SLV Motorcycle Group Visits Stumphouse Tunnel

THE ADVENTURE BEGAN on 8/20/2025, when the SLV Motorcycle Group traveled upstate to Oconee County near Walhalla, SC. We ate at the Mountain View Restaurant in West Union. It was great small town home cooking! Next, we toured Stumphouse Park which includes the Stumphouse Tunnel and Issaqueena Falls. The Stumphouse Tunnel was intended to connect railroad lines from Charleston, SC to Knoxville, TN and eventually Cincinnati, OH. The tunnel goes approximately ¼ of a mile through the mountain...

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America’s Boating Club Hosts Poker Run, Beach Bash, 2 ABC Classes, and Monthly Meeting

AMERICA’S BOATING CLUB – Thurmond Lake hosted several events during August and the first weekend of September.  A Poker Run was held on Saturday, September 6 that allowed members to participate by boat or car.  Each participant collected one envelope from 5 stops so that each person had 5 envelopes marked 1,2,3,4,5 with a card in each for a poker hand.  The envelopes were opened at the Plum Branch Lakeside Grille where the winners were announced and participants...

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19th Annual SLV Men’s MonTara Cup

by DAVID HERZOG Congratulations to Team Tara for winning the 19th Annual MonTara Cup Invitational Tournament by a score of 49.5 to 34.5.  The MonTara Cup is a three-day Ryder Cup style tournament for the top male golfers in SLV and was held on May 29th through the 31st.Team Tara was Captained by Nelson Hagy and was comprised of individuals from Savannah Point(4), Shenandoah(4), Tara (3), and Magnolia (1).  Team Monti was led by Rick Cromwell with all 12 players from Monticello. Day...

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Looking for Adventure

by DENNIS ERICKSON On Saturday May 24th, the SLV Motorcycle Group went on an adventure to Toccoa, GA. We had lunch at the X-Factor restaurant in downtown Toccoa. After lunch, we toured the military museum which is in an old train depot downtown. Next, we went to the Toccoa Falls College campus to view the amazing waterfall. The “Camp Toccoa at Currahee” was our next destination. This was a WW2 Airbourne training camp. The movie series, Band of Brothers, was filmed there. Our last...

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CAST for Kids Event Empowered Special Needs Individuals and Community

May 31 at the Dorn Fishing & Boating Facility was all about community.  America’s Boating Club Thurmond Lake (ABCTL) partnered with the CAST for Kids Foundation to hold a one-day fishing & boating experience for children with special needs.  ABCTL Executive Officer and Captain for the event Karen Love planned the day along with First Mate Danny Hilburn. About 20 special needs participants each received a fishing pole, tackle box, event T-shirt, and cap and then joined...

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