Yay I’m so excited about our trip next weekend now. I’ve got a friend who lives in Tennessee. We grew up together and were practically inseparable in high school, but when we went off to college we lost touch. He moved to TN, and well I went to a school here. I caught up with him a couple months ago on Myspace, and we’ve been talking whenever we catch each other online.

He happened to pop online last night, and I was telling him about our trip to Deal’s Gap. He doesn’t ride anymore after he had a pretty bad accident on his bike a few years ago. He got himself in with a bad crowd, got messed up pretty bad on drugs, and ended up crashing his bike because he’d been up for 8 days straight.

*shakes head*

He totaled his bike, but thankfully he made it out alive. The crash did him some good though. It opened his eyes, and he ended up spending some time in drug rehabilitation. Now he’s clean and enjoying life. Although he’s still afraid to get back on a bike, he wants to meet us at Deal’s Gap. He’s heard all about it, but he’s never been there, so he promised he’ll make the 2 hour drive down to meet up with me that Friday. I so can’t wait to see him!