Cheeseburger in Paradise Ride pics

[BlueLghtning]

Some pics from our Cheeseburger in Paradise Ride (http://www.georgiasportbike.com/showthread.php?9473-Cheeseburger-in-Paradise-Ride-%28Sat-Sep-24th%29) we did on Sat. It turned out to be a great turnout with 18 bikes and 19 people. Sarah and I covered right at 375 miles for the day. Neither Sarah or myself brought a regular camera (blasphemy I know), so all the pics are just from our cell phones when we stopped for breaks. It ended up being a really long day, but I don't think anyone was complaining as it was a great day to ride and wonderful time with friends.

A few pics of some of those that I managed to grab shots of as they came across a little bridge.

Steve on the Super Tenre
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Robert on his 09 Strom
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Cheryl on one of Ninja 250's along for the day
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Benny on his GS1200
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Sarah leading the 2nd group on her F650GS
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Sharon on her Vstar 650 I think
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Lauri on the other Ninja 250
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RockyMtnMan on his XChallenge
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One of our first state parks was Bucks Pocket State Park. This place was obviously pretty affected by the tornado's earlier in the year and you could see lots of tree's down.

The bikes taking up half the parking lot! LOL
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That house has a great view of the canyon below
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If you compare to the relation of the tree tops, you get an idea of how high up we are
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A great picture of Sarah and I
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I don't know if I've posted pics lately of Sarah, but she's been blonde for a few months now. :D
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This is looking over the edge straight down
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Some of the tree damage in the canyon
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More pics hanging out at Bucks Pocket
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About 1:30pm, we finally made it to our lunch spot which is the Pikeville Country store just north of Scottsboro, AL
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We took up the entire rear room
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Sharon has only been riding since last Nov and she is 52 years old! She's doing great!
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The burgers started rolling in and you could see everyone gasp at the size of the burgers! Tom was the only one in the group that ordered a double bacon burger!
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Tom wondering what he has gotten himself into!
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Pinky comparison
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More camera's come out
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[BlueLghtning]

The burgers were awesome and really not that expensive. I think you could get a cheeseburger plate was $5-$6, so not really that bad at all

I guess everything is big here. Pete finds one heck of a curly fry!
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You'd have to meet Pete to understand! :rofl:
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After our stomachs were full, we ventured back out into the parking lot where I'm sure many of us wanted to take a nap, but we still had more then half the route to go.
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Quaint little store in the middle of a bunch of farm fields! Its a shame they are moving to down town Scottsboro, but I'm sure their food will be just as good
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Sarah catches a shot of Benny ready to go
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Gearing up and heading out. I think Paul is full and ready to roll on.
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Soon after Lunch, we found the rock zoo. This is just out in some farmers front yard and is quite the site to come up on.
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Kith is riding a turtle
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Garry is swimming with the dolphins and he didn't even get wet! :lol:
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Its hard to see it from this angle, but someone is milking the red cow in the background! :crackup:
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After the rock zoo, we made the hour+ ride over to Desota Falls. I want to get back to visit this place when the water is really flowing!

Here is how it was yesterday
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Compare that to one time Sarah and I visited
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The dam that holds back the water in the background and then the falls in the foreground
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Looking over the falls
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Sarah looking down at Kith, Garry, & I
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Kith enjoying the spray and breeze coming over the falls
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That's the falls over the horizon. Laura had taken her boots off and was enjoying soaking her feet in the water
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After Desota Falls, we made our way down to Little River Canyon. If you have never visited Little River Canyon near Ft Payne, AL, you owe yourself a day trip over there. There are lots of great overlooks and the views are just awesome. Its a little piece of heaven very close to us.

By the time we got to Little River Canyon, it was getting late and we were ready to get headed home, so we only stopped at one of the over looks.

A great view out over the river below and the Canyon
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Hanging out in the over look parking lot
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This was after we had made our way out the bottom side of the canyon and let me tell you its a work out. There are some very steep and tight turns to navigate, but also some sweet roller coaster like hills too.
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Just outside Centre, AL when Garry realizes his tire is well passed its prime. He was 2up also, but thankfully made it home
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[Georgiacbr]

nice pictures Dan

[aghstnashell]

Those are some nice pictures. Though that back tire makes me cringe. >_<

[Bishop8pi]

Was Benny able to get any good video of the Little River Downhill?

[BlueLghtning]

I'll have to ask him what video he did get.