Becky and I are looking forward to seeing everyone again also! It is always a good time!!! ThumbUp
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Ray55
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Our trip to Maggie Valley and points further East is now in jeopardy. Last November the wife had some major back surgery and now she is having mobility issues. This past Thursday night she fell in the shower and had to call 911 and the paramedics came to get her up from the floor. Went to the emergency room for observation Stayed there for about 6 hours, was sent home and now has trouble standing. once up can move around using a mobility cart. Will have to wait and see what the next couple of weeks bring. Trying to see her primary care doc. tomorrow.
Ray, I am so sorry. Your wife is in my prayers.
Sorry to hear this Ray, Best wishes & Prayers for speedy recovery for the wife. Was looking forward to seeing you again.
Sorry to hear about your wife/ Prayers go out to her to heal quick.
Sorry to hear this Ray, was hoping to meet you in MV. You take care of the Misses and see how it goes in a couple of weeks.
Ray, I am sorry to hear the news about your wife, Sue. She and you will be our prayers. Hopefully a couple weeks will turn things around and you all can still make MV.
Well, it appears that this is the season for (maybe?) bad news. My wife of 51+ years had a bad result from her last mammogram and had some biopsy work performed. Good news is that they don't believe it is cancerous. We go in for a pre-surgery consultation on the 26th of August. I have not cancelled my room as of yet but I am not more than 25% confident that I will be able to make it again this year. I will keep you informed as we go. It just depends on what the surgeon says for sure. Schedule couldn't be worse as far as Maggie get together is concerned. Wish us luck!
From a real Maggie Valley wanna be,
TwoBye (Brad)
From a real Maggie Valley wanna be,
TwoBye (Brad)
Brad, I am wishing you and your wife good luck. I sure hope she doesn't require surgery.
Best of luck to the Missus.
Brad, we will keep your wife and you in our prayers... hope you can still make it to Maggie.
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Brad we will be praying that all turns out well for your wife.
Brad, you take care of the Misses first, MV will probably be there again next year. Give her our best, Jo Ann went through that last year and is doing great.
2Paps
250+ Posts
Brad, we will keep the 2 of you in our prayers and hope to see you in MV.
Ed
Ed
2Paps
250+ Posts
Finally
I know there's a cadre of the MV faithful that can't figure out why I don't have an entry on the attendee data base. Problem solved! The bike has undergone all its needed service and suffered thru the required "Ed Mods." Therefore I have deemed it ready to ride as soon as I get the new seat installed, tomorrow! :Trike1:
End result; I have reservations for my son, Ric and I. Ric and his 2 wheeler will stand out in the crowd. He's almost ready to graduate to a trike but not quite yet.
Ed
I know there's a cadre of the MV faithful that can't figure out why I don't have an entry on the attendee data base. Problem solved! The bike has undergone all its needed service and suffered thru the required "Ed Mods." Therefore I have deemed it ready to ride as soon as I get the new seat installed, tomorrow! :Trike1:
End result; I have reservations for my son, Ric and I. Ric and his 2 wheeler will stand out in the crowd. He's almost ready to graduate to a trike but not quite yet.
Ed
Awesome Ed! See you and your son there!!!
That is good news indeed Ed, so looking forward to seeing you and meeting Ric. ThumbUp
Wife & I can't wait to meet everyone from Last Year (Our 1st Trip);
And All the others we will meet for the 1st Time.
The #'s keep Rising!!
Speaking of things Rising;
We hear there is alot of Flooding going on in the Area;
I know there are some there camping Hope yall are OK & haven't Washed away..
And All the others we will meet for the 1st Time.
The #'s keep Rising!!
Speaking of things Rising;
We hear there is alot of Flooding going on in the Area;
I know there are some there camping Hope yall are OK & haven't Washed away..
I don't think Maggie Valley flooded But some of the surrounding areas have been hard hit.I'm keeping an eye out for info.It's to soon to really say how bad or good things are or are going to be by the time we get there.
jjvw
700+ Posts
I hope his ego survives all the three wheelers blowing by him in the twisties:gah:
I still stand by my earlier statement of wait and see.That said From all indications I don't think 276 is going to be rideable and that got me to thinking.This might be a good opportunity to ride some of the roads to the north of Maggie Valley.There is good riding all around there and I don't think that area was hit near as hard.
jjvw
700+ Posts
I have been looking at the area north of I-40. We have ridden many of them either with group or just Jan and I. Little Switzerland is good but 150+ miles one way by back roads. Roads like 421, the Snake, Python and Back of the Dragon are 200+ miles one way. Jan and I did it out of Johnson City and Wytheville, VA. on the roadstar before we triked it.
There is a couple roads near 215 that we could try and we should ride the Cherohala again before I get to old. Marc, can you keep an eye on those road conditions?
I'm trying to keep an eye out through news reports and facebook posts.Thats the areas I was looking toward and looked at the Maggie Valley rides website looked like several that were very doable.This may end up like my first Maggie Valley gathering where we ended up flying by the seat our pants and had a blast.That was a fun one wasn't it. It was a flash flood that did most of the damage but the amount of rain( I think 12 in in some places) caused some mudslides. Most of the damage was south of Maggie Valley from what I hear.
JohnnyB
150+ Posts
Flood
If you give me some specific roads I'll take a look
i live on other side of dragon and Cherahola so pretty easy to take a ride and see.
Im out almost every day exploring
If you give me some specific roads I'll take a look
i live on other side of dragon and Cherahola so pretty easy to take a ride and see.
Im out almost every day exploring
jjvw
700+ Posts
Can you keep an eye on Cherahola for us. And hiway 360 back to the dragon from Tellico. It looks like thats in your back yard
Thanks
John
JohnnyB
150+ Posts
Well it's time to bring everybody up to speed. My wife (Becky, Bec for short) has a grouping of tumors in her right breast. They are NON-CANCEROUS. Thank you Lord for that! We go to meet with the surgeon next Thursday and then the surgery will be very shortly after that. To add to that, my trike has developed a problem with the rear suspension. The air chamber system has sprung a leak and it appears to be the chamber itself which, of course, is no longer available. I am in the process of researching what I can do to make repairs but that will come a little later. Anyway, with all this happening right now and what I'm sure will be a long recovery period for Bec, I have decided to cancel my Maggie Valley run again this year. This is starting to look like an annual event for me but trust me, it isn't planned that way. In fact I was among some of the early ones to be registered. I also have a ground floor, front of motel room reserved that I'm about to call and cancel for any of you that would like to call and grab it. Or PM me and I will give them your name when I call to cancel (which should be Saturday afternoon or so.
Anyway, thanks for listening and maybe see you guys and gals soon ....... somewhere.
Brad
Anyway, thanks for listening and maybe see you guys and gals soon ....... somewhere.
Brad
Brad thats news and answered prayers for Becky.We will miss you but understand completely and lord willing we will see you next year.
Will miss meeting you this year Brad, glad that Becky is going to be fine in the long run. Some good karma heading her way.
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