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We’re off on a ride to Nashville Tennessee this weekend. Nashville is a little over 300 miles from here. Riding time is 5–6 hours in good weather. We might miss the rain going down there, but I think we’re going to get wet coming home tomorrow.
Open Mic Saturday.
Talk about whatever you want today.
There are motorcycle sidecars, and then there are motorcycle sidecars. This particular mash-up is dubbed the “Snaefell” and is the work of Francois Knorreck. It took him a whopping 10 years and over $20,000 to complete. The motorcycle is a Laverda, and the car itself is actually cannibalized from several different vehicles.
A great day to ride. Showers were predicted for Sunday afternoon, but they never materialized. It was overcast much of the day, be we also got some sun too.
Me and Charlotte.
Riding along one of Missouri’s gently rolling two lane roads.
We met for breakfast at Holtie’s Pub and Restaurant in Barnhart. Always great food at reasonable prices. Then we headed on down MO 61 to Bloomsdale and over Highway Y to Bonne Terre. We saw signs for the Space Museum in Bonne Terre. I’d never heard of it. We stopped but they didn’t open until 1 pm. It was noon, so we decided to go to Dairy Queen for ice cream instead. A good decision. We’ll save the Space Museum for another ride.
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Then we headed up Highway E to De Soto where we caught a side road, and they’re really all side roads down there, back to Highway 67 which took us back North towards I-55 and home. All in all, it was about a hundred mile ride. Perfect weather too.
We had a great day to ride. There were just a couple sprinkles of rain after we got there and a couple more close to home, but not nearly enough to stop and put on rain gear.
Our friends Kathy and Bud and their dog Zoey, stand in front of their 1966 (I think that’s what he said) Chevy II Chevelle that Bud is fixing up.
They met us for brunch at a nice little town restaurant in Waverly, Verda Mae’s, where we had brunch. (The fried chicken was excellent.) Then we went back to their house which sits on 31 beautiful acres. We caught up on a lot of things that have happened in the last forty years since we had seen them. When it was time to go, they led us to the Double Dribble Ice Cream Parlor for a quick ice cream before we hit the highway.
The girls were in high school together and in September will be going to their 40th anniversary reunion. The reunion website is how we got in touch with them in the first place.
Update: It is a 1966 Chevy II.
