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Back home in Virginia I’d like to Thank Vivian for letting me lead Legs 2 and 3. And I’d like to Thank all the riders for making this such a nice ride it was fun for me because we had such a nice group. Fred it was nice seeing you again, it’s been too long, hope to see more of you in the future Thanks for getting the group to Frederick. Jason and Kay nice having such a fun couple on the ride. Dave you are an interesting person enjoyed your stories, your excellent maneuvering of the Vision with trailer but next time put some beer in it -lol. Jeff so nice to meet you and loved your V92, maybe we’ll get together for some rides in Virginia, Tim(Ichi) great seeing you again and amazed at you enjoying that Hammer on the ride, great talking with you about old times and the VMC, Kevin glad you were able to join us and so nice to see your traveling companion again, Jeffery hope you had a good time and if you guys get something going in Ohio this year hope I get an invite. Lastly nice to see Wayne Sr bummed I did not get to see Jr but enjoyed talking with his brother Doug, another tall drink of water with a matching Cross Country. Brian and John nice seeing you again maybe some year you’ll join me on the 2 legs I do. Jeff Superman hope your ride went off well today, nice meeting you. As always the V2V is a great event and I’m honored to be a part of it. - Gene, still Charter member #166

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Leg 2 is on the road. Ride safe! Lobo MA RR

They Started

Leg 4, Jeff Klaene pass to leg 5 captain, Wayne O Sr.

Baton hand off, end of leg 3, Gene Hunt to leg 4, Jeff Klaene.

Leg 3 is in the book, good ride, 3 cross county’s, 2 vision’s,1 hammer. No problems, I near miss when a lady pullled out in front of us the XCT brakes worked well and the 2 second gap between bikes served us well. Good lunch a Mr Lee’s in Cambridge. It was my honor to serve as Leg Captain. - Gene

Good ride yesterday after we got out of the wet stuff, good lunch, nice visit to Flight 93, and the two toll houses

More from leg 1. A little damp at the end but made it safe.

A few of the leg one riders.

Many years ago Lt Dann and Keith led a group of us under this Ramada while sought shelter from the rain Back in somewhat Familia territory

Gene picked a nice route

Thanks everyone for posting this wonderful pictures. Let me live the journey too, who am very very far from you. But with thought I am there with you. Thanks. Very proud of this.

Lunch in Mt Union Ill

Welcome leg 6 riders! The Tennessee crew made it up and even beat the leg 5 guys to the hotel. Will get a good count on the bikes in the morning as we have a couple showing up then.

This is the thread we will use to post messages and pictures as the ride progresses across the country on the Victory Highway. Use this link to follow the spot track. https://maps.findmespot.com/s/9ZLS Open the Spot website, set a time frame in the box located in the upper right corner. As an example, 1 M (one month) is an option.

Have a safe trip tomorrow guys! Can't wait to watch you roll in Sunday night in Collinsville IL!

Leg 1 is in the books.

https://maps.findmespot.com/s/9ZLS

Welcome to Leg 2 of the 2022 V2V. My name is Gene Hunt and I'm honored to be your leg captain for this leg. We will depart the Hotel at 8AM and backtrack to the Old National Road/Victory Highway which is the road we will follow to Uniontown. Please ensure you have a full tank of gas. This ride is very scenic going through mountains of Western MD as well as Southern PA. It is also full of things to see. We will stop for gas in LaVale MD, a Sheetz, ~100 miles from hotel in Frederick. We will stop for an early lunch at Sand Springs Saloon & Steakhouse | FROSTBURG, MD | Sand Springs Saloon & Steakhouse | HOME there is outside place for us so that our four legged friend can join us. I have planned a side trip, up to Flight 93 Memorial, it will be a brief visit of ~45 mins at the site We will also stop a 2 Tollhouses that are still standing the first one in LaVale, MD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Vale_Tollgate_House and the second one in Addison, Pa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petersburg_Tollhouse We will also ride by one in Hancock MD, but there isn’t a safe place to stop. The mile markers are still on the route so look for them on the right hand side of the road. They will change along this section of the road, they will start out looking like headstones until Cumberland, MD, marking the distance back to Baltimore. After Cumberland they look more like the National Monument in DC, they are made of steel but painted white so they look like concrete. On one side they mark the distance to Cumberland, MD and the other side they mark the distance to Wheeling, WV. We will also stop at the Casselman Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casselman_Bridge which is historically significant and on the National Historic Register. We will end our ride for the day at the Holiday Inn Express in Uniontown, there is an Applee’s walking distance(.3 mile) from hotel for dinner. - Gene

Didn't get a room yet, gonna try again. The late night person had no idea about the V2V rate. Update: don't talk to the night watch. The day folks have things together. I'm booked!

Great job Gene! ... and thanks for all the pics!

