The Banquet

The banquet was good food of course but also a lot of awards were given out this year. Cindy lost her glasses on the trip out so she was given some eye glass holders; Dale just couldn’t get his GPS to work correctly and was so lost without it he was given a compass; Roger was given duct tape to fix his bike with; Bill was given a box of Kleenex because he has cried all week because he is in a car and not on two wheels (due to a broken wrist); Mike and John were given a ball of string because they travel together but usually get separated and lost on their travels; Leon was given Monkey Butt powder because he is always complaining about the ‘butt burning rides’ we take; Mike was given a box of band-aids to patch up his road rash; Betty was given a sweater clip because she lost her sweater on the ride here; Lucy was given a mask representing a river captain because on the paddlewheel boat ride she was given the wheel to steer the boat and Bernie was given a green sparkle hat because he left home without a hat and he was all upset every time we stopped about his helmet hair.

Bernadette had a great game of guess what is in the bag. There were 15 bags and we had to guess what was in each one just by feeling – and surprise surprise – Bernie won. He only missed one item. Our 50 – 50 winners were Bill Venable; Sandra Venable; Roger Whaley and Andy Hale.

Now the banquet is over and some are heading to their rooms to pack and some of the guys are planning to play one last game of cards. Parting words were “let’s meet for breakfast at 7 and plan to pull out at 7:30” and about two-thirds of the group will be leaving at the same time. I’m sure we will get separated along the way as some stop more often for rest and/or gas but what an awesome sight a dozen bikes make traveling down the highway.