10 members of Chapter H, Friendship Riders of Iowa, left Friday afternoon, April 18th, yes in the rain, and rode to Watkins Mill State Park in Missouri. Bill had some problems with something coming off the road or one of the trucks driving by, during the heavy rain, skimming off his windshield and helmet and broke off his CB antenna. He is very glad to have had a tall windshield and his new full face helmet!! We set up camp in a misty rain in the dark.
When we got up Saturday morning, the rain had stopped and things were beginning to dry off and slowly warm up.
We had breakfast at a very interesting place that looked like an old house that was converted into a restaurant, Sarah's Table in Kearney. Very good! Really good home made cinnamon rolls. We rode to Weston Bend shelter house and park where GWTA Kansas City Tour Riders held their 3rd Spring Fling. Riders divided into 3 groups after registering and we followed our guide. At several stops we would draw a poker chip with a number and then went on. We went through St Joseph, MO, through a park, had a quick lunch, visited Paradise, and then back to the starting place. We had our bikes blessed by CMA and then there was a bike show. Afterwards, we enjoyed some awesome BBQ, and all the fixings including dessert. They had a lot of very nice give aways. Everyone in our group went home with a prize... We had a safe ride back to the campgrounds and enjoyed a nice campfire at the Harveys camp site. Patti even had a cherry slush from Sonic hand delivered to her site! :)
Sunday a.m. we got up and folded up campers and tent and headed back towards Iowa. It was 63 degrees and sunny and became cloudy and cooler as we got closer to Iowa. We had lunch at Toot Toot's in Bethany and was joined by Darl and Melissa Reed. They rode down and had lunch with us. We all arrived safely home, much drier than our ride down.
We heard that next year, they may plan to have their Spring Fling a weekend later, perhaps weather will be warmer. Will let everyone know as soon as we know.
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