Gene picked a nice route

Welcome to Leg 3 of 2022 Annual V2V. My name is Gene Hunt and I'm honored to be your leg captain for this leg. We will depart the Hotel at 8AM and follow the Old National Road/Victory Highway to Pickerington, Ohio. Our first point of interest will be the Searights Toll House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searights_Tollhouse%2C_National_Road Our next point of interest along the route will be a stop at Wheeling Park to visit one of the Madonna of the Trail monuments, one of a series of 12 monuments dedicated to the spirit of pioneer women in the United States. The monuments were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. They were installed in each of the 12 states along the National Old Trails Road, which extended from Cumberland, Maryland, to Upland, California. We will actually pass one as we go by Nemacolin Golf Course but there is not a good place to pullover. After a brief visit we’ll continue on the National Road/Victory Highway, jogging onto I-70 for a brief 21 miles, then back onto the Old National Road/Victory Highway to our next stop at the Salt Fork “S” bridge, hen a gas stop before continuing to lunch at Mr. Lees Mr. Lee's Restaurant (mrleesrestaurant.com) in Cambridge. After lunch we will stop at another S bridge near New Concord, Ohio at Fox Run. We’ll continue on National Road/Victory Highway and cross over one leg of the “Y” bridge, then go up the hill to Putnam Hill Park which provides a nice overlook/photo op of the bridge and rivers below. http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/zanesville-ybridge After a brief visit at the park we will continue on the National Road/Victory Highway and follow it to our final stop for this leg, the Holiday Inn Express. Reynoldsburg There is a TGI Fridays walking distance from the hotel as well as other options. I hope to get us there in time to make a visit to the AMA Hall of Fame Museum americanmotorcyclist.com if anyone is interested.

Will ride for food!

Was thinking since the leg 6 STL stop is kind of the halfway point and with it being Sunday the 26th when the group would be getting here, if its permissible to reach out to a local shop owner to be on standby if anyone would happen to have any issues once here that would need addressing? His shop is a mere 15 minutes away from the hotel but I figured if he had a heads up he would be in the mindset of possibly having to do a roadside/parking lot fix if needed. Don't know if this has happened before or was needed but I would think trying to find a shop or mechanic last minute especially on a weekend could be a hassle. Ive been to his shop only once but he has been highly recommended and if you want to look him up beforehand his shop is 007 Cycles inc., 1430 state st, granite city, IL.

Looking forward to following SPOT when the V2V kicks off Wed. I've been following 3 riders on their way to the starting line. If your heading there let us know where you are.

Took a scenic route to the arch, made it to the rest stop outside of Hermann and now here at lunch at Lutz's!

I went over our route again and if leaving at 9am it showed it would be almost 6 pm when we got to the hotel. So I took out a picture stop (a boat ramp on the river) and moved the start time to 0830 and that puts our arrival time closer to 5 pm. Altogether it is 312 miles and 8.5 hours start to finish and I'm assuming it's with the layover times I have in the route, an hour for lunch, 30 minutes at the war memorial and 15-20 minutes at gas stops. I have printouts of the route directions, don't think we will leave anyone behind as we will mostly be on a 2 lane highway once we are on 94. Other than that, can't think of anything else at the moment until Sunday night at dinner.

See Ya'll in Criag!!!😎

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Hello to all the leg 1 riders. I am your co-captain. I will meet you in Mt. Laurel, NJ, and lead you the remainder of the leg to Frederick, MD. We will have 1 variation to out route, due to construction, but it won't be too far off the path. I look forward to meeting all of you. Lobo MA RR

So looking into the pool situation at the KC hotel led me to see and notice they don't offer a free continental breakfast there, but with and at the hotel restaurant they offer a breakfast buffet for 10 dollars. Thought that would be a good thing to know as most hotels do offer a free breakfast of some sort. And also confirmed the Hampton in Collinsville does include a hot complimentary breakfast.

If you are staying at my place at Wilson, I've got a complete set of hand tools and a large garage area.

Looks like 7

see ya at the bar in Carson

Shirts will arrive before the ride, going to Leg Captains to pass out.

https://2022vmcv2v.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2138583859 The cost is minimal and is designed to help offset the massive amount of work and cost that goes into planning, shirts, etc. Please register so each Leg Captain can better plan their route and stops. Come on - join the fun!!!!

Please check your email and reply to the Saturday night dinner info if you haven’t yet. I need to let the restaurant know soon so they’ll have time to get food prices on food. Ely is pretty rural so I want to give them as much time as possible. Who’s getting excited?? This girl!!!! ☺️

Signed up and room booked. Wife and I signed up to do all Legs.

In the very early stages of organizing an event for the VMC, for 2022 It will be for those of us who are here and members of the VMC for the most important reasons: The people and the rides. Mark your calendars for August 25 - 28, 2022, Johnson City Tennessee An Eventzilla Web Page with all information regarding accommodations, T shirt order procedures and other pertinent event info will be operational very soon in the meantime, here is the host hotel reservation link. BUT, STOP BACK TO REGISTER AND ORDER YOUR EVENT SHIRT! Registration is required. T shirt is optional https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=TRIDTDT&groupCode=CDTVMC&arrivaldate=2022-08-25&departuredate=2022-08-28&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT

Registered, and motels booked !