May 2011 Ride - "Blue Mountain Run"

This May's ride started with beautifully sunny skies and pleasant temperatures. I wish it would have stayed that way. Breakfast was good with new faces coming in and old friends arriving. We had about 20 riders on this ride, so we split into two groups. Frindle led the lead group while Rktec lead the chase group. Andyr was one sweep rider while bobjan was the other, Royal Tiger was also a sweeper at one point. Bryce helped out in the lead group and I assisted in the chase group. The ride up to lunch went well, we had two ladies have minor get-offs due to gravel but nothing major. After lunch rain came but the forecast had been patchy showers, 20% chance of rain, so the majority of us continued. Once we reached Penns Peak, things didn't look so good. Near our eventual destination, Wind Gap, there was a white out of clouds and rain, so we considered going south. One rider pulled up the weather on his smart phone and it had a strong weather advisory with another band of thunderstorms and rain coming soon. Well, that's a wrap! We all made plans and headed for home. I kept thinking I'll go over this ridge and we'll be out of the rain, HA! I got soaked and was cold, probably should have had the rain gear on sooner. Oh well. From the reports I've gotten everyone got home safely, so that's a plus. Our next ride is the 2nd Saturday of June, due to the CSBA Spring Rally being on the first weekend. Ya'll take care, it was way cool to ride and hang with you. Thanks to those who helped out and for all who came. I hope to see everyone next month.

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April 2011 Blessing of the Bikes

Well, I did go after all. It was cloudy but nice when I left my house in the morning. I got up there early at Reading Motorcycle club, bought a ham, egg, and cheese sandwich from a vendor and chilled for a while. One of the pastors from the Biker church that belongs to the club opened the event with prayer then we all got on our bikes. We then moved down under a small pavillion to be prayed for and off I went. Once I got on my way home it started "misting" rain, then once I crossed rt. 100, it started drizzling. Thank God I got home before it started pouring and blowing.

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April 2011 Ride - "Leap into Lancaster"

This April's ride was almost cancelled. I was praying this week asking God for dry weather. Well, we had dry weather, but it was chilly in the morning. The thermometer read 28 degrees Fahrenheit when I rolled out of my house. Brrr! There was about a dozen of us that came out to breakfast and around 8 of us that were on the ride, give or take. Weather, conflicting schedules, and bike problems kept more from coming out. Either way, it was good to have a smaller group compared to last year's 28 bikes. Besides the "usuals" we had two first time riders with the group, both cool guys. Here's hoping they come back again next month!

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March 2011 Ride - Lunch at Nifty Fifty's

The March lunch was probably our best attended event this year, 15 people showed up and four went riding. Many others had plans or could not ride due to their bike not being ready for the season. I met a bunch of new people and we had some great food at Nifty Fifties. I had two cheeseburgers and a toasted marshmallow soda, yummy! After lunch, hanging out, and sharing the Word we went on a northbound jaunt through Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties. It was less than 100 miles, we got stuck behind cars and the roads did have some debris; but it still was a cool ride. I discovered some new roads and it was good to out in the wind, riding. The Scripture is below and I hope to see you in April.
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February 2011 Lunch at Oak Lane Diner

I'm sorry this is almost two weeks late but college, work, and home have been gobbling up my time. Anyway, only three of us showed up, which was a bummer. But we had fun conversation about bikes, friends, strange events and topics. We had a good time and some good food. We talked a little about the ride schedule for this year and then read the Word and split up. They went shopping to the King of Prussia Mall and I went to chase down a hidden treasure of sorts that I discovered 13 years ago, not far from the Oak Lane Diner. It's a National Cemetary without a name, at least none that I've discovered. The place has folk in it from the Civil war up to WWII, but it could have been later. The place is sacred because most folk in there died for our freedom. I'll post the pics below, the cemetary is at Haines street, Limekiln avenue, and 69th avenue in Philadelphia in one of the Oak Lane sections. If you're ever near there check the place out. On to the Word:

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January 2011 New York IMS Motorcycle Show

I'm sorry with the late posting of the pics. Ricjohn42, Carl, myself and my friend Dan all went up to the show in my SUV. We left early to get there right after the doors opened, around 9AM. Thanks to a tip, we parked three blocks down on the street for free. We got a chance to sit on a bunch of bikes, and check out some vendors by 11:30. Then the tour buses showed up. We saw Pohlcat there with two friends, chatted for a while, then took a final walk through the vendors. Went out to lunch at a cool German place called Hallo Berlin on 44th and 10th. Good times had by all, and we got home around 4PM. Our first "social" event went well, except we missed jlasure! Hopefully next year.

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