Ride to Benefit Fragile X

I am exhausted after a wonderful weekend trip to the tops of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee to participate in a motorcycle ride to benefit research into a cure for Fragile X.

We stayed right on the Blue Ridge Parkway near the famous Stations Inn Motorcycle Resort and Restaurant at Laurel Springs, North Carolina. The owners and staff of the Stations Inn are great people and fabulous hosts, who are very supportive of the research into a cure for Fragile X.

We went on a poker run on Saturday, winding our way through many small towns and mountain vistas, through forests, pastures and meadows. The weather was perfect and cool along the mountaintops, and the sun remained mostly behind misty clouds all day.

One of the neatest parts of the ride was on the “Stripe-ed Snake” which has three mountains and 489 curves. At the base of the mountain is the rustic Shady Valley Country Store where bikers and automotive enthusiasts gather.

The day concluded with a cookout, an auction and some great rock and roll by the cover band “Skipper’s Wheel.” The day’s events raised thousands of dollars for a great cause, and I am already looking forward to going back again next year.