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New Brunswick Motorcycle Ride for Dad
I'm a little late posting this, but work and exhaustion have both held me back from posting.
Saturday, June 7th was the first annual Motorcycle Ride for Dad for New Brunswick. It was a tri-city event between Saint John, Fredericton, and Moncton meant to collect money for research for prostate cancer.
There was a meet-up at the local Mark's Work Wearhouse at 7:30am. They had breakfast and a small booth setup with Ride for Dad T-shirts and such plus a place to register and hand in pledge sheets. It was great to have several members from my CMC chapter at the ride as it gave us a presence and the ability to spread the word about our riding club.
The ride itself left around 10:30am and there was a short police guided parade around Saint John. Once the parade was done, we were free to break off into packs and continue a poker run that was started at the time of registration.
The day itself started off cool and overcast, but as we moved out of the city things changed for the better. It ended up being a scorching day by the time all the riders reached Sussex for the final meet up and prize draws.
Our group managed to stay together for the entire ride and even picked up someone that expressed interest in the group (he eventually joined). We also got an offer to get involved in next years run which I'll definitely be looking into.
All in all it was a great day for a great cause and 430+ bikers raised $22, 000+ for the cause.
Of course my camera never left my side (although I almost lost it off the back of my bike) and here are the pictures I took from the event.
Spring cleaning
Did a little spring cleaning on the blog. Pulled out some links that no longer worked and removed some blogs that were inactive. I also added a few new links and put a small gallery viewer at the bottom of the blog.
What a weekend
Saturday morning was an early rise to get over to the west side for the biker blessing. I didn't really want to get Selene blessed, but they had specific parking so she was kind of in the line of fire anyway. They served breakfast, which was fantastic and the blessing prayer that was used was filled with biker slang. Quite entertaining.
After that it was a quick run out to Quispamsis to meet up with a couple of guys from my riding group. We had a coffee at the local Tim Hortons and debated about actually making a run. The sky looked like rain, but the forecast gave it a pretty low chance. We said the heck with it and decided to ride anyway.
Surprisingly enough, it didn't start raining really hard until we were hiding out in the leather shop in Sussex. We browsed and browsed watching the rain come down in buckets. It's a good thing the owners of the shop didn't mind the company.
Once the rain held up we rode out of town and made our way to Hampton for a final coffee break.
Sunday's weather was a heck of a lot better. There was no way I was hanging around the house with all that sunshine. Me and Selene took a nice solo run up through Hampton for a coffee (the new Tims there is becoming a regular biker hang out). While there I saw one of the new Kawasaki Concours which is one beautiful bike. After a short tour around Saint John's water front I headed for home.
I got lots of riding in and even got to know a couple of my chapter's members better. Couldn't have asked for a better weekend.
After that it was a quick run out to Quispamsis to meet up with a couple of guys from my riding group. We had a coffee at the local Tim Hortons and debated about actually making a run. The sky looked like rain, but the forecast gave it a pretty low chance. We said the heck with it and decided to ride anyway.
Surprisingly enough, it didn't start raining really hard until we were hiding out in the leather shop in Sussex. We browsed and browsed watching the rain come down in buckets. It's a good thing the owners of the shop didn't mind the company.
Once the rain held up we rode out of town and made our way to Hampton for a final coffee break.
Sunday's weather was a heck of a lot better. There was no way I was hanging around the house with all that sunshine. Me and Selene took a nice solo run up through Hampton for a coffee (the new Tims there is becoming a regular biker hang out). While there I saw one of the new Kawasaki Concours which is one beautiful bike. After a short tour around Saint John's water front I headed for home.
I got lots of riding in and even got to know a couple of my chapter's members better. Couldn't have asked for a better weekend.
Suprisingly enough
I only got out with Selene once in the last two weeks. I've been sick as a dog and even leaving the house was a stretch. There has been one nasty flu going around here (two versions of it, actually) and it floored me. From fever to cough to loosing my voice for over a week, the last thing on my mind was riding.
Thankfully, I seem to be mostly out of the woods and I seem to have full volume back again. The cough is lingering, but it's more annoying then anything else.
Two days ago I finally got out on Selene and it was good. Both me and Joey were just puttering around town and enjoying the ride. We even stopped at one of the local dealerships to see the offerings.
So, apologies for not writing anything about riding. With how sick I was even surfing the internet seemed to be an overbearing chore.
Thankfully, I seem to be mostly out of the woods and I seem to have full volume back again. The cough is lingering, but it's more annoying then anything else.
Two days ago I finally got out on Selene and it was good. Both me and Joey were just puttering around town and enjoying the ride. We even stopped at one of the local dealerships to see the offerings.
So, apologies for not writing anything about riding. With how sick I was even surfing the internet seemed to be an overbearing chore.
