The FOUR corners,,,minus three

AOB was scheduled at 10am, you know the place, and members started arriving as early as 915a. Of course everyone who showed was not going for one reason or another, be it having to do other things or just forgetting to change out of their pajamas,(You know who I'm talking about). The normal coffee drinking and bull session progressed until Tom called the riders meeting after which everyone mounted their trusty steeds and we were off, Sixteen bikes and two chase cars. The club proceded south on 32 to Oakdale road where we picked up Interstate 395 north to Norwich and Route 2 passing ten southbound Ferraris on the way. Once on Route 2 the Club headed west and north, at 163 one of the cars departed home and the other moved up. (Hey, Where's Beebe?). The Club contnued north and west through Bozrah and Colchester where two more members joined in, another member joined in Marlborough while Tree and Evert dropped off to fix a wayward flag before rejoining the Club.

The ride continued up 2 through Glastonbury and East Hartford where they jumped on Route 84 across the Connecticut River, (I ever tell you about the time my Grandmother was all upset about the Pequots buying up all the property they were buyng in the nineties? "If we keep letting them buy up everything pretty soon they'll change the name of the state to an Indian name!" ...Ah'm Gram...Connecticut is an indian name.),anyway, crossing the "Indian named" River the Club picked up Rte 91 north. In Granby the Club dropped off the expressway and grabbed Route 20 to East Granby where the Club stopped to meet the rest of our contingent and to,,,ahhh...you know... was chilly...cool air makes you have to...ahhh...You know.

      With the Club count now at 26 we continued to follow Route 20 to West Granby at which point we turned onto Barkhamsted road (Route 219) for a stop at the Barkhamsted resevoir dam...photo shoot

 From there most of the Club continued west towards 318 and route 44, that would be all but our Sarasota Florida  Chairman who decided to wait for all the bikes to get out ahead of him. Problem was all the bikes there were not ours. Steve dropped back to pick him up and both rejoined the column a little further up the road. The Club stayed on 44 through Winsted and Norfolk then dropped down hill into Canaan for lunch. Due to the amount of time lost in Granby at the one hole Dunkin Donuts it was decided to have lunch at McDonalds, It was the only place to get that many in and out of in a resonable amount of time. From Canaan The Club proceded west stopping quickly to refuel before continuing on 44 and 41 through Salisbury and Lakeville then 41 south to Sharon where we turned east on Route 4 and headed for Cornwall Bridge.

A short stop there found another Club rolling in, this was a Cobra Automoble Club. Back on the road we proceded south on Route 7 towards Kent before jumping onto 45 through Warren and into Marbledale (I don't make up the names). In Marbledale the Club jumped on Route 202 south through Northville and Hickory Haven before turning east on rte 109 with a side trip down Sackett Hill road which had a great little hairpin.

 On the ride south on 7, 45, 202, and 109 we passed Lake Waramaug, Jones Pond, The Morris and Wigwam Resevoirs, and Black Rock State Park on roads which were up and down with a good amount of the twistys,

before meeting up with Route 8. Jim Skerrit feft us around Granby, Boomer and another in Canaan, Evert in Cornwall Bridge, Mark at Rte 8 at Reynolds Bridge. The Club ran south on 8 to Waterbury and Rte 84 east. We followed route 84 east through Waterbury to Marion where we jumped on 691, then through Meridan. At the 15 connector Steve Natale turned south and Adriane and Les turned North onto 91. The rest of the Club continued east into Middletown where some went south on 9 to 95 and others east across the Portland bridge and 66 to 16 and home.  All in all a great day, the weather obliged by been sunny and cool with a little wind. The foliage was past peak but there was still plenty of yellows and golds, the reds having faded to brown.  I would like to add that Charlie protected the clubs tail, his donation of his CB radio worked all day.

klay