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The LSV Hill Country Tour 2010 will be on April 22nd through 24th, 2010. No activities scheduled except for arriving prior to the first breakfast & ride Friday morning. This is open to all LSV members & their guests & AVA members.

Ray and Jan Holley, Schanis, Baker, & Baxters, will be your hosts. Headquarters for this event will be at the Oakwood RV Park, which is located just west of the intersection of TX16 & RR2093 (Tiveydale Road) about a mile SW of Fredericksburg, TX. To make a reservation for one our set-aside-for-us sites, contact Richard Baxter, do not contact Oakwood -Richard is handling the reservations for our group. The rate per night is $29.00 per site, whether for RV or tent camping. We are allowed to pitch two tents per site.

The motel of choice is the Peach Tree Inn which is located at 401 S. Washington (U.S. 87) in downtown Fredericksburg. Call 830-843-4666 for reservations and mention that you are with the Lone Star Voyagers group. Rates are from $75+ to $79+ per night. This motel is will book quickly but they may have cancellations. Two other good economy motels are the Dietzel Motel (gravel parking lot) at 1141 W US290 830-997-3330 @ $63.28 to $81.36, includes taxes & the Miller Inn @ 910 E. Main 830/ 997-2244 - rates unknown but they'll be relatively reasonable. Others, in the $100 range, but closer to the campground, are listed below.

All activities are pay as you go except maybe a Sat. night hobo stew. To help defray expenses non-LSV members please remit $5.00 per person with your registration. No registration fee this year only for LSV members. Make checks payable to: Jan Holley.

We will use channel 24 as the official AVA/LSV CB channel.

Please register by April 1, 2010. The first 30 applicants will receive a HCT 2010 ride pin.

SEE THE USA WITH THE AVA
2010 Passport Program
Earn Points for a Chance to Win

$500 Cash Grand Prize!
2nd & 3rd Level Prizes will be
Kawasaki Brand Gear

Great prizes that will help your future travels be better organized and more fun!

The passport program will cost $20 per participant. Each participant will receive a passport booklet in which he or she can log information regarding all places they have visited to collect points. The places the participants can log points for will consist of ROK events, all Kawasaki affiliate national and regional rallies, all Kawasaki affiliate chapter meetings, state lines, state parks, national parks and national monuments, visitor information centers, state capital buildings, museums, historical sites, points of interest, etc. A special point total will also be given to anyone showing proof that they have completed an MSF or compatible safety course during the time frame of this promotion.

Along with the passport, which will include all of the rules and information, each participant will receive a bronze map of the USA (3½” x 2 ½”), which can be attached to his or her motorcycle. This can be used to log the states the participant has been in and be kept as a souvenir.

All net proceeds will go to a recognized charity, which supports our troops. Applications in March/April Voyagers' Voice
and Now online!

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AVA Chapter Happenings
Posted 3/13/2010

Enchanted Voyagers:

We are well into the New Year now and the weather hasn’t improved much from a couple months ago. We have gotten snow several times and I had to actually ride a 4-wheeler to work a couple times. The days are warming a bit though and getting longer so that is good. Our first event of the year, a joint venture with the Lone Star Voyagers will be the last weekend of March, our Spring Fun Run in the Big Bend area of West Texas. We will be riding out of Alpine for a couple days of enjoyment. Hopefully the weather will be better than last year when it got down to freezing both nights.
We will also be having our quarterly lunch in Silver City this time. It won’t be until the first weekend of April, so we will have skipped the first quarter of the year. (See the rest of the story in the March/April VV magazine!)

Cascade Valley Voyagers:

10th Annual RONEY Award

“RONEY” History: The “RONEY” (ROad hazard Non-avoidance Event of the Year) trophy is awarded during the annual After-Christmas Party to the Cascade Valley Voyager who, during the past riding season, experienced the most embarrassing, humiliating, bazaar, stupid, inconvenient, or otherwise noteworthy, “problem” of mechanical or personal nature, not involving significant personal injury, while participating in a motorcycle activity.

The “RONEY” reminds us of “Our Heritage: Stuff Happens In Travel”. It is to be retained by the recipient during the year of their recognition for proud display at home (not to be secreted away in a closet!) over the winter months to remind them of how they have flirted with potential disaster but, joining legions of other motorcycle survivors, have successfully (albeit only by the grace of God) avoided becoming Dilbert Award winners by virtue of permanently removing themselves from the human gene pool.

