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Photo's of Chapter S Enjoying Life! (lot's of pictures of us eating, we LOVE to eat!)

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2018 Sweetheart Fun Day. Thanks to Gary and Shirley for coming and dropping off Krispy Kreme Donuts for the group. They have done this annually for years, and even cancer didn't stop them this year!

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2018 Sweetheart Fun Day. Pat Whitehouse did an awesome job cooking Chili for all to enjoy. Great job Pat!

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2018 Sweetheart Fun Day. Fern Oakes did a great job preparing cakes for our event, and there they are all cut up and ready to serve!

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Bob and Barbara Ragonese are the proud winners of the custom quilt that our very own Janel Piper made for the raffle. Chapter B2 raffled this quilt in Fall 2017 to raise funds for a Veterans Group, and raised approx. $1500!

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Group Picture with Bob and Barbara winning the quilt raffle!
 
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2018 Annual New Years Day Ride to Papa's Place in Dawsonville Ga.

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2018 Annual New Years Day Ride to Papa's Place in Dawsonville Ga.

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2018 Annual New Years Day Ride to Papa's Place in Dawsonville Ga.

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2017 Chapter Christmas Party!

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Our 2018 Couple of the Year (COY) Ken and Traci Thrasher announced at our Christmas Party.

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Georgia District Newletter of the Year for 2017, thank you Vance and Ken for your efforts!

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Chapter Directors Joe and Janel attending the Region A Rally October 2017, representing the Georgia District as the Couple of the Year! Looking good you two!

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Chapter Directors Joe and Janel being honored as our Outstanding Georgia District Couple of the Year for this past 2017 year at Wind Down, November 4 2017.
 
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Fall Ride, October 20-22 2017 to Little Switzerland NC and staying at Big Lynn Lodge.

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This is the view you see each day at Big Lynn Lodge! October 2017.

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At Big Lynn Lodge, a full breakfast and dinner is served daily as a part of your room price! October 2017.

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Rooms with a view, and Janel enjoyed her front porch seat looking out over the mountains each day! October 2017.

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Great riding in the area of Little Switzerland NC. This is a stop at the Linn Cove Visitor Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway. October 2017.

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Beautiful fall colors on the trip in the higher elevations! This is a view of the Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway! October 2017.

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As we always do, we eat really well on our trips. This is a picture at Clyde's in Waynesville NC along our Fall Ride 2017. A great place that has been in business since 1941!

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One more picture of the Fall Colors October 2017.

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Sunrise each day at Big Lynn Lodge in Little Switzerland. October 2017.

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Chapter Lunch Ride to Gumlog BBQ and Fish Lodge, September 16, 2017. Perfect weather day, nice riding, good food and good times with our Chapter S friends!

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Chapter Lunch Ride to Gumlog BBQ and Fish Lodge, September 16, 2017. Perfect weather day, nice riding, good food and good times with our Chapter S friends!

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Chapter Lunch Ride to Gumlog BBQ and Fish Lodge, September 16, 2017. Perfect weather day, nice riding, good food and good times with our Chapter S friends!

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Great American Eclipse August 21st, 2017 Georgia Baptist Conference Center, Toccoa Georgia directly in the path of totality, it was completely dark for 1 minute 59 seconds or as Ken Thrasher pointed out, he thought it was closer to 2 minutes!

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Lunch at the Conference Center August 21st 2017. You gotta eat, right?

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Lunch at the Conference Center, more of our group.

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Breakfast Ride (that's what we do when it is hot!) to the Big Family Cafe in Athens. August 2017

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Another shot from Big Family Cafe. August 2017

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After breakfast, some of us headed over the the Sandy Creek Nature Center. Even Moma Jean liked the price of admission, FREE!

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Breakfast Ride to Buckeye's in Jersey Ga. July 2017

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Breakfast Ride to Buckeye's in Jersey Ga. July 2017

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Breakfast Ride to Buckeye's in Jersey Ga. July 2017

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Wing Fling June 2017. Janel donates a handmade Georgia District Quilt for raffle. She is amazing!

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Wing Fling June 2017. Ken and Traci take second place in the costume contest. They will always be #1 in our hearts

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Wing Fling June 2017. First Place winner! Watch that "S" Car Go!! Ken and Traci Thrasher created this masterpiece and walked away with the trophy! Awesome job, making Chapter S look good!!

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Enjoying a nice breakfast at Yesterday Cafe in Rutledge Ga. June 17, 2017

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Yesterday Cafe in Rutledge Ga June 17, 2017. If you weren't here you missed a good ride and nice breakfast!
 

