Kathy, Katie and I attended Eddie’s Middle Friday Campout in October. It was held at Oak Mountain State Park just south of Birmingham, AL. The October Campout featured a ride to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum In Birmingham. If you enjoy motorcycles, then it is a must see! There are close to 900 machines in the collection, with over 500 on display. 99% of all bikes in the museum can be run within one hour. There are only a few machines in which mechanical components have not been located or fabricated. We got to relive our youth as we found machines that marked the milestones of our past. I even found a pristine example of the first bike that I owned. Ahhh, the memories… I guess we all walked through the displays gazing with child-like wonder, but I thought we might have to drag club president James out by the heels! The weather was a bit cool on Friday night, but overall it was great. And of course, being sidecarists, there were the restaurants… There were 11 people, 8 Sidecar rigs, and one solo bike in attendance. In addition to the Rhoades family we had Georgia Sidecar Club members Frank and Betty Cabeza, Carl, Eddie, James, Kevin Klages (from West Virginia!), Bob Heilman, and perspective member Udo Reif from Blairsville, GA.
Art Rhoades
