Re: how far to rides?

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

At 09:16 AM 4/12/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm curious, how far are you willing to travel to a ride?  What is the
>"breaking point" for you to decide to attend?  300 miles? 500 miles?
>Why?

I don't have it as bad as Carlos but I am 3.5 hours from the GA border and
if I want to do more that three or four rides a year I have to drive at
least six hours.  It is not uncommon to have to drive 12 to 14 hours to get
to a ride. The OD takes about 14 to 16 hours.  Here in the Southeast we do
not have it as lucky as riders in other parts.  We have to dirve to ride.
Some times it is almost more like endurance driving rather than endurance
riding.  

This is one reason south east riders tend to have fewer miles than riders
from other regions.  We just have to drive so much to get there.  On the
other hand you can probably find at least one ride in the SE except for the
months of July and Aug.

Truman