Rick's Rendezvous 2013, May 15-19, Hampton, TN

Glenn,

Thanks again for showing us your fav mountain trails and single tracks! Great ride. Sorry, I bugged out Sat am as I thought it was just going to rain all day. Say "Hi" to your bud Gary for me.

Thanks to all the organizers.

Jon

thanks silke and hunter and everyone who worked so hard putting this event together!! and i have to say... the food was excellent:dg

Mark - is that you?! I wondered since I knew you had a blue Strom.

Glad that didn't interfere with your weekend or getting home safely!

You must be the guy that shared our cabin. I thought it odd that I didn't get to meet you.

Awesome, awesome weekend! The venue was perfect, the food was amazing, and the weather was.... well, typical.

The Eastern RDV was the first ADV rally I ever attended (several years ago, of course) and I'm happy to see that it is still going on, bigger and better than ever! Hats off to Silke and Hunter and the rest of the gang for keeping it going. Rick would have loved it!

Great seeing old friends and meeting new ones.

Glad to hear that didn't cause you a bad problem!

That goes for you too Kyle!

That was well planned by him. He's a smart man.

Can someone share the jambalaya recipe? That stuff was awesome.

Of course, for my household of two the recipe would need to be reduced greatly....

Sorry I missed it this year! Youngest is graduating HS this week and too much going on! Maybe next year...

in no particular order:

10 whole chickens
10 boston butts
30 lbs Andaloui Sausage
25 lbs rice
30 bell pepper
20 huge onions
30 celery
16 sticks of butter
1 1/2 pots coffee
beer
cayenne pepper
green onions

should have fed 200.... we had 175 and scraped the pot

man o man :eek1

I left a day early also. Looking at the weather map, it looked like a smart choice. I rode through rain for the 1st 4 hours or so, then scattered showers till Indy. Sunday was a great day until I hit severe weather 2ish hours from home. The forecast for today is rain all day with a good chance of severe storms across my whole route.

I had so much fun. Met lots of fantastic people and like every other rally is making me think how and when I can go again.

Cheers to all.

25 pound bag of rice.

The key is pouring the rice in, not just tossing in the whole bag. Need to be specific.

Well said Kevin! Thank you all so much.

I'm hating that for you Tuna..... DAMMIT. Heal fast and WELL>

Kyle, DAMN. Glad you are OK>

Great to meet so many people who I have known for years in the world of zeros and ones. I mean it... GREAT to meet you all.

I slept in til after 0900 sheesh.. tired but happy... I looked at my self in the mirror and it seems I have turned into an Moran.:eek1

I took over 400 images so... schlogging through that now.. I'll spread the love later.

Get Well Soon Kurt!!!!!!

He will blame it on Little Dog navaguessing

Cris it looked like a good trip I envy getting time off to do it!

See you in a couple weeks.

tom

Hats off to Silke, Hunter and the whole group of RDV volunteers. Your efforts are most appreciated.


Herding cats is supposed to be difficult but Silke can turn a colony of feral cats into a flash mob.

Wow! Me and mtngal had a blast and really enjoyed meeting new friends. Thank you Silke, Hunter, kitchen crew, volunteers, beer trailer, warm brownies!!, the butt, all awesome food! Great place for this event too. mtngal took a ton of photos so I'll get them up on the picture thread later this week.

Hope the ankle gets well real soon Kurt!

That's crazy. :huh

Thanks everyone, I can't even imagine putting together something like that for 175 people. I too took off Saturday, figured if I was going to ride in the rain all day I might as well end up in my own shower and bed.

Thanks again, it was a great time.

Enjoyed my time listening to Bernie and Tom swap stories on Saturday while the rain pattered on the roof of the back porch.