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Memorial Day Weekend Ride May 27-29, 2017. First stop was at the Adairsville Inn Restaurant for lunch in an 1850's ear home. Good eats!

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Memorial Day Weekend Ride May 27-29, 2017. Second stop along our trip was Desoto Falls in Mentone Alabama. Beautiful waterfall!

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Memorial Day Weekend Ride May 27-29, 2017. Second day of our trip we landed at Jack Daniel's Distillery for a tour. A very nice place and a good time!

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Memorial Day Weekend Ride May 27-29, 2017. Great parking for motorcycles at Jack Daniels. They have show by their actions that bikers are welcome here!

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Memorial Day Weekend Ride May 27-29, 2017. Here we are at the spring water cave and Mr. Jack's statue!

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Memorial Day Weekend Ride May 27-29, 2017. Ended our trip at the Original Steak & Rib House in Cartersville Ga on our way home. A very good weekend trip!

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April 29, 2017 Trip to Milledgeville GA. Rode Milly the Trolley around historic Milledgeville.  

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The gang inside Milly the Trolley in Milledgeville Ga.
 

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April 29th, 2017.  Visiting  the  old Georgia Statehouse, built in 1805 and was Georgia's Capital in Milledgeville  until 1868.  We were in the very room where folks from Georgia voted to secede from the Union in 1861.

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Of course Pat Whitehouse was on her throne in the old Georgia Statehouse!
 

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April 6, 2017 the highlight of our trip, a concert by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group, the Beach Boys in Franklin NC. If you missed it, you missed a blast from the past!!

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April 6, 2017 the highlight of our trip, a concert by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group, the Beach Boys, in Franklin NC. If you missed it, you missed a blast from the past!!

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April 7, 2017 we took a ride over to Bryson City NC and the Road to Nowhere.

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April 6,2017 ride to Franklin NC via a lunch stop in Blairsville at the Sawmill Place Restaurant.

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April 6,2017 ride to Franklin NC via a lunch stop in Blairsville at the Sawmill Place Restaurant.

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April 6,2017 ride to Franklin NC via a lunch stop in Blairsville at the Sawmill Place Restaurant.

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March 18th, 2017 Ride to visit I-2 in Lavonia followed by lunch at Gumlog BBQ and Fish Lodge.  Always a favorite!

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Pat Whitehouse loves that whole fried Catfish!!!  March 18th, 2017 Gumlog BBQ & Fish Lodge.
 

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March 11, 2017 Chapter Ride to Madison and lunch at the Chophouse Grill.  Always a good choice!

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March 11, 2017 Chapter Ride to Madison Ga.  A very good day!

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March 11, 2017 Chapter Ride to Madison Ga.  A very good day!  And this thing with Ice Cream, a stop at Scoops,  almost Never happens with Chapter S, so it is good we got a picture of it!!

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2017 Sweetheart Fun Day, Midway Church.  Check out Goofy attending the Sweetheart Fun Day!

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2017 Sweetheart Fun Day. Bob and Barbara working at the Ticket Sales table.  

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2017 Sweetheart Fun Day.  Craig working tirelessly at the registration table!

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Plaque Capture Ride to McDonough Ga, January 28, 2017!  Yeah, we captured the Plaque!!  To be given away at our February 11, 2017 Fun Day!

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Plaque Capture Ride, McDonough Ga, January 28, 2017.  Thank you Chapter T for riding down with us and helping us capture the plaque!!
 

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Plaque Capture Ride to McDonough Ga, January 28, 2017!

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Plaque Capture Ride, McDonough Ga, January 28, 2017
 

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Chilly Willy, January 21st, 2017 Buckner's.

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Chilly Willy January 21st, 2017, Buckner's. 
 

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New Years Day Lunch Ride, Jan 1st, 2017 Valley Cafe Dillard Ga.

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Good friends, good food, good times at the Valley Cafe in Dillard Ga Jan 1st, 2017

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The wine vault at the Valley Cafe!  

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Fun at our Annual Christmas Party, December 10, 2016.  

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Gift exchange, December 10, 2016, always a good time!

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Good times during our gift exchange!  

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Georgia District Couple of the Year 2017, Joe and Janel Piper! Congrats!

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Memorial lighting of candles for our friend Glenn Argo at their home November 5, 2016. Lit 75 candles, one for each year of Glenn's life, and placed them in the pool. We will miss you G-1!
 

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October 21-23, 2016, Ride to Columbus Ga, staying at the Courtyard along the Chattahoochee River. This is the beautiful pedestrian bridge over the river into Uptown Columbus!

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October 21-23, 2016, Ride to Columbus Ga, Dinner at Country's On Broad in Uptown Columbus, located in a 1930's retro bus station. We all walked across the river from the hotel to the restaurant.

