Aladamabama

Well it was a pretty interesting day.  Last night Tex told me that a bunch of our friends were going to go to... red top mountain?  Red top mountain is about 20 miles away.  Some how he mistook Little River Canyon Alabama for Red top mountain Georgia.  Oh well, I just got the bike back from getting a new rear shock and tire, I needed to make sure it was all good anyways.  This is apparently a trip that Stony and his neighbor Keith thought up before Stony had passed away.  Let me tell you something about Stony before I continue with Aladamabama... Stony always knew where we were and where we were going and exactly how to get there from where ever! 

Any how, we get in the general area of Little River Canyon and there is this BIG YELLOW sign that says the next 24 miles are steep grades and winding turns, and it comes out on I-35.  Steep grades and winding turns... the fucking understatement of the year.  First off it didn't say they were together!  We start up what was probably a 35 to 40 degree upgrade and the first winding turn is right in the middle of this fucking upgrade.  Did I ever mention that my cruiser has a 280mm front and rear tire on it?  When you go slower it gets extremely difficult to handle... now multiply that with upgrades to the power of winding turns and... well you can see where I am going with this right?  Now naturally the road itself has loose gravel in spots and is as smooth as the Ford Torture Track for their 4Wheel Drive vehicles! 

Fortunately I have been riding a long time and I am pretty used to the bike by now.  So I go up and make it look pretty effortless.  Now Tex is carrying Denise, Keith has Sissy on the back and his tires are balder than Yul Brenors head and Sean who is a fairly new rider (who did extremely well) has his girl Tequila on the back of his bike and Sean's friend Casey who went down recently on his bike is along.  Now we are on our way after climbing up probably 800 feet or more.  I'm pretty sure Keith is supposed to know the way... and he did... right up to the point where we got at the bottom of this climb.  After that, I don't think he knew where we were till we passed the Huddle House we had breakfast at.  But in his defense, nobody else knew where we were either so we had Tex lead.  Why you might ask?  Probably because Tex rarely gets lost because so many people tell him where to go!  Usually a warmer climate down South so to speak. 

Somehow and I seriously do now know how... he actually finds Little River Canyon.  By the way, there is nothing little about this canyon which probably drops 1,500 feet straight down, 10 feet off the road.  No stress here.  Now I"m just taking it easy but Tex wants to race every time we take off.  I'm pretty sure Denise was egging him on.  Did I mention that we went about 15 miles down one road and back the other way about 15 minutes later?  At least I can't say everything I saw was new to me.  We stopped at a church so the girls could smoke but I think Tex stopped to lead us in a prayer that we find our way out of there today sometime!  At this point I was willing to try anything, so I was all in! We pass this big sign that says something like "Jesus loves you and forgives everything".  Naturally Denise and I instantly take that as a we can do no wrong today so we can screw up big time! 

To make a long story short we left at about 10:15 am and returned about 4 pm back to Dallas GA... and the girls decided they needed a drink.  They suggested Hooters on 278... or did I do that?  It really isn't clear at the moment... a long day and a lot of dust!  We all survived, had a blast... life is good!  It turned out I was glad Tex lied to me and told me Red top mountain... because just getting the bike out of the shop I probably would not have gone to Aladamabama!     

Here's a pic of Denise showing a little leg and the crew hitchhiking along the Alabama Highway from Hell!

A few modifications were made after I posted this, like Kevin's name and spelling Sean's name right.  Picky fucking people!  lol   I'm not an animal I am a man!  One thing I was told by Denise that I found very interesting after I wrote this was, Tex has a size 7 seat and apparently Denise has a size 9 ass!  She was looking at her old seat that Tequila was sitting on and had seat envy!  Very similar to penis envy but much less comfortable.  We had an amazing time and the friendships new and old grew even stronger!  Next time, I'm bringing along my real camera and not just my phone camera.  That way you'll get to see the belt that Sean was wearing!  

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