Here we go again
to Springfield to celebrate the freedom of riding our cycles. I
was a little apprehensive about going this year since the last
two the weather has been so bad. Especially last year. But we are
hard dogs at going to these events. It started out pretty cool
going down, but sunny. The ride down was not bad. The party at
the bar Saturday night was OK too. Although I like Bootleggers
better. And Sunday AM started out pretty nice. Sunny but cool.
That is OK though. We did our usual breakfast run and then off
to the IDOT parking lot. When we got there, it was pretty sparse
even though the sun was shining. It didn't look like many were
going to show up. But as time got closer to noon, the bikers started
coming in big time. All in all, a lot of people showed up and the
rally was a success as you can see by the attendance at the capital.
Hey, no rain! What gives?
Unfortunately, shortly
after starting our ride home, the clouds rolled in, the sun disappeared,
and the temperatures dropped. Oh yeah, and the wind picked up.
Man did it pick up. The ride home was quite a challenge. Even though
it didn't rain, it was a cold ride. When I got home, I called and
the temperature was 49 degrees. You can imagine 200 some miles
in wind and those temperatures at 75 miles an hour. Needless to
say, I was glad to stop anywhere and warm up.
So check out the photos
anyway. I took a lot that will give you and idea of how the weekend
went.
Mikey and
Brian check out the "fire bike" as it were
at the poker run destination.
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Bobby lending
a shoulder to put ones weight on. Thank you very much!
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It was
a bit slow, but then they started coming into the IDOT
parking lot.
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Party time
at the destination bar. Can't remember the name of
the place though.
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Check out
in years past. I think this photo is a repeat of one
from before.
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And here-e-e-e-e-e-es
Roger!
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I was hanging
behind stage getting photos of folks. Notice Cheryl
in background giving her speech.
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The gathering
of "teddy's". Not as many as in years past.
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Our group
minus me. I'm taking the photo.
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Finally,
the parking lots are filling up. It was kind of slow to
start. Didn't think too many would show. |
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Harley
the wonder dawg! |