Who are going to ride Talimena

[oldbikers]

Yall have fun wish I could be there with you :( ride safe and take lot's of pictures

[nightmare]

I am looking forward to meeting and riding with you all, if anyone makes it up friday give me a call, and we can get together for dinner. Call me at either number work is 580-298-3398 home is 580-298-2177

[wanderer]

Originally Posted by billmac

Look forward to meeting Wonderer too!

You should be careful what you wish for! I'll be at the Budget Inn in Antlers at about 3:30 pm tomorrow. Already got a reservation.

Gene

[taranis]

Hey guys! I'm the new kid around here. Mind if I throw my hat in the ring?

I'm headed out late Friday morning. Probably going to take 20 around the DFW area up to 30, then out to Paris and on up. I'm hoping to get a campsite reservation here: http://www.talking-trees.com/. No response to my email inquiries though.

If anyone wants to ride up together, post up and we'll discuss. I'll check this thread again before I hit the road.

Hope to meet some of you!

[nightmare]

Originally Posted by Taranis

Hey guys! I'm the new kid around here. Mind if I throw my hat in the ring?

I'm headed out late Friday morning. Probably going to take 20 around the DFW area up to 30, then out to Paris and on up. I'm hoping to get a campsite reservation here: http://www.talking-trees.com/. No response to my email inquiries though.

If anyone wants to ride up together, post up and we'll discuss. I'll check this thread again before I hit the road.

Hope to meet some of you!

Welcome to the group, look forward to riding with you. We have a campground in town called K river campground their number is 580-298-2442 much closer to where we are statrting, the other one is way north of the ride. Here is my cell # 580-239-8724 if you want any further info

[nightmare]

Well the weather is going to be great for this ride, cant wait to meet everyone, if you get into town give me a ring on any of these numbers work 580-298-3398 home 580-298-2177 cell 580-239-8724. If not I will see everyone at the Shell station in the morning. Looking forward to it you all!!!!!!

[bobt]

Arrived back home about 10:00 this morning. I want to thank Nightmare for a great ride. We rode somewhere around 260 miles on Sat and I think everyone had a great time. Looking forward to the next one.

Bob

[taranis]

Well, nuts. ::)

I'm pretty sure I caught sight of your group pulling out of the Queen Wilhelmina Lodge a little after 3:00 pm Sat. If Wanderer's went, then I did see you guys. Unless you guys had a white trike with your group? We got a big bunch of waves out of that group as we went by. Anyway, sorry I missed you guys. Maybe next time!

I arrived at the Talking-Trees campground at about 6:30 p.m. Friday and got camp set up until my girlfriend and her kid showed around 9:30. Hung out, toasted some marshmallows, had a cigar, sat in the jacuzzi. The campground was great overall, and the proprietors were very nice and accommodating. We nearly had the entire campground to ourselves.

On Saturday, we got to ride Talimena drive twice. Since the campground where we stayed was almost right in the middle, we took off west toward Talihina, turned around at the end and went into Arkansas as far as the Queen Wilhelmina Lodge, had a late lunch, then turned around again and headed for camp.

The highlight of the trip had to be the camping. The whole family had a fantastic time, especially the boy and the dog, who spent a majority of the time in the pond or down at the creek. Nights were spent by the campfire reminiscing about the day. We didn't want the weekend to end.

The Nomad performed flawlessly, and I'm happy to report the 12v car adapter installation worked like a champ. Never had to think about where I was with the GPS on the handlebars. :)

The trip up there took almost 5 hours each way. Tons of GREAT riding once you get into OK.

It is good to be home, but I'm ready to go again. The scenery was fantastic, the roads were pure heaven, the traffic was minimal, especially Friday. Ahhh.. salve for the soul..

Unfortunately pics are nearly non-existent. My camera decided to take a crap the morning after I got there, so I have TWO whole pics, both of my bike somewhere in OK. Ah well.. here's the best one:

[dirtyjake]

Enjoyed the ride and comradrie, amigos. Made it home will little more than I took; sunburn not withstanding.

Great bunch of fellows.

Thanks, Nightmare for leading such a great trip.

Glenn in West

[chainsaw]

Taranis, sorry we missed you, you should of flagged us over. You had the right group. There were eight of us and that's the time we were there. Glad you had a good time. That's what it's all about.

[chainsaw]

Dirtyjake, welcome to the site and it was great riding with you this weekend. This man is easy going, just goes with the flow. You'll like him. Wrong color bike, but he kept up alright.

[dirtyjake]

Gosh, didn't realize the red/silver Nomads were slower than brand x's. Good thing the look and mpgs are so much better.

Seriously, enjoyed all of you gents and look forward to making more trips.

[billmac]

Originally Posted by dirtyjake

Gosh, didn't realize the red/silver Nomads were slower than brand x's. Good thing the look and mpgs are so much better.

Seriously, enjoyed all of you gents and look forward to making more trips.

Glad you were able to join in Glenn, and I think that red Nomad did get better mileage. When you get all that bling on there, expect it to go down with the rest of ours.

[chainsaw]

Weight might have something to do with it too. Ya think?

[billmac]

Originally Posted by "CHAINSAW"

Weight might have something to do with it too. Ya think?

Are you talking about yours? KawaNow is about being nice to each other so I would not want to say.