Saturday, January 9th, 2010 GWTA Chapter H, in Des Moines, Iowa had its first meeting of the decade. Newly elected Chapter Directors Pam & Bob Beverage presided over the meeting. This meeting was also special, because, for the 3rd year Chapter H has put together polar fleece blankets for Operation First Response. The blankets are made with two pieces of fabric and tied around the edges.
Operation First Response is a national organization formed to support our nation's wounded and injured armed forces Hero's with personal and financial needs. One of the first ways Operation First Response greets our soldiers is with a backpack containing a change of clothes, travel size hygiene products, a handmade blanket and a phone card.
Our meeting included some local business, discussion on our 2010 summer riding schedule and finished with a potluck dinner.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
GL 1800 riders message board
This is a great site to connect with other Gold wing riders.. There is also a section called the Dark side- a group of cyclists that use a car tire on the rear for their 1800. They have discussions on tires and the improved safety and handling with this tire.
http://www.gl1800riders.com/forums/index.php
http://www.gl1800riders.com/forums/index.php
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Wishing everyone a very healthy, prosperous, successful, Happy New Year. I hope everyone had warm safe travels if they were out New Year's Eve and a wonderful New Year's day. This New Year's eve was amazing with a 2nd full moon in December making it a Blue Moon.. The next one is in 2028. There was also a lunar eclipse.
We hope everyone is staying warm and safe this cold winter in Iowa. We are looking forward to much warmer weather and the opportunity to ride again soon. Some of our members have moved south for the winter... wise ones!
We will have our first meeting of the New Year on Saturday, January 9th at the Chapter H club house. Starting at 1:00, doing our Operation First Response quilt project with meeting and potluck. We look forward to seeing everyone. This will be Pam and Bob's first meeting as CD's and we know they are going to be great!
See everyone soon!
We hope everyone is staying warm and safe this cold winter in Iowa. We are looking forward to much warmer weather and the opportunity to ride again soon. Some of our members have moved south for the winter... wise ones!
We will have our first meeting of the New Year on Saturday, January 9th at the Chapter H club house. Starting at 1:00, doing our Operation First Response quilt project with meeting and potluck. We look forward to seeing everyone. This will be Pam and Bob's first meeting as CD's and we know they are going to be great!
See everyone soon!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
January 2010 meeting
Chapter H will have a meeting on January 9th at the Chapter H Club House. We will start at 1:00 p.m. Munchies in the afternoon and then Potluck in the late afternoon/evening. We are going to work on our blankets that we will be donating to Operation First Response.
Meeting will be to follow and conducted by our new Chapter Directors, Pam and Bob.
Meeting will be to follow and conducted by our new Chapter Directors, Pam and Bob.
Chapter H Christmas Party
We had our Chapter H Christmas Party tonight at Felix and Oscars in West Des Moines. Weather cooperated allowing several of our members to attend. Thank you to Dennis and Donna Pittman, our meeting area looked very festive and got us in the Holiday spirit. We had many good munchies as we visited as people arrived. We had supper with good food, a lot of laughs and great friendship.
Much to the surprise of Steve and Connie, they received a plaque of recognition for their years of service as Chapter Directors, a nice card and gift.
After the meal, we got in a circle and played a gift exchange game. Everyone brought a gift labeled male or female gift. We each started out with a gift and as a story was read about The Right family, as right or left was read, that was the direction the gift was passed. It was fun and some got confused about which direction to pass the gifts on next. At the end, each person ended up with a gift and opened it. We really enjoyed seeing some of our friends that hadn't been able to attend for awhile and we did get to talk on the phone to our "snow bird couple, Bill and Dee".
Thank you to everyone for making this a fun party.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
December
Wow, December already! The weather hadn't been too bad until this past few days when we were hit with a snow storm that became a blizzard. Our area ended up with almost 16 inches of snow and drifts that are several feet high. This is like the snow storms I remember as a kid. I hope everyone stayed safe warm and dry. At least we had electricity and heat even with all the strong winds. Already have so much snow piled in the yard, not sure where to put more if it comes. I am sure everyone has their own story about this storm that will be shared for some time.
Our snow birds sure had the right idea and now more will be leaving right before or after Christmas.
Our Chapter Christmas Party is this Saturday, December 12th at 4:00 p.m. at Felix and Oscars in West Des Moines. We will be bringing snacks and sweets for the party. We will be eating supper there at the restaurant. Members that want to participate in the gift exchange game - please remember your wrapped gift labeled man, woman or either. Sounds like the weather will be cold but no more of the white stuff forecast until late Sunday. Looking forward to fun and being with friends.
We hope that everyone has safe travels as they go to be with family over the Christmas season.
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous safe fun New Year in 2010.
Our first meeting of the New Year will be January 9th but location and time will be different. More to come on that later.
Our snow birds sure had the right idea and now more will be leaving right before or after Christmas.
Our Chapter Christmas Party is this Saturday, December 12th at 4:00 p.m. at Felix and Oscars in West Des Moines. We will be bringing snacks and sweets for the party. We will be eating supper there at the restaurant. Members that want to participate in the gift exchange game - please remember your wrapped gift labeled man, woman or either. Sounds like the weather will be cold but no more of the white stuff forecast until late Sunday. Looking forward to fun and being with friends.
We hope that everyone has safe travels as they go to be with family over the Christmas season.
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous safe fun New Year in 2010.
Our first meeting of the New Year will be January 9th but location and time will be different. More to come on that later.
November
Time really flies by... Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We are really grateful for all of our friends and family. We were really fortunate to have some great weather. We actually got to ride some in November.
Chapter H had their November meeting at Felix and Oscars in West Des Moines. Some of our members were not able to attend and we have our Snow birds in Arizona. I am ready for someone else to take over as Chapter Director. We have had a good time and have done a lot of things together as a chapter. We thank everyone in our group for all that they do and we are grateful for their friendship. Pam and Bob Beveridge have stepped up and will be the 2010 Chapter Directors and Secretary. Our chapter is very much like a family and we have a lot of fun together. We will continue to have our blog as our newsletter and will keep our rides at the same location.. meeting Monday nights at Wynsong Theater in Johnston leaving at 6:30. We look forward to meeting, riding and friendship together next year.
The weather was about in the 50s the last Saturday in November so we took a ride up around Boone. We saw a small town called Mongoina... it has a couple of big businesses and a few houses and is right near Boone. We ate a late lunch at Colorado Grill ... kind of like an Applebees or Okoboji. Food was pretty good. We got back before the sun went down as it cooled off quickly. Connie had her electric gear on and her heated seat turned on to stay warm.
Chapter H had their November meeting at Felix and Oscars in West Des Moines. Some of our members were not able to attend and we have our Snow birds in Arizona. I am ready for someone else to take over as Chapter Director. We have had a good time and have done a lot of things together as a chapter. We thank everyone in our group for all that they do and we are grateful for their friendship. Pam and Bob Beveridge have stepped up and will be the 2010 Chapter Directors and Secretary. Our chapter is very much like a family and we have a lot of fun together. We will continue to have our blog as our newsletter and will keep our rides at the same location.. meeting Monday nights at Wynsong Theater in Johnston leaving at 6:30. We look forward to meeting, riding and friendship together next year.
The weather was about in the 50s the last Saturday in November so we took a ride up around Boone. We saw a small town called Mongoina... it has a couple of big businesses and a few houses and is right near Boone. We ate a late lunch at Colorado Grill ... kind of like an Applebees or Okoboji. Food was pretty good. We got back before the sun went down as it cooled off quickly. Connie had her electric gear on and her heated seat turned on to stay warm.
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