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1 July 2015 Chapter Director Issue Greetings Chapter E Participants. As I prepare to write this month s article, I happened to look at my phone to see the countdown app I use to track future events. As of this writing, it shows that it is now 54 days, 17 hours, 29 minutes and 36 seconds to Wing Ding!!! It will be here before we know it! I am looking forward to getting there so I have started getting the Wing in traveling shape. Fluid change, state inspection and general maintenance done. Registration completed months ago and lodging has been reserved. (If you re still looking for lodging, check out Found a great rate for a condo! If you d like to ride with us as a group, I urge you to attend our next two Gatherings to plan and stay informed on travel plans. If not, come out and enjoy time with your fellow E Participants and share experiences. As always, Ride safe, Claude

2 Page 2 Membership Enhancement Coordinator Gordon Combs Greetings E Team, Wing Ding 2015 is just around the corner...are you going? We have a number of us heading down to Huntsville, AL to enjoy Wing Ding over the Labor Day weekend. Early registration rates end July 15th, so you need to get on the ball and register now. We will be leaving Wednesday September 2nd, riding for about 8 hours or so, spend the night, then continue on in Thursday am. We will be heading home Sunday September 6th. I hope you can join us. On Monday, August 17th, The Ride for Camp Fantastic will be held in Winchester. This is a camp where kids who have terminal cancer can go for a week and just be a kid. The motorcycling community comes out on Monday night and gives rides to the kids. More details to follow. On Saturday, September 12th, we will ride to Chapter C's event, Fall Sprawl, in White Stone, VA. If you like STEAK, this is the event to go. A flyer will be sent for this. On Saturday July 18th we will be heading down to Chapter U in Hanover for their event...more details to follow. Also add Rally in the Valley to your schedule, this October 1st, 2nd and 3rd. This is our Virginia State Rally and always an enjoyable event. On Sunday, July 19th, we will have our second educational seminar of the year, Crash Scene Response, at Gordon Combs's Allstate office. The seminar is from 3 pm to 4 pm, then we will mount up and head for a dinner ride to Lowery's Restaurant in Tappahannock. On the weekend of July 25/26, Eddie and Rosa Seale are leading a couples ride to Pennsylvania. An was already sent but will be sent again. On Sunday, August 2nd, Julie and I will lead a ride to the All Chapters Picnic in Buena Vista, Virginia. This event is always fun and filled with good food. A flyer has been sent but will be sent again. If you want to go for a dinner or ice cream ride, please let me know when and I will get it out for all to attend. We also are looking for places to have pot lucks, and if you have a destination you want to ride to, please let me know and lets get it scheduled. Fill your calendar with these dates and lets ride. Gordon Combs GWRRA University Trainer Membership Enhancement Coordinator - Battlefield Wings gorcom@msn.com

3 Page 3 Chapter Rider s Education strategies to live by from Larry The Mental Aspect of Riding I think we all understand that safe motorcycling is more mental than physical. We must employ some strategy for noticing things that can affect us and then take appropriate action to stay safe. The MSF suggests the Search/Evaluate/Execute (SEE) strategy and I ve written about that before. Searching involves aggressively surveilling your surroundings, evaluating involves determining what could possibly go wrong, and executing involves taking some action to lessen the likelihood of something actually going wrong. Only the last phase is mostly physical. I read an interesting article in one of the magazines I subscribe to written by a guy who runs a street rider school one where the class rides on public roads for a couple of days with the instructors watching each student and providing tips for better riding. He reported that he sees more poor riding around 2 or 3 in the afternoon than at other times of the day. In his limited investigations, he has concluded that the riders who did something worthy of criticism did so because of a minor mental lapse they didn t notice something or didn t recognize how what they did notice could develop into something bad. In other words, their searching and/or evaluating was deficient. This author went on to say that these afternoon mental slowdowns were normal and to be expected, just like getting tired at bedtime but more subtle. I don t know if there is a physiological reason for mental slowdowns in the afternoon but it does seem plausible that there are times in the day when we aren t as sharp as usual. Maybe soon after lunch (which might correspond with the 2 to 3 in the afternoon cited above) or maybe for you at some completely different time. In any event, if you notice some decrease in your mental alertness and you are riding at the time, you shouldn t ignore it. If you have to admit to yourself that you are not really with it, stop riding. I know that sounds impractical but crashes are not all that practical either. If you are merely not at the top of your game, try talking through the searching and evaluating phases to keep your mind focused I m checking ahead, left, right, behind ; I m coming up on that car s blind spot, he s pretty close to the car ahead of him and may be considering a lane change, I ll switch my lane position to stay out of his blind spot That example is probably too verbose because you can think a lot faster than you can talk and you don t want to do anything that slows down the brain but you get the idea. Do something that forces your brain to stay focused. Maybe you have a different technique that works for you to keep you focused. If so, I d love to hear it and share it with others. Larry Knowledge for safe and fun Motorcycling!!! Ride responsibly...

