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AL 2nd Sat Ride-to-Eat to Tullahoma, TN

HSVPhil

AlaBeemer_Prez
Here’s your invitation to ride with HSV’s contingent (or meet us there for lunch) at The Celtic Cup coffee shop for the MOAL June Second Saturday Ride-2-Eat. Expect to meet up in Tullahoma, TN around 1100 on June 11th. It’s a rather classy rendezvous spot for those with Irish tastes. Breakfast dishes are available up to 1100 if you should beat us to 106 North Anderson Street.
Here’s the menu for your consideration:>> https://www.thecelticcup.com/menu <<
Celtic-Cup-crowd-May28.jpeg

I’ll be leading the curiosity seekers from the Blue Plate Cafe on Governor’s Drive ~0900.
[[ https://www.blueplatecafe.com ]]
Attached is the GPX file and the crooked roads we’ll enjoy from HSV. We previewed the ride on 28/5; expect some gentle twisties and a temperature drop as we climb 1K’ onto the S. Tenn plateau. Feel free to ride or drive yourself toward Tullahoma on the Second Saturday should that be easier.

After Lunch, those interested will ride a couple of miles to the airport to visit the Beechcraft Staggerwing Museum
(admission fee required).
>> https://beechcrafthm.org <<

Perhaps there will be time for the remaining riders to pay our respects to George A Dickel’s legacy at the nearby Cascade Hollow Distillery for a post-mortem discussion of all things Beechcraft or Tennessee Whiskey. Did I hear someone say “Bottled in Bond?”
<< https://www.georgedickel.com/distillery-tour-information/ >>


Happy Trails whenever there’s time; Ciao!
HSV-Karen & HSV-Phil
USN-Ret'd —-&-— USAF-Ret’d

'09 650GS-twin — '14 K-GT
'82 R100CS ——— '75 R90S
'16 R1200RS —-— ’05 Vespa 200L

My Garmin Waypoints including start - cafe - museum.
View attachment June-22-R2E.GPX

Our planned Garmin route...
View attachment HSV-R2E-11Jun22.pdf
 
Happy to report a successful R2E on 11June22!

We all arrived alive, we all enjoyed some good vittles, and we moved on to other activities after lunch.
We were invited to come celebrate the US Army’s 247th B’day at Redstone Arsenal this afternoon, but P&K got distracted...
https://themadisonrecord.com/2022/06/07/golden-knights-to-jump-into-redstone-arsenals-army-birthday-celebration-june-11/

Eleven riders departed HSV along some twisty backroads toward Tullahoma at 0900.
Arrived at the Celtic Cup around 1115 with one pit-stop along the way...
Here’s the large gaggle before we headed off in different directions.
Celtic-cafe-riders.jpeg

Seven folks were sufficiently interested to tour the Beechcraft Vintage Aviation Museum nearby:
A splendid display of generations of Beechcraft aircraft in several buildings - with future exhibits in-progress.
Weirdly, we had the entire parking lot and Museum to ourselves today! :brow
First-Bldg-Karen.jpeg

It’s an interesting museum for the curious aviation aficionados!
Staggerwing-Tour.jpeg

We meandered through three large hangers for at least 1.5 hrs...
Here’s an example of the small-lot production of the Beechcraft Starship, Circa 1992.
It apparently was a technological marvel with forward canards, that had a total production of a mere 53 aircraft...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Starship
Beech-Starship-1990.jpeg

P&K stopped to CoddiWomple an 'E’ town on our way south towards home...
Elora_TN_110622.jpeg
Hope all y’all had as much fun on a comfortable Saturday leading up to the Summer of 2022!


Happy Trails whenever U can - Ciao!
HSV-Karen & HSV-Phil
USN-Ret'd —-&-— USAF-Ret’d

'09 650GS-twin — '14 K-GT
'82 R100CS ——— '75 R90S
'16 R1200RS —-— ’05 Vespa 200L
’09 CRF230L —-— ’10 KLX250S
:beer
 
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