Monday July 14th, Goldrush

Grand Opening ceremonies was held at the Billings Hotel Convention Center. There was a lot of excitement. Region C was prepared to show their spirit! Many things were discussed about the week. One thing that was stressed was to watch out for rattlesnakes. That really made Rosalee happy :(

We were told that Stan and Gwen from Chapter Z, Nebraska, went down on their way to Goldrush. There was a rod in the road, they hit it and blew a tire and went down. Stan has cracked ribs and Gwen has road rash.

The vendors were in the convention center across the parking lot. Events were scheduled in either of the two buildings. The ice cream contest between regions would be at Cold Stone Creamery.

Pam and Bob, John and Rosalee and Stan and Tammy went to the First Timers meeting and met several members doing so.

2009 Goldrush is in LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY!! There was a special rate that if you signed up at Goldrush, you got in at 2 for 1.

The light parade was specatular. There were a lot of bikes and it was a near full moon. The route wound up the side of a bluff overlooking the city and the line of bikes was so long that as they did a u-turn and came back down, we got to see those that had been in the beginning of the parade. We ended up at Coldstone Creamery.