Never made it Pat. My car broke down right at the top of 226 on Friday night. It was pouring down rain and I was out of luck. I finally got help and the car had to be towed in. I ended up spending a night at Spruce Pine and they worked on my car on Saturday. They could not fix it so they jury rigged it and I brought it back to Raleigh. The antilock brake system had failed and it had to be replaced(expensive). It was an aggravating weekend. Andy decided to not ride since I couldn't and he was getting ready for Idaho. We will just have to wait a year. I heard the turnout was good which is a good thing.

By the way, I rode most of the HP&A route today and the section of Parkway around Mahogany Rock is closed. They have changed the route for Saturday to avoid this. I went ahead and rode my bike through it today and its really torn up. I have a feeling it will be a good while before it opens. They are having to replace/repair the rock edges for miles.