February Meeting...

MEETINGS: Rag Top Road Runners meet the first Monday of each month at 6:30 pm (EST). We currently meet Kasey's restaurant on Lee Hwy.

It's a little far for Mike and I to go, but we love meeting up with everyone. We haven't been in quite a while because Mike had been working nights, but now that he's jobless he has all kinds of free time... hahaha!

Our meetings consist of eating, talking/fellowship, and planning get togethers. We always welcome visitors as our club is open to new members.

FAMILY SETTING: We tell all new comers that we're a family club, and we keep everything clean. It's hard to find a good club like this! No one drinks, swears or gets rowdy on our rides... which is a good thing since Mike and I don't drink and I don't want our kids around that :)

OUTINGS: We can't always find a date or time that works for everyone, but we try to accomodate when we can. And we do a few different things so most everyone has a chance to make it on a ride. Most of our rides are just day trips, some on Saturday and some on Sunday. And there are a couple over-night trips each year. I'll talk about these more later.... We've also attended some car shows together and even ride in some parades.

FEBRUARY RIDES: We have 2 rides planned for February. First, we'll be taking a road trip this coming Sunday, 2/8/09. Sunday rides are tricky because it cuts into church time for some, but some rides have to be earlier in the day so we can get back before it gets too late. So this Sunday we'll be meeting at 12:00 noon at the old K-Mart in East Ridge (by the Rave theatre). We'll drive to Lynchburg TN and tour the Jack Daniel Distillery. Sounds odd for a group that doesn't drink, but it's a free tour and several people say it's a neat thing to see. And it's a dry county so no one can drink there anyways! We'll stop and eat on the way back, I think they decided on the Western Sizzler in Jasper. I love traveling in a group with the club, it's just neat to see that many jeeps driving down the road in a line together!!

Second, we'll take an off-road ride on February 21st to Windrock (about 2 hours away). I don't know much about this place. But Mike has been up there before on our 4 wheelers. And Ray (club member) has been and says it's a great ride. Lots of trails in the woods kind of thing. We may be meeting up with another club for this ride. We don't have details and times for this one yet, but we should know more after our trip on Sunday. We do know it costs to ride up there. I think it's around $15 per person to enter the trails.