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Fairy Tale Landby John Beverly, CBC President 2000Fall is near and so are the fall festivals. It seems like just a few days ago we were celebrating the new millenium and suddenly we are starting school and football and just a stones throw from the holiday season. I wanted to do a lot more this year than I was able to do, personally and in business and with the bike club. We still have a lot to do this year, with the Tanasi Festival and the 2 for 1 Century coming up, so I'm not relaxing just yet. The first week of September, I will be calling around to those of you who have answered the call to help with the various events. I really do appreciate all of you who have volunteered. Let's all do a little for the events and spread the word. Send e-mails and call all of your fiends and let's make the hard work that we put into them worth the effort by getting everyone we know to come. Check out the website for details. (Chattbike.com) Also, check out Active.com. We are now listed there. It is an event publication service. They also allow you to register online and pay by credit card. Spread the word about it. Get your bikes in the shop if they need it and get out and ride and be in shape for the Tanasi on Sep 30 weekend and the 2 for 1 Century on Oct 7 and 8. I am really looking forward to the biggest attendance yet, for both of these events. The weather is going to be great I can feel it. The sun will be out and the temperature will be just right and the fun will over flowing. Be sure to pre-register!!! I recently went a short ride at Edwards Point during a pouring rainstorm. I was escorting a new rider and we were desperate to go, rain or shine. I experienced a fairy tale like sensation during that ride. Might have been some paint fumes in my water bottle again, I don't know, but the sun was shining through the trees and it was pouring rain. The water puddles glistened with each drop that broke the surface. The air was steamy in the distance but eerily clear in the immediate area surrounding us. It was like a movie set, surealistic and ominously beautiful. It was like Fairy Tale Land at Rock City. I was poised to defend myself from a band of trolls that might jump from behind the trees at any second. I remember something like this another time last year during the Tanasi Festival. I was escorting two riders during a pouring rainstorm. They insisted on going and wanted an escort, so I took them straight up the mountain. Soon they were ready to turn around, but I lead them into a meadow, instead, along an old dead road. We experienced that same weird sensation of bright sun and pouring rain through the trees. The air was steamy in the distance and I was sure the Mad Hatter would trot right of the forest and across our path. Have any of you had this experience or do I need to check into the Bend? I recently got hit very hard on the head and experienced a severe concussion and perhaps my mind hasn't completely cleared. That is why I missed the ride Sunday. I didn't even remember the ride. I barely knew where I was for three days. We'll make it up in a couple of weeks. Try the "riding in the pouring rain" thing and double check me on this. Be careful. It can be a little dangerous. You know, I don't remember anything especially weird from my childhood, like being visited by vicious elves, that might cause latent psychotic episodes and, no, I don't hate my mother, but just in case, are there any psychologists in the bike club that'll give me a discount? If you have any questions or need some answers, call me anytime at 510-9593 or e-mail ChattBike@aol.com. See you on the side of the road or on the trail.
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