They say the best-laid plans
are of mice and men… You notice women are not in that saying. WHY? Well, at least for our weekend adventure
as a group, plans went well. We were to
meet Friday afternoon, well it started off morning but things do change. Any way we were all going to ride as a group down to the Lake of the Ozark's. This went almost flawless and we arrived at our
destination in plenty of time to relax, delight in each other’s company and have
a nice dinner. We talked and laughed and share stories till early in the
morning. I will say as a group we sure
have survived a lot of strange, scary and funny motorcycle adventures, survived being a key word.
The next morning we all
gathered on the screened in porch to enjoy the beautiful views of the lake
while having coffee and discussing future rides and events we would all like to do
as a group, besides convention. So even though our district director could not make it (sorry
Brenda) we got most if not all of the business at hand accomplish.
Finally we were off to do
things all Motor Maids love, riding and shopping. First
we rode down to The Lake of the Ozark's Harley Davidson, upon arrival we were greeted with a very energetic sales lady that was excited to meet some Motor
Maids. Also she told us she was
interested in becoming a Motor Maid. We talked for a while about riding and she seemed to be truly interested so we told her how to get ahold of the
Missouri chapter and hope we would see her next year.
And finally off for some great riding in the
scenic back roads at the Lake of the Ozark's what a blast we had doing that.
This time of the year there was little traffic.
The roads were filled with hills, sweeps and curves, and with the temperatures only hitting low 80’s it was just an enjoyable ride. Along the road we came upon many dead animals of raccoons and fox and armadillo and live animals of wild turkey and
deer that was in our direct path. Although
nothing bad happened it did make some of our hearts skip a beat or two. Mine especially as I was leading these women and was first to come upon them. When
arriving back at the lake house one of the neighbors had some fish they had caught.
As some of the ladies in our group commented about how they never eaten a lot
of fish. The very generous neighbor
fried us up a plate of fresh caught fish to munch on while we were cooking dinner.
The next morning it was pack
up the bikes ride into town where we enjoyed a nice meal at a small local
breakfast place and more stories before heading home. At one of the stop on our
way back home we meet a gentle man who we talked to and we soon found out he is a musician that had
played with some very famous people and popular bands, WOW! We stopped at a great little place for a photo and tried to wave someone down to take a picture of all of us together. The first car was two older men and they must have thought we were crazy as they rolled up their windows and drove on the wrong side of the road to get father away from us. We laughed about it but soon another vehicle came and a very nice young lady hopped out to take our picture.
