Those of us that were going to take the youngsters for a ride were all lined up in two's & then we went in to sign up, which was quite a bit of paper work. Checking our insurance, legal & licensed bikes & signing with our drop of blood (just joking).
We then went over for coffee & donuts, meeting new & greeting old friends & I finally found the only other two from our group, Harry & Karen. They had been there since 6:00 am & were working at the sign up tables.
At ten AM we went out and got on our bikes, trikes & side-cars. Loaded our passengers (mine was Daniel) he was about seven & said that he had ridden on a bike when he was young, we then took off for about a twenty or thirty mile ride through small towns & farm country getting to see horses, cattle & a very large flock of sheep. The Highway Patrol & the local police were at all main intersections blocking traffic so we didn't have to stop anywhere in the ride.
When we returned to the fairgrounds, we were then given bag lunches that had a big croissant sandwich & lots of other goodies in it. There was so much that I had to bring part of it home.
We then went over to a large tent where we met the individual person that donated the most individual amount of money, one donated over $20,000 & there were five others that donated almost that much. It made our little bit seem like nothing, but every bit counts. The whole amount for the day was $118,500, so that may help a little. Maybe find a way to beat that cancer, of course it took those single individuals all year to gather that much & I guess starting tomorrow they will be starting for next year.
After meeting all those people we then got to meet & listen to the main people that we were there. They each told a little about their lives & how they were doing in school, two were going to a university, & all but the very small ones were in various grades of school.
After the meeting everyone helped fold the chairs & did our final visiting until the next ride, then headed out for home after another fun day.
The next ride will be to Alice’s restaurant in Woodside, so everyone get ready for another day of fun.
Ride safe HERB.