ACHOG Weekly Newsletter & Ride Info 4/30/2019

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Safety Tip of the Week 

Are We Cattle?

This one concerns interstate riding. Do you ever find yourself while riding the interstate, in what an old movie coined, a “convoy”? Going down the road probably over the speed limit among twenty or thirty other cars and eighteen wheelers all bunched up on each other’s bumpers is not the most desirable place to ride; especially on a motorcycle.

A Florida Highway Patrolman once shared that to his amazement, people are like cattle and they evidently like to be in herds. He decided this as he was running radar. He would be on a patch of interstate and there would be no traffic for several minutes. Then all of a sudden, here would come a herd. This herd would pass, and several minutes would go by before the next herd would show up. He said he couldn’t understand why people would rather be in a herd instead of simply adjusting their speed and having their own little, safer piece of the road.

If this is ever you, try to ditch the herd mentality. You have a choice.

Tri-Chapter Picnic - Update

Keep those ideas coming in. The May meeting is the last meeting before the activities meeting which is June 2. The plan was to vote at the next meeting for  where when and what we were going to do. I have been informed however, we may have to have a picnic. I thought it was up to us but it has been brought to my attention that it has always been a picnic at Adamec's request. I'll see what I can do and run it by Missy and the other directors and see if we can change this to a Tri-Chapter "event" instead of a "picnic". We'll have fun regardless.
 

Monthly Meeting
Meeting for will be Saturday, May 11, 2019 at the VFW-6184 US 1 South, St. Augustine. Please join us for coffee at 9:00 a.m. and the meeting begins at 9:30 a.m.  A short ride to Brisky's BBQ in St. Augustine in will follow.


Riding Into History May 11, 2019
After the meeting, and after the ride to Brisky's, if you are not ready to pack it in, don't forget the Riding Into History event at World Golf Village. I wouldn't be surprised if one of our road captains lead a ride there.
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Up and Coming 

Annual Chapter Picnic - May 4

Well the time has passed for signing up for the clubs annual picnic. We have 40 signed up, 35 members and 5 guests. If you signed up and are going, please see Debora for payment. She is collecting from the members and will explain how much Saturday. The club is subsidizing part of it and I think everyone will be pleasantly surprised. If you are bringing a guest (they must have be signed up also of course), please pay Debora the member amount and pay for your guest at the register. We will be at the staging area to collect from those going on the ride and then we will go straight to the restaurant to collect from those riding separately or in vehicles.


Overnighter - June 1 & 2  Crystal River and Weeki Wachee
 
The information on our first over nighter is on the calendar. A ride to the gulf, meet and lunch with another HOG Chapter, visit a new dealership, dinner and socializing with friends, a mermaid show in a spring, what's there not to like?  
Meet at SR 207 and I-95 at 8;30 a.m. KSU at 9:00 a.m. Ride to Crystal River to meet and have lunch with Crystal River HOG. Ride to their new dealership and if time permits, visit Homosassa Springs. Then it's off to the hotel for happy hour and dinner. Sunday head for Weeki Wachee Springs around 8:00 a.m. for the mermaid show. Ralph will lead. Sweep TBA. Overnight accommodations are booked under Ancient City Harley Davidson at the Best Western Crystal River Resort. For those who went on the overnight a couple of years ago to Homosassa Springs this is the same hotel we stayed at, right on the river in Crystal River. Dinner will be at Cracker's Restaurant which is located next door to the hotel The restaurant and the hotel both have Tikki Bars for our convenience. Right now I have 15 rooms blocked at the hotel They have given us a rate of $109.00 as long as we rent at least 10 rooms. The block will stand until the end of April at that time the rooms will be released. Please call 352-795-3171 to book your room. Ask for the Ancient City Harley Davidson Block. If you have questions please feel free to call me at 904-305-7139 or email ralphcollinson@aol.com

Check link below to see our calendar and upcoming rides.

http://www.ancientcityhog.com/ 
 
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Come Out and Join Us On Our Rides...Hope To See You Soon... Terry    
          

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