Posted By roger on June 7, 2009
This years rally has come and gone and what a success! Everyone I talked to had a great time. New friendships were started and old friendships strengthened.
Friday night’s meet and greet and the Crystal Pistol was a blast. While I couldn’t stick around as late as everyone else, I heard “Science Project” was extremely good and kept everyone entertained. Thanks again to Mark for opening the Pistol to us.
This year something new was added to the rally. The first annual poker run was met with enthusiasm. Riders broke up into groups of 2 to 4 riders and rode to various local merchants to pick cards for their winning hands. The cool thing was all of the locations are locally own establishments that sell locally crafted merchandise or provide services to local merchants. A couple of the locations I have been aware of for sometime, but did not see any reason to visit them until this weekend. After going in and looking around, I know I’ll go back. Ida Red’s has some great merchandise and a huge selection of Pop’s soft drinks. They even have Coke in bottles! Something I personally haven’t had in 15 yrs. Nothing beats an ice cold Coke from a glass bottle! It just tastes better!
Following the poker run we had a short break and off to the neighboring parking lot for the scooter gymkata! I have to say it wasn’t as big as last years, but it was more challenging! There is much to be grateful for if you ride a scoot with a CVT. It’s tough trying to drop sponges in a bucket if you have to use one hand to throttle and the other to clutch! All in all, the gymkata was a great time and for those of you who missed it, missed out.
Dinner at Jo Mama’s was wonderful. The pizza there is top notch. From there it was back to the Pistol for a viewing of the “The Grapes of Wrath” followed by U-Tube videos that had everyone howling with laughter.
Sunday mornings ride took us north on Cincinnati to Sperry at a nice leisurely pace and from Sperry cutting west to 52ND and back into Tulsa. Everyone who I spoke to enjoyed the ride saying it was the best rally ride they’ve ever been on. As the ride leader, it made me feel good that everyone enjoyed the ride. I know now how the leader of Hell’s Angels must feels as his posse rolls through town!
The rally ended on a fun note as the awards were given out and the raffle tickets drawn. Lots of great prizes were raffled off including a great looking little scooter!
I would like to thank Sacha, Jonathan, Robn andJohn for all of their hard work in putting this years rally together. Also my thanks go out to those who helped out behind the scenes. The ones we don’t see. You all know who you are. Thank you.
Now to start planning next years rally! Let’s see if we can make it better than this years. What a tough challenge!
Until next time, ride safe
Roger
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