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Hey Folks,
Randy and I are settling down nicely in our new home and are enjoying the peace and serenity of our mini-farm. The view from our office window is like a story book setting with the barn and pasture as the main focal point. We are waiting for our newest family additions to arrive, Mocha and Duke, two horses we are adopting from Horse Haven of Tennessee. So now we will have two steel horses and two real horses. This change in residence has been something we have been looking forward to for a long time. We were tired of living in a subdivision (even though we loved our neighbors); we were tired of living by someone else's rules. We enjoy hearing the frogs and birds singing and our rooster crowing that came with this property. The rooster and hen are doing a great job of keeping bugs under control. We hear there is a stork that comes to visit our creek to catch crawfish; we look forward to seeing that. The best thing about where we live is it's close to the Cherohala Skyway and all the wonderful riding areas that East Tennessee has to offer. This is truly a motorcycle Mecca and we are looking forward to all the great things going on in the motorcycle world so we can share them with you. The daylight is lasting a little longer each day encouraging us to get out and ride more. This year is going to be an awesome year, we just feel it. We hope it is a great year for everyone and times are prosperous again. Keep Your Knees In The Breeze! Kristin "Ms Mag Man" Gracy Kristin@SouthernBiker.us
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