Well when we left the house this morning the temperature was 36 degrees. I will admit the fingers got a little cold on the way to Atlanta Motor World. We were greeted there with fresh coffee and donuts by Jenni at the shop. We had four riders from the Atlanta chapter that braved the cold for the ride to Madison to eat at the Chop House. Teresa and I had been joined by Mitch & Steve Argo. On the way we picked up an additional four riders from the Stone Mountain chapter that wanted to make the ride to Madison. The food at the Chop House was good along with the friendship shared while we ate.

After lunch we strolled along the sidewalks of Madison window shopping and checking out the sites. Madison is a great old town with a lot of history. Then we saddled up and headed out for the rest of our ride down through Covington and back up toward home. A special thanks to Mitch Argo for planning, pre-ridding and leading a great ride today despite the cool temperatures.

We have a lot of great things coming up for this riding season. Next for those who want to attend, we are riding down to Macon on Saturday, April 1st to drum up support for the Andersonville event we will host there at Capitol Cycles. Capitol Cycles is having a cruiser event on Saturday and we have been invited to attend. This is like an open house with door prizes and a lunch at the dealership. We plan to ride down and promote our event. If you would like to ride along let me know.

Our next ride will be on Sunday, April 9th. We are planning a ride to Jackson to eat at Fresh Air BBQ.

We have a Trivia Ride and Show & Shine at Atlanta Motor World on April 15th. Ducati will have their trailer there and there will be Ducati demo bikes there to ride. This should create a lot of traffic through the dealership and help us raise lots of money for Feed The Children.

April 22 is the Ride to the Stars in Birmingham at Barber Motorsports. Some of us are planning to make this an overnight ride. If you would like to do the overnight ride use your Choice Hotels card and make your reservations at the Comfort Inn Airport for Saturday night. There are already members from Stone Mountain and other chapters planning on attending. Room rates are $79.99 + tax for the night.

We also are planning a ride to Dillsboro to ride the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad and to do a dinner ride on the train. This will be an overnight ride and should be a great time. One of the other rides we are planning will be a ride to the new Georgia Aquarium. Both of these rides will require advanced reservations so please let me know if you plan to attend. We will get the dates posted soon. Our schedule is about finished.

Let's not forget the 3rd Annual Andersonville/Memorial Day Event in Macon. Get your reservations in so we can get the t-shirts ordered and things scheduled. We will be staying at the Holiday Inn Macon West like we did last year. We have Saturday events scheduled at the dealership. There will be a Trivia Ride in the morning, lunch provided by the dealership and a Show and Shine after lunch. And who knows, we might even ride over to the lake and eat seafood at the restaurant again. That was a great time last year. Sunday will be the ride to Americus to eat at the Ryan's for an early lunch and then on to Andersonville for the events at the park.

We are looking forward to a great riding season and hope to see all of you out in the sunshine.