The “RONEY” was inspired by an event that befell Warren & Cheryl Boblet in the summer of 2000. (See the rest of the story in the March/April VV magazine!)

Nor Cal Voyagers:

With a new year and a new decade, the NorCal Voyagers Club is beginning as a club again. In 2001 NorCal Voyagers came into being because of an idea to get Voyager riders together in this part of the country. Ray Walls was the man that became the mover and shaker to get the job done. This last December Ray said that he had enough, with his health since his motorcycle accident in September 2008; he decided to step down and just be a member. As I write this it sounds so simple, but at the last club meeting, Ray sent all of the club paperwork with Wayne Bright, our club Treasurer. Not a big deal, well that is what I thought at the time. But as the last week has gone by, I now realize that, yes, it is a big deal. Ray was the founder, organizer, planner and long-range visionary of the NorCal Voyagers. Now it is my turn to be three parts of what Ray Walls was, organizer, planner and having a long-range vision of where and what the NorCal Voyagers will be. As a club member, either AVA or NorCal Voyagers, we don’t have to think much about when the next meeting or activity is going to be. But when you become an officer, you are the person who has to make these events happen.

We had a club meeting on the 30th of January with 15 members in attendance. We discussed our first big ride of the year, Morro Bay that will take us down the coast past Big Sur. (See the rest of the story in the March/April VV magazine!)

Palmetto Voyagers:

Well, like the rest of you (I am sure) where in the heck is spring. Cabin fever is raging in our area. If it gets warm enough to ride comfortably it is raining. Oh, what are we to do but grin and bear it.

At our Dec meeting we were able to set up rides for the next few months. We are going to have a ride in at Maggie Valley, NC in Oct of this year. There are so many good roads to ride in that area and we all seem to enjoy them. Would love to have anyone join in with us, we will be posting more info in the next couple of months.

A couple of our members went to the International Bike Show in Greenville this year. Due to the severe cold weather they attended by car and the rest of us stayed close to home. We did have a meeting for Jan in Santee, SC where about 3 people braved the cold to ride their bikes to the meeting. David Wirtz cheated; he wanted to check out his new (from Santa) Gerbing heated jacket. He said he stayed toasty while the other riders froze (their you know what) off. When they got back to Charleston a couple of the guys went to buy Sub Zero socks. Hope they work, when Dave went to buy a pair they were gone. Is this a hint for electric socks too?

We are praying that the weather breaks just a little for our next meeting and ride to Edgefield, SC. Most of us have not been there so it should provide a nice change of scene. (See the rest of the story in the March/April VV magazine!)

Lone Star Voyagers:

It seems almost shameful to whine about the weather here when you've had 6 ft of snow in the northeast, but it's a relative thing and all my relatives are cold too. Even down here where we don't understand why Sta-bil exists, I've been doing some mid-winter maintenance. Santa brought me Indium sparkplugs for Christmas and if you noticed my postings asking for advice, that job has kept me busy. Installing plugs led to new plug wires, and changing o rings in the coolant manifold, pinched fingers in removing/reinstalling the exhaust system, etc. Bike's been down since Jan 15, but there is an end in sight - if I can just get some decent outside temperature to finish up reinstalling the horns & fairing. Meanwhile, I'm finally getting to un-painting the upper center taillight lens to increase my brake light surface area. I'm looking for spring just like you New Yorkers are. (See the rest of the story in the March/April VV magazine!)

Gem State Voyagers:

Shhhh....don't say it too loudly, but it's beginning to look like SPRING! I actually was able to make a short run around the airport, trying out my new floorboards (thanks honey!) without having to dress up like a polar bear. I even (gasp) had my helmet open! I also made a run up Old Spiral Saturday...not too much gravel, but watch out for the dang hay on the corners. Yikes! I was feeling rather superior, too. Watched 2 people running up the hill...and as I passed by, I thought, "boy are you guys dumb.... GET A MOTOR!" Sheesh! Talk about getting to the top of the hill the hard way! (See the rest of the story in the March/April VV magazine!)