Ride Recap for February Chapter Meeting

This month’s ride was scheduled to be a scenic ride down Pacific Coast Highway to the beautiful Ventura Harbor area, unfortunately Mother Nature had other ideas and we cancelled the ride due to inclement weather.  Obviously she didn’t check our website calendar or she wouldn't have let this happen :-).  We normally hold our meetings during adverse weather at Hof's Hut on Chapman but since it's changed to a Lucille's BBQ we met at Coco's Restaurant on Imperial Hwy in Brea.

Our meeting started shortly after 8:00AM with everyone enjoying a tasty breakfast as we looked out the windows at a torrential down pour. I welcomed back returning new riders, Wayne and Tammy Singer.   It was great seeing you back again, although I’m sure you were hoping for a ride. Keep your chin up folks, I’m sure next month’s weather will be better! I then made the announcements for dates of all the upcoming long trips i.e. SW STAR BBQ, Laughlin River Run, Sedona Overnighter and Star Days.  I asked for a show of hands attending the SW STAR BBQ and our Sedona overnighter and I was very pleasantly surprised at the show of hands. We are going to have a GREAT showing in Chandler, thanks to everyone attending!! Bob Barbano announced if anyone was interested in traveling in a car, his wife Anna will be driving. If anyone is interested, please contact Bob.

We held our raffle which included gifts from some of our vendors, along with a couple gifts donated by chapter members. I want to personally thank all of you that ventured out into the bad weather to join us for the breakfast and meeting. Afterwards we enjoyed some laughs and good times with friends and we adjourned shortly thereafter.

Ride Recap for January 9 ride to Old Town Temecula

This was our first chapter ride of the year so we had several administrative items that needed to be completed prior to staring our meeting, which made for a rather long morning meeting.  A well done to all that pitched in and helped Ken with getting the ride waivers completed in a timely manner.

Our meeting started shortly after 8:00AM. The first order of business was Dan Dobler, the outgoing president announcing me as the new incoming president and presenting me with the chapter president rocker. My hat is off to Dan, for the last two years he has done a spectacular job leading the chapter and I have some very big shoes to fill!! GREAT job Dan!! I then introduced the new chapter officers for 2010.

I next introduced our new riders, Wayne and Tammy Singer, Barbara Laird and Scott Lolmaugh.  Welcome to you all and we hope to see you back next month.  I then made the announcements for dates and of all the upcoming long trips i.e. SW STAR BBQ, Laughlin River Run, Sedona Overnighter and Star Days. 

We held our raffle which included gifts from some of our vendors, along with a couple gifts donated by chapter members.
The next order of business was to read our chapter charter which is done annually on the first ride of the year. Thanks to all who assisted in reading.

We then assembled in three groups and headed out for Temecula via the Ortega Highway. This was the first time we had ridden Ortega Hwy in over three years so it was nice to ride and see new scenery.  Our first stop on the route was at a 76 gas station, well group one lead by yours truly stopped at the Chevron station next door. I blame the confusion on Dan, since he was the one that recommended the stop in the first place :). We left the gas stop and continued over Ortega Hwy, as we were headed down the east side we came upon a photographer (www.cornerpics.com) randomly snapping shots. This was a nice surprise as members can obtain photos of themselves riding from the website for a nominal fee. We continued into Temecula for lunch. Several of us had a tasty Mexican meal at “The Bank” and others at various other establishments within Old Town.

We departed Temecula and stopped at the edge of town to gas up. We headed back home with a somewhat eventful trip home with a accident on SR 60 that slowed traffic to a crawl and as we transitioned onto SR57 from 60 the traffic came to an almost dead stop only to reveal several bales of hay in the road. Yes, that’s right I said hay. We now have our first hay ride for the year completed. Once by the “livestock” feed, it was onto El Torito where after a short meeting I deemed the ride a success and called it. I look forward to seeing everyone again next month.

Sincerely,