The unofficial caffeine, chili and motorcycle therapy day was in full bloom by the time I arrived shortly after 10: am. Brian Sullivan, Dave Davenport, Larry Martin, Brent and son Devon were hard at work messaging new life into an old BMW motorcycle resting on a home made work stand. Brent, who is also the North Carolina Air Marshall for the Airhead Beemer Club; a national organization dedicated to old BMW motorcycles; had everything prepared and was busy organizing today's activities.

Once everyone got their chili and settled into the kitchen, talk returned to motorcycles. David Squires told everyone about his recent deer accident. He was riding his Honda Goldwing on the mainland when he struck a deer. He said he felt lucky to survive, however the big Honda was destroyed along with the deer. Talk resumed about the groups experiences traveling long distance and how many miles everyone could can ride in a day. David also mentioned that he had recently heard of two motorcycles riders that were killed by lightening while riding. He wanted to know if anyone had any ideas on how to avoid such at freak thing. No one had a good answer to that question except to hope for good luck. More long distance stories ensued and talk finally ended on the note that it was bad to ride a motorcycle in the rain with the cruise control on.