Our first stop of the day. We passed through Maryland, but the sign was on a bridge.
Then on through Penn, for the longest lag of the ride.
And finally into Ohio for the short few miles to Boardman!
We were, of course, greeted by a motley crew of Rounders. Mike was kissing everyone, and Joe just kept grinning!
Then a few more showed up…John, JVZ, Lee and Kevin.
And a few more…Xaque, Dan and Bubba.
Some drinking took place…
A little harmless silliness with Joe and Mike.
The “Beautiful People” made an appearance. Xaque and Bird Girl.
Then we all drifted off to bed.
The next morning we had our first good look at the plethora of Rounder machines.
Mongo and SRAB’s bike in the closest proximity you will likely ever see, especially given SRAB won’t let him park near her normally LOL
Joe’s pre-destructo-derby bike. Absent is his mile high pile of stuff.
The Mounty, Mike, was demonstrating how he really wasn’t afraid to uncover his bike!
The group getting ready for Dale’s excellent guided tour of the area! (Thanks Dale!) Those riding were Me, Tina, Geri, Dan, Mongo, Dale and Andy.
Our first real stop, for some radiation therapy. I could have sworn Dan was glowing on Saturday night!
Our second stop where we met up with Dennis and John.
Tina found this amusing, a live bait dispenser!
We then headed to the dam, where Mongo showed how well trained he was by parking far away from the rest of the group!
The red bikes tended to stick together for safety!
Tina took a minute to ride up the road, and was greeted ADVRider Style by Dennis.
The dam was very cool, and had some nice vistas.
We all took a few minutes to relax, and some were better at it than others.
We were all famished so we stopped at this little roadside stand for a small bite, but apparently Dan didn’t get the memo on the definition of small. One of my mini-corn dogs next to Dan’s huge hot dog tells the story. Geri had a small burger.
On Saturday evening we stood around talking bikes for a bit before heading off to dinner.
Thanks to Dan and Joe’s chauffer service getting us safely to and from the dinner.
Dinner and SWAG were awesome. Thanks to El Dookey and BB for all their hard work!
We all assembled for a great group shot. Thanks to Tracey for taking the pics.
The next morning we headed out early, and took a leasurly ride home.
Not far, but quality miles.
The bikes safely at home. Happy, a little tired, but steadfast and strong!
Jim and Tina