4 Page Goldwing 37,000 miles. Excellent condition garage kept, one owner. All options(minus air bags). Silver in color, new tires. $13, Call Mike

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10 Page 10 Bike for sale: 1999 GoldWing GL1500 SEx Two tone red, extra seat, Markland backrest, two matching Arai helmets with headsets, new tires, not ridden in rain, 10,105 original miles, runs well. Price negotiable Contact: Bob Lackey (home) (cell)

11 Page th Annual Wing Across Tennessee Come join Gold Wing Road Riders Association on a trip to Memphis, TN to visit St. Jude Children s Research Hospital September 11 th 13 th, 2015 All Motorcycles, Trikes and Vehicles are welcome Everyone is welcome, to come along even if you do not ride or own a Motorcycle. We will be collecting donations all year long to take and present to St. Jude on Saturday September 12 th. For more info contact: Jerry Fleenor H C fleehouse@btes.tv

12 Page th ANNUAL WINGS ACROSS TENNESSEE Friday 9/11/15 September 11 13, 2015 ITINERARY Leave Bristol (Atlas Honda) 9:00 a.m. EDT. (I-81, Va. Exit 5) Arrive Knox County 11:15- EDT (Meet Knox County motorcycle escort at Exxon on US 11-W.) McFee Park in Noon for lunch. Lunch by TN-B ($5 Donation) 373. Park s address is 917 McFee Rd. 1 st shelter on left. Directions- West on I-40 to Exit Police escort to leave Shelter 1:00 for I-40, exit 369 for fuel. Three stations to choose and re-group at Flying J to leave 1:30 EDT Fuel Stop (30 Loves/Baxter exit 280, 2:00 CDT Nashville Approach: Take exit 235 (TN840) to by-pass downtown, then back on I-40. Arrive Dickson Comfort Inn, (behind Cracker Barrel) I-40, exit 172 4:00 CDT Saturday 9/12/15 Leave Dickson Comfort Inn 8:30 a.m. CDT Fuel Stop in Jackson, I-40 exit 85 Pilot. Re-group on side road beside Pilot heading back out toward interstate. All those riding must leave with the group. Leave Jackson 10:30 CDT DIRECTIONS TO ST. JUDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL I-40 west to Memphis. Take exit 1-C. (Danny Thomas Blvd.) Turn first traffic light. (Alabama Ave.) Turn first stop sign. (Lauderdale St.) Turn right into Hospital. Arrive 12 noon CDT. (Lunch provided by Hospital) Ride Coordinator: Jerry Fleenor H/ C/ fleehouse@btes.tv **MOTEL INFO: Mention Wings Across Tennessee, St. Jude Benefit ride for discount.** Comfort Inn ($69 plus tx) 2368 Lee Hwy. (across street from Atlas Honda) Bristol, Va Thursday Night, Sept. 10 th. Comfort Inn ($62.99 plus tx) Exit 172, I-40, 1085 East Christie Drive, Dickson, Tn BLOCK OF ROOMS RESERVED. Sept. 11 th & 12 th. Must request smoking or non. Cut off date is Sept. 1 st. Cancelations must be 48 hrs. prior to date. If the block of rooms is full when you call and they still have other rooms, they will still give discount rate. If motel is full, they have overflow arrangements with motel next to them and will try to get discount rate there.

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16 GWRRA Chapter VA-E Fredericksburg, VA Chapter Director ~ Claude Revely Assistant Chapter Director ~ Eddie Seale Chapter Treasurer ~ Tony Poulakowski Rider Educator ~ Larry Gray Assistant Rider Educator ~ TBA Membership Enhancement Coordinator ~ Gordon Combs Motorist Awareness Coordinator ~ Mark Poulakowski Chapter Couple ~ Gordon & Julie Combs Honorary Chapter Couple ~ Dannie and Carole Hays Triathlon Coordinator ~ Gordon Combs Triathlon On-Site Coordinator ~ Butch Groves Ways and Means Coordinator ~ Julie Combs Goodies Coordinator ~ Richard Wilson Jr. in memoriam Hosts and Welcome Coordinator ~ Nancy Groves Recognition/Special Awards ~ Dave Rowson Correspondence Coordinator ~ Rosa Seale Phone Tree Coordinator ~ Ellen Smith Contact us via At chapter "E" we emphasize that we indeed are a team of riders/co-riders interested in Goldwings, motorcycle riding, good food and most of all, having fun. Some think that we are mostly interested in eating. You will need to join and be the judge! Come on out and join us! We would love to see you! We meet to eat at 6:30 pm on the third Wednesday of each month and the chapter meeting starts at 7:30pm. We are located Spotsylvania Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22408, about 50 miles south of Washington D.C. and about 50 miles north of Richmond, VA. Chapter Photographer ~ Sharon Poulakowski 50/50 Coordinator ~ Cheryl Poulakowski Ride Coordinators ~ Jeff Burke, Gordon Combs, Charlie Smith, Eddie Seale, Dan Fritz Technical Coordinators ~ Greg Kestner, Larry Gray Newsletter Editor ~ TBA Webdude ~Rob Hardisty Visit these National and Local sites for more Information Chapter Pride Coordinator ~ Nancy Groves Battlefieldwings.com Please submit all articles and pictures to the following address; seadoggw@att.net. Thanks and safe riding!!!