The Dragon and Deals Gap

This is a little cabin that we rented for this past Friday night, so that we could hit the road on the bike.  Our destination was to ride the tail of "The Dragon", and the surrounding roads.  This area is the number one biker destination and is only a few hours from us.

Nate enjoying the scenary and some trail mix on the back deck of the cabin.  You can't see it from the photo, but on the other side of the road right below us was a large river that we could hear all the time.

Relaxing on the back covered deck.

Oh yes! There was a hot tub that overlooked the river as well.

So many bikers were out that we didn't have any trouble finding someone to take our picture at the dam.



This is a major biker destination, Deals Gap.  It is the first and last thing you will encounter before "The Dragon" Every biker stops here to eat, look, and chat about bike stuff, and of course buy your Dragon souvenir.  It was surprisingly pleasant.

This is the tree of shame.  If you wreck on the Dragon you are supposed to put a piece of your wreakage on this tree.  I saw only one R.I.P, thankfully!

I was contemplating talking to this biker chic that was my age, had a bike exactly like mine, and gave Nate and I a run for our money before we stopped.  I never got the nerve though, she was too good for me.

Just some of the many, many bikes out this beautiful weekend.  It was also Mini coups on the Dragon weekend, so 600 of them were on the roads with us as well, and they were a fun sight to see all tricked out.

I really enjoy our bike excursions.  We live so close to many of the greatest riding roads.  I don't know if we fit the mold for bikers or not, but you can never judge a book by it's cover and I kinda like being a "biker chic", it doesn't matter how old you are the shared passion of riding transcend age and time.  We meet some of the nicest people out there, although some are a little hairy and scary.

Girl time

We had a lovely weekend of sitting face to face and gabbing to our hearts content.  It was so nice to catch up, sit in a quiet house, get to know her hubby and eat nice food.  Old friends are so comfortable to hang out with, there is nothing like it.  We talked about God a lot, and I hope that I was as much of a blessing to them as they were to me.

Jac and I had a lovely visit. Isn't she lovely?



My very own puter

I am now the proud owner of my own little laptop.  It is nothing fancy, but it serves the purpose.  We needed a new hard drive and tower on the old one, but the more I considered having a desktop again, the more dismal I became.  The kids push on me to let them play games online, have facebook accounts or search for stuff.  With the laptop, it is easier to control those types of things and they become less appealing.  They will still be able to use this one for school and some monitored surfing, and I am a happy camper now that I no longer have to beg my husband to share his.  Now I just need a camera and I will be all set.  I have not taken pictures of my kids since Christmas:(

I am off Thursday morning bright and early to visit my maid of honor in NC.  Jacque and I go all the way back to high school.  She is my longest standing friendship (25 years).  She has a childless house since her daughter is off to college and her stepson has left the nest as well, so I will have lots of meaningful adult conversations.