Friday I went to the Boston Bears' happy hour at The Alley (my usual thing to do at the end of work on a Friday on the rare occasion that I remain in town!) -- I hung out with Arnie (whom I do not have a photo of!) and then Dave arrived! I got a little tipsy, but it doesn't take much to do that nowadays!
Ear plugs in place, Dave and I took the motorcycle from Quincy, MA to Deep River, CT for D.R.A.M. (the Deep River Ancient Muster), which has over 100 corps marching this year!!
There was a LOT of eye candy -- woofy bears, half-naked men, some guys playing bagpipe, it was simply amazing!!
My buddy, Ken Barlow was NOT able to make it there this year, which was a bummer, but he gave me some hints and tips as to what to expect! Dave and I really enjoyed ourselves; even though Dave seemed unsure that he was going to have a good time. (I think he had a different idea of what this event was going to be like...)
I would go back to D.R.A.M. again, and recommend it to others!
We gathered at 9:30AM at the Ace Hardware in Framingham -- the "Red Bull Girls" showed up to hand out some of their "go-go juice" -- it was wall-to-wall leather bikers, bikes, chrome, you get the idea! Dave and I saw some really nice bikes!
We lucked out and got great weather! At about 11:00 we got a wonderful ride blessing from Preacher in memory of Eddie, whom the fun run was dedicated to this year. Eddie Schiller, the Fun Run's creator, was killed last year. About 11:30 we got a police escort to the edge of town from the Framingham police!
We had a GREAT ride, and a BIG kudos goes to the men and women that were our safeties -- zipping ahead of over 50 motorcycles riding in formation to get to the next intersection to block traffic so we didn't have to stop at any red lights, intersections or stop signs! Thanks guys -- you made the ride easy and safe!!
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After lunch with some of the riders at "Tee-Off At Mel's", Dave and I headed back towards the Massachusetts boarder, with a stop-over at my friend