Day 1 summary

The Cannonball started off on the waterfront on River street in Savanah. 55 riders gathered at 6am, got last minute pics and vids, and after a short speech by organizor Patrick (OopsClunkThud) the riders began to depart in small groups over about a 20 minute period. According to the icons on FollowRide.com the groupings were maintained throughout the day. Spreading out as one would expect with the various sized engines (46cc - 650).

Day 1 was fairly uneventful for our team. Unfortunately very uneventful for Sean, the Kraken Master. He finally got his 1979 P200 to start in the morning but it was running too rough and and seemed flooded after a few minutes. He decided to trailer it on day 1 and work on the carb in the evening. In the evening he made made some progress but started blowing fuses. Expect he will trailer on day 2 as well.

Frank made excellent time on his Stella and could've done better if he hadn't had to double back for a missed checkpoint. He was in 17th after day 1. I expect his endurance riding experience will help him improve that position easily.

Bill Dog showing some love to his Vespa at the starting line. "Please baby, don't fail me now".

Stu looking very TRON. Camera flash is a food way to test the visibility of your reflective strips.

Savannah starting live at 6am.

Franks navigation notes written on his wind screen. He missed one checkpoint but otherwise had a good run on Day 1 w/ his Stella

The support van was riding low. Lots of mudflap scraping during the day.

Alabama "blue laws" restriciting sale of alcohol on Sunday is easily negated by a 20 mile detour and a $3 ice chest.

Country's Restaurant in Troy , AL serves up some great ice tea (of course its sweet) and the Dream Pie (custard loveliness) was Dre-ee-eamy!