virginia. We found a convenient spot on Ashby Street, where we stopped to figure out exactly why it had taken us over twenty minutes to travel just six miles.
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Old Town Warrenton
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We turned west (instead of north), headed out of town, and found ourselves passing horse farms, cow farms, and a whole bunch of nuthin', following twisty country roads, but at least they were paved twisty roads. We thought we might have reached Kentucky, but the ride leader found a narrow, twisty shortcut over the mountain. We emerged at the entrance to the Warrenton Training Center where we took a short rest stop. We asked if we could have lunch in their cafeteria, but unfortunately, everyone had left their TS/SCI security clearances at home.
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Where's the Cafeteria ?
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Guards and Dogs
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The Men In Black
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We continued down Bear Wallow Road back back into Warrenton, about a mile from where we had left it. After a quick gas stop, we again turned west (instead of north), and soon were back in the woods, passing by the Warrenton Reservoir. We threaded our way through the stone walls and beautful waterfall at Airlie Center.
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Airlie Center - Stone Walls
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Airlie Center - Waterfall
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Finally, we turned north, and another half-hour later, found ourselves at our destination, where Jennifer Hennessey had a feast waiting for us. Dave grilled up the burgers and hot dogs, while everyone else sampled some of the four beers available on-tap.
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Jennifer Has Lots of Mouths To Feed
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King Leans Under the Sneeze Guard
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Broad Run Brewing's Tasting Room
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Ein Prosit - Gabby and Rob
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Tim and Bob Getting a Tan
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George Lets Out Steam
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Tim Cracks Up - King Smirks - until ...
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... Jennifer Invades the Garage
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Two Hours to go Two Miles !!! The riders voted unanimously to never, ever allow Dave Hennessey to be ride leader again. Ever!
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The Shortcut
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As the sun got lower in the sky, the temperature started dropping, and all too soon, the party was over.
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Wuss Bids Adieu to Sweetie
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Bob – It Was This Much Fun
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