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2005 - New Years Day Ride
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Photos By SnoKity |
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We gathered at YSA at 10 AM. (Since it was New Years Day
we agreed that doing a “brunch” ride was a good idea) It was great to see so
many members for our first ride of the year. A total of 40 members did the ride
on 29 bikes! What a turn out! One can only hope that all of our rides this year
will have the same turnout!
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We went thru the usual safety briefing and getting
everyone’s ride waivers up to date then set up our Ride Captains and Tail
Gunners. Since we had such a large turnout we broke up into four groups. It was
rather impressive to be leading the front group and looking in my rear view
seeing bike after bike behind me.
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We had the groups close but not too close together. The four groups all moved into and thru the traffic without a hitch and the ride was rather uneventful until we got down I-10 around the Chandler Blvd exit. As we headed south we ran into a fog bank that got thicker and thicker as we went.
By the time we got to Queen Creek Rd we were all chatting on the radio’s
wondering if we had made a wrong turn and if we were close to the Golden Gate
Bridge!! At one point the fog was so dense that it was collecting on our
windshields and mirrors enough to have water droplets form. Needless to say with
the fog the temperature dropped quite a bit.
Having left YSA in the warm sun with blue sky and running into the fog bank was
quite a contrast.
As we got into Maricopa and closer to the casino the sky began to clear and the
sun was warming us once again. Once the last group got in and parked we
all made our way in to the casino and the found our way to the Harvest Buffet.
Due to our numbers we ended up being spread out a bit but still close enough
together that moving around to visit was easy. The food selection wasn’t bad at
all and everyone seemed to get their fill. Several of us had more than our fill
and needed to get up and move around a bit!! All in all it was a great way to
start off the riding year.
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Once we were all done feasting the large group split up into a few smaller
groups. A few stayed at the casino to make their donations, a few headed home
via the most direct way, a few turned out of the lot and continued riding and a
few others took the long way home to the west side of town thru the Indian
Reservation.
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I have to say I am extremely pleased with the turn out and am hopeful to see the
enthusiasm that the Chapter has now continue on thru the rest of the riding
year.