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South' Spine Raid XI (A Romp in Tenn. & N.C.)

Bill Hagan

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This 11th iteration of what is just a small informal gathering of (originally spine-framed) Guzzis, has morphed into a (still small) pilgrimage to eastern Tennessee of all sorts of motorcycles, tho still mostly Guzzis.

This year, as for the past several, it has used the Lodge at Tellico http://www.lodgeattellico.com in Tellico Plains as its base. Hard to beat Walt & Anna's hospitality.

Anyway, the original nucleus, and most riders still, are from central Tennessee, led by "Docc" (Phil Haynes), but this SSR drew, as have past, riders from all over: Florida, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Kathi and me from Virginia.

Kathi and I started out on the Norge on a (very wet) Thursday, spent the night at the almost exact halfway point in Princeton, W.V., then got into Tellico Plains Friday evening.

We did the SSR thing on Saturday, then took three (yes, three) days to get home, including running up the length of the BRP in some of the best weather imaginable.

As is my wont, I tool lots of pix. If you decide to watch, get something to sip first.

You can just scroll down or view as a slideshow in full screen mode. Ensure you can see captions.

https://bill-and-kathi.smugmug.com/SSR-2015/n-TwrSR8/

Here, too, is a very short video of the departure. What great sounds.

https://bill-and-kathi.smugmug.com/Misc-Videos/n-TXR6gS/i-xqnSZxJ/A

Oh, and if you can stand it after all of that, here are two irreverent videos of the SSR, depicting the ride as seen through the eyes of an ST1300 driver who likes Guzzisti and comes along on the SSR's ... but isn't sure why. ;)

2014 -

2015 -

What a fine time it all was. It's why we ride.

Bill
 
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