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October 21-23, 2016, Ride to Columbus Ga, day two of our trip, we landed at the National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning Ga for a visit. If you haven't been here, you should put it on your to do list!

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October 16, 2016, Ride to Memory Lane Classic Car Museum at Lake Oconee Ga.

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Lunch stop on our way to Memory Lane Classic Car Museum. Maria's Cantina in Lake Oconee. Nice place!

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135 Classic Cars at the Memory Lane Classic Car Museum. Huge assortment of cars, bikes and other antique stuff related to cars. October 16, 2016

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Cherokee/Maggie Valley overnight trip, staying at Maggie Valley Creekside Lodge. We are sitting around the fire along the creek! Doesn't get much better! Sept 24, 2016

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Lunch stop on our way home from Maggie Valley. We are at Rumor Hazit in Clayton. Dee Lozano always enjoyed this place, especially their Chicken Sandwich. Sept 25, 2016
 

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August 13, 2016 Breakfast Ride to Buckeye's in Jersery Ga. Good group, good food and a good cool morning ride!

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Our friend Therion Boyd made his last ride with Chapter S on Saturday August 13 to Buckeye's. Unfortunately he was in an accident that following week and passed away.
 

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Dinner Ride to Pancho's Mexican Restaurant in Bethlehem, July 20, 2016. Good group and good!

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Goofy enjoyed attending the dinner ride to Pancho's and he was very happy to see his good friend Pat Whitehouse! He told me he liked her new hair style!
 

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Chapter Breakfast Ride to Yesterday Cafe, Rutledge Ga. A nice place, we will be back! July 9, 2016

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Chapter Breakfast ride to Rutledge GA! Front row parking right in front of our destination, Yesterday Cafe. July 09, 2016.
 

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Chapter Lunch Ride to Old Town Grill in Clarkesville Ga. Good place and a good time! June 11, 2016

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Chapter Dinner Ride to the Blind Pig Tavern in Athens! Good group, and another good meal and good time. June 16, 2016.
 

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Fall Creek Falls Tennessee. Highest Free Fall waterfall east of the Mississipi. Memorial Day Weekend 2016

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Hiker's to the bottom of Fall Creek Falls. This was a stop at what Traci named "Butt Crack Rock". You will have to ask her about that! Memorial Day Weekend 2016

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Standing Stone State Park, and a visit the the Swinging Bridge. George and Donna making their way across! Memorial Day Weekend 2016

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Mammoth Cave National Park! Here we come!! Memorial Day Weekend 2016

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See all those green shirts? That is Chapter S heading into Mammoth Cave, to start the Domes and Dripstones Tour! 2 hours underground and 252 feet below the surface!!

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Our leaders deep underground inside Mammoth Cave! Memorial Day Weekend 2016

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Watch your step, it is a long way to the bottom!! Mammoth Cave Memorial Day Weekend 2016

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You don't see this everyday on a ride! We were heading back from Mammoth Cave on the backroads of Kentucky and came up on this Amish Family heading down the road!
 

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Friday the 13th (May 2016)

Chapter Dinner Ride to Bar H BBQ in Royston GA

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Friday the 13th (May 2016)

Goofy made the trip with Joe  tonight for some BBQ!

 

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Early Start to our day, approx. 6:30 a.m., as we prepare to roll over
to the Family Fun Ride  on May 1st, 2016 so we are  ready to work at 7:30.  McDonald's took good care of us in Milledgeville!


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Best t-shirt we saw today.  Any questions?

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Family Fun Ride benefitting the Fragile Kids Foundation
Gordon Ga May 1st, 2016

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Family Fun Ride benefitting the Fragile Kids Foundation
Gordon Ga May 1st, 2016




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Family Fun Ride benefitting the Fragile Kids Foundation
Gordon Ga May 1st, 2016

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After our volunteering work at the Family Fun Ride was finished,  we got 
back to what we do best, eating lunch in Milledgevlle Ga!

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Wing Fling April 21-23, 2016
Eating, what Chapter S does best!!




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Wing Fling April 21-23, 2016
Does this picture really need any further explanation?

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Glenn and Dave, after Wing Fling April 23, 2016
Visiting Thunder Mountain General Store and Deli 
Robbinsville, NC

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April 9th, Chapter Ride to Juliette Ga

Destination:  Whistle Stop Cafe and Shops 

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April 9th Chapter Ride to Juliette Ga

Destination: Whistle Stop Cafe and Shops

 

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 March 5, 2016 Chapter Ride
Smoky Mountain Performing Arts Center
Franklin NC




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Hotel California performing live at the Smoky Mountains Performing Arts Center, Franklin NC

A great show, if you weren't there, you missed a treat!

