OFFICIAL BTK East Coast Forum Ride- July 26 2012-July 29 2012

[TriXie]

All right! It'll be great to see you and Joe again.

Thanks Mike! It'll be good to catch up with all of you again! We miss our riding buds!!

[Lattimer]

Shawn you forgot to add them to the Dragon ride as well....

Thanks---I fixed it.

[rbentnail]

Alrighty kids, I don't know how or why but I now have the complete, exact routes for Friday in my gps. I have them saved on my 'puter as *.gpb and *.gpx files (Mapsource) so if anyone knows how to post a link showing the routes and/or how to get this info to everyone else's gps please offer up some suggestions.

[skipsaxe]

Hey Russ,

In looking at the original route, I was wondering if you could make a few changes.... just kidding

[rbentnail]

Hey Russ,

In looking at the original route, I was wondering if you could make a few changes.... just kidding

Grrrrrrrrr! If you weren't already broken I'd kick your azz!

[skipsaxe]

Grrrrrrrrr! If you weren't already broken I'd kick your azz!

Actually I'm starting to feel pretty good. I think I'm on my way to unbroken.

[DebbieW]

Actually I'm starting to feel pretty good. I think I'm on my way to unbroken.

Good to hear!

[vulcancowboy]

Actually I'm starting to feel pretty good. I think I'm on my way to unbroken.

I feel like I'm missing something, what's going on Skip?

[DebbieW]

I feel like I'm missing something, what's going on Skip?

He's old, didn't you hear?

[vulcancowboy]

He's old, didn't you hear?

No, I didn't hear, guess because I'm old too!

[skipsaxe]

I feel like I'm missing something, what's going on Skip?

I had the Payton Manning surgery in December to deal with a couple of herniated discs. Surgery went well, I'm on the mend and I should be good to go for this years ride, thankfully.

[skipsaxe]

He's old, didn't you hear?

WOW

[DebbieW]

WOW

You know I love you. And you also know I am getting cranky in my old age.

[DebbieW]

I had the Payton Manning surgery in December to deal with a couple of herniated discs. Surgery went well, I'm on the mend and I should be good to go for this years ride, thankfully.

Glad you are doing well!

[skipsaxe]

You know I love you. And you also know I am getting cranky in my old age.

I know you do

[rbentnail]

I had the Payton Manning surgery in December to deal with a couple of herniated discs. Surgery went well, I'm on the mend and I should be good to go for this years ride, thankfully.

Thanks for the update, glad you're continuing to improve. You had mentioned maybe a month ago that you were feeling much better but I couldn't help but poke a little .



Also- to update on the routing/gps thing for Friday the 27th in JCity, TN: I have in my gps the routes the way I want them from the hotel to lunch, and from restaurant to hotel via Grandfather Mtn.

I also have a route (no interstate) from The Dragon to JCity.

Since I'm a computer idiot, a couple of folks are working behind the scenes to get them posted for everyone to see. But in the meantime, if you pm me your email I'll send all 3 routes as attachments in both .gpx (exchange) and .gpb (Mapsource specific) formats and you can start now to get them correctly exported/imported to your GPS unit. It only took me a month so yoose smart peoples should get it done right off.

[vulcancowboy]

I had the Payton Manning surgery in December to deal with a couple of herniated discs. Surgery went well, I'm on the mend and I should be good to go for this years ride, thankfully.

Glad to hear that you're getting better. Getting old stinks doesn't it? Hopefully, my bike will be running right this summer, I'm still messing with my carb.

[skipsaxe]

But in the meantime, if you pm me your email I'll send all 3 routes as attachments in both .gpx (exchange) and .gpb (Mapsource specific) formats and you can start now to get them correctly exported/imported to your GPS unit. It only took me a month so yoose smart peoples should get it done right off.

As someone who does not have or plan to have a gps unit, could someone also convert those to a file format that I could use to print a copy?

[skipsaxe]

Getting old stinks doesn't it?

It cetainly does.

Sounds like you need to exchange that carb version for an EFI version!!

[DebbieW]

Although this has nothing to do with the trip, I am happy to say I finally had a job interview where I am a finalist. It is between me and one other person. I have a grueling round of interviews coming up with a lot of people in the company. I may not be the selected candidate but this certainly gives me hope that I may make this trip. And at least I know I still interview well.

I was actually surprised to get the call because there was one thing that the VP felt was most vital to the role and I have very little experience with that one thing. And I was honest about it. But he apparently really liked me, my personality and felt that this wasn't a deal breaker since I have the background and experience to pick it up. I guess honesty is the best way to go. At least in my experience.