Thunder Roads Magazine of Oklahoma/Arkansas October 2016 | Page 5

Letter from The Editor Hello Riders, Get ready to cool down! With the Autumn temps, comes my favorite ride clothes, HOODIES and leathers! I know many riders who cannot wait for the, as they call it, Hoodie Riding Season. Personally, I agree and I’m a big fan of riding in fall foliage. It’s that time in which God paints a canvas that vanishes after a few short weeks. The most difficult part is figuring out just when those couple of weeks will be. My advice? Keep the last few weekends of October and first week of November open to the possibility of a colorful ride in SE Oklahoma. Muskogee, OK area offers a plethora of wonderful curvy roads, through areas with streams, rivers, lakes and a waterfall! For information and a map including five routes covering over 750 miles, go to www. visitmuskogee.com or see their Facebook page #ridemuskogee. Within those maps is another area I highly recommend called the Talimena National Scenic Byway. Join me on October 14 and 15 for the Talirally! This is a unique rally, of sorts, which carries us throughout the area in SE Oklahoma and SW Arkansas. I have been asked for the third year to host a ride across the Talimena Scenic Drive between Talihina, OK and Mena, AR. While this is only 54 miles, we take our time in rolling between the two towns, getting to know new riding friends, stopping at vendor booths, snapping selfies and enjoying the gorgeous views across the plateaus which stretch below the East/West mountain range. Please join me for this fun event. You can find details of this unique adventure in this issue. Alright, now then, make some plans to ride! You have no excuse to not get out in this gorgeous Fall weather! Your Riding Writer, “T” Collier PO BOX 1864, Stillwater, OK 74076 Phone: [phone] www.thunderroadsoklahoma.com facebook.com/thunderroadsmagazineokar www.twitter.com/thunderroadsok Include us in your tweets #thunderroadsok. Editor/ Owner/Publisher Terri T Collier Email Articles and Pictures to: [email protected] 405-612-3844 Layout and Design Sarah Little, Art Director [email protected] Advertising Representatives Central Oklahoma “Thumper” - 405-326-2106 [email protected] Western Oklahoma/OKC Floyd “Ribeye” Mullens - 405-255-4743 [email protected] NW Arkansas Melanie Farmer - 479-806-5100 [email protected] National Founders Toni McCoy Shearon & Brian Shearon Office: 615-792-0040 Fax: [phone] [email protected] THUNDER ROADS MAGAZINE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF ITS CONTENT MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION. PUBLISHER ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND IS NOT TO BE HELD LIABLE FOR ERRORS BEYOND THE COST OF THE SPACE OCCUPIED BY THE ERROR, SLANDER OF ANY GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL, FAILURE TO PRODUCE ANY ISSUE AS SCHEDULED DUE TO REASONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL, ANY AND ALL SUITS FOR LIABLE, PLAGIARISM, COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A PERSONS NAME OR PHOTOGRAPH. OPINIONS AND CLAIMS MADE BY ADVERTISERS AND AUTHORS ARE THEIR OWN, AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE POLICY OF THUNDER ROADS MAGAZINE OR THUNDER PUBLISHING. PUBLISHER DOES NOT PROMOTE THE ABUSE OF ALCOHOL OR OTHER DRUGS.