Thunder in the Valley Pix By ccprof (Read 667 times)

[ccprof]

Thunder in the Valley was last weekend. What an event! Thousands of bikes and estimates of people - too many to count. We had violent storms on Wed and Thurs but the weekend turned very hot.

This year, I decided to try and generate some scoot interest and rode in the parade on Saturday. I went to the assembly point and had a great time talking with other riders. Nobody dissed scoots. In all, there were 4 scoots. Mine, a lady on Majesty from about 35 miles away, A lady on Burgie 400 who rode down from Rochester NY and a guy from about 7 miles away on a Burgie 400. We swapped phone #'s and are going to try to get a group ride ride going.

There were a couple pretty young girls giving out Jaegermeister stuff. I got a T-shirt and ballcap. They asked us to wear them around so I changed shirts.

I was tempted to ditch the helmet but thought if I'm preaching safety, I should wear it. Boy was it hot. I guzzled a quart of iced tea after the parade.

My camcorder didn't work right so no movies. Somehow my daughter got her camera stuck in B&W so there's a couple of me that are not in color.

Exie at the assembly point


Lady from Latrobe


Burgie from Rochester


Stan's Burgie


Waiting to start


On the move


Bye, Bye


Sometimes you have to blend in.

[scootaway]

Bikers are amazing I think they share a common gene. Come to the toy run in Johannesburg SA every Nov where there are about 70000 bikes of all sizes and shapes. The riders and those in these pictures are the same type of people, they wear the same stuff and they look the same. Really amazing.

[ccprof]

For sure. This was the 13th year and they estimate 50,000 bikers were here. There were no motel rooms or campsites for 35 miles around. The population of the city is only 35 thousand. The owner of that Goldwing in front of me was behind me at the ATM the day before and was asking about my scoot.

As they say - "A good time was had by all" - well most all.

[mthomas]

Where the hell are the pics of the pretty girls giving out the t-shirts?

[ccprof]

Yep - it was fun but there's so much going on that it's impossible to catch most of the events.