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Some Chapter S folks met Hotel California Band members  in the lobby of the hotel the next morning.  It was a great trip, show, ride, food, and all around good time!

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 March 5, 2016 Chapter Ride
Smoky Mountain Performing Arts Center
Franklin NC

Attended a concert featuring Hotel California:  A Salute to the Eagles



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March 5, 2016 Chapter Ride
Smoky Mountain Performing Arts Center
Franklin NC

Attended a concert featuring Hotel California:  A Salute to the Eagles

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March 5, 2016 Chapter Ride
Smoky Mountain Performing Arts Center
Franklin NC

Attended a concert featuring Hotel California:  A Salute to the Eagles

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Spontaneous Ride to Macon Ga for lunch in February!

Destination:  Smok n Pig.  

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Beautiful Day for a ride in February, 70 Degrees.  

Macon Ga, BBQ Run.  
 

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Start of our Hot Potato Ride to Chapter J
in Hiawassee Ga
February 2016

Yeah, this is how our day started! 

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Hot Potato Ride to Chapter J
Daniels Steakhouse in Hiawassee Ga, 
February 2016
 

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Dinner Ride to Milo's Restaurant and Bistro
Monroe, Ga
February 2016

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Dinner Ride to Milo's Restaurant and Bistro
Monroe, Ga
February 2016
 

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Plaque Capture Ride to 
Chapter A McDonough GA
January 2016

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Chapter S Captures the Ga  District Plaque
 Chapter A, McDonough Ga, January 2016
 

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First Dinner Ride of 2016
The Diner at Sugar Hill

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Diner at Sugar Hill 2016 

 

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Chapter S New Year's Day Ride 2016
Heading up to Brasstown Valley Resort for lunch!

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Chilly Willy 2016 Lunch Ride and Officers Conference

 

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Fall Leaf Ride 2015, Fort Mountain Ga.

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Fall Leaf Ride 2015, Bald River Falls
Tellico Plains, Tennessee 

 

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Fall Leaf Ride 2015
The Lodge at Tellico

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Fall Leaf Ride 2015, Ozone Falls
Ozone, Tennessee 

 

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Breakfast Ride 2015 to Fender's Diner
Cornelia, Ga

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After breakfast at Fender's, a ride to 
Toccoa Falls!

 

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Chapter S 2015 Memorial Day Ride
The Rattler, NC Hwy 209



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Chapter S 2015 Memorial Day Ride
Backbone Rock,  Tennessee
(that's Joe and Janel riding through the rocks!)

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Chapter S 2015 Memorial Day Ride
Covered Bridges, Tennessee

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Chapter S 2015 Memorial Day Ride
Covered Bridges



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Chapter S 2015 Memorial Day Ride
Traci's Bike wouldn't start, 
 Eric and Vance to the rescue!

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Chapter S 2015 Memorial Day Ride
Trust Cafe, Trust NC, front porch sitting after lunch!

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2015 Dinner Ride Jim and Nicks BBQ
Suwanee, GA 

   

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Georgia Botanical Gardens Ride 2015
Athens , Ga


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Roosevelt's Little White House Ride 2015


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Watson Mill Covered Bridge Ride 2015

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Sometimes we just have too much fun
and a nap hits the spot!!

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2015 Chilly Willy Ride to Buckner's
Jackson Ga

 

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Joe wins the Goofy award for dropping his garage door opener not once during the week, but twice in the same week, even with Janel advising him to store the opener somewhere else!

   

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Chapter S Devil's Triangle Ride #1
Memorial Weekend 2014
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Chapter S Devil's Triangle Ride #2
Memorial Weekend 2014
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Chapter S Devil's Triangle Ride #3
Memorial Weekend 2014
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2013 Chapter S Sweetheart Fun Day
February 9, 2013

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SC District Convention Ride
April 26 - 28
Charleston, SC

 
 
 
 
 
 

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GA District Convention / Rally
June 14 - 16
Dillard, GA

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2012 Fall Leaf Ride
Cherohala Skyway & Deals Gap
October 27 - 28

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Lousiana District Convention
April 10 - 16
Lafayette, LA

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Five Corners Ride
The "Aultman Brothers"
April 2012

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2012 Memorial Weekend Ride
May 27 - 29
 

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Officer Conference 2012
1/28/12
Forsyth, Ga
 
 

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Georgia District Traveler's Plaque 2012
2/4/12
Centerville, Ga
 

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2012 Chapter S Sweetheart Fun Day
Midway Christian Church
Winder Ga
2/11/12