Well everyone I got back last night about 12:30am....but nice to sleep in my own bed.
A big thanks to Roger, Todd, Marius for given me all the normal stuff needed to camp.....kinda difficult when business calls.
Great friends & as always generous more than anyone will ever know.
It was truly great to see all the cruiser heads back only a few weeks after GSMTR!
Georgia folks, glad to see you all again.
Heather a special thanks for traveling & being a new mother......away from her new born
Overall everyone it was a great event & the meeting shed alot of light on the issues around Tellico.
Guess it really hit home, University of TN was conducting a poll of people using the Tellico area......the woman discussed a few weeks back being at one of the pay stations & a fellow coming up gettin servey and began to explain that he has been in the middle east for the last year, while there his only dream has been to come back & wheel at Tellico.......standing there he began to cry......now back he says, the one place I wanted to come home & enjoy is now possibly being shut down.
Folks wheeling is what you make of it.......for me, most of you all are my family, I see & spend more time with you all than my own family.........looking back 4 years ago when GSMTR was at McNabb I asked my wife to marry me there......why, I love her & I love the area (Tellico).....now understanding that someone wants to take that away is very personal to me.
Sorry to ramble but sometimes you have to put things in context......get invloved, write letters about Tellico.....first off read the scoping letter, then personally write a letter concerning it & the plans it contains.
Tellico holds a special place for the wheelers who have enjoyed it.........I want to see that be able to be enjoyed for many generations of wheelers to come
Thanks folks!
