Karen and i had a great day at the ride today. Sidecar was just ahead of me, with two kids in his hack. i saw a lot of beautiful bikes trikes and hacks, incl. a couple Urals and a 1964 BMW 600 (sweet!) but more important saw smiles on the faces of those wonderful brave children and their parents. raised $335,042.80 for the pediatric brain tumor foundation. you know, i have a hard time saying/writing that "pediatric brain tumor foundation; it breaks my heart that there should be need of such a thing. i trust that the riders/drivers who participated have given these families some happy memories in the ride, and some hope in the monies raised to make research possible. look forward to doing this again.
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one-night - 5/8/2011 11:03 AM
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Thanks, Jeri ... let's see some more if you have 'em.
Lee
MB5+TW200+CRF250L+GTV300+INT650
XL883R w/Texas Ranger Sidecar
Zuma 50F + Burgman w/Texas Sidecar<Mrs. SwampFox
sorry Lee, that was all i got; i didn't see any on the website which i find odd; surely they have something. maybe they have a facebook?
i hope to see you saturday in Rusk.
It was definitely a good day! Sorry we didn't connect better while we were there. I ended up spending a good part of the registration time on the phone to get through to Progressive to get proof of insurance as I had forgotten to change out my card. If anyone should remember to check that before going to one of these events, you would think I would, but I did get to laugh at myself. I agree that it's a shame that there is such a great need, but I feel privileged to be able to help in even a small way and the two little girls who rode in my sidecar still have me smiling.
let me see if i can add this pic, we had a good time you can't help but cry when you see these kids,
