On Sunday morning, the sun came up and brought everyone out on a warm clear day to ride in memory of a friend I had known since Jr High.
Dan George was a good friend, and rider. One of those guys that it always seemed to make your day a little better just to have him say "Hi". Danny died suddenly only a month before he was to be married to his High School sweetheart, and three months after being elected Mayor of the City of Morton. Dan was the kind of guy that always seemed to heve a mischievious twinkle in his eye. But I think the happiest I ever saw Dan, was when he was riding, or even talking about riding, his bike. I find it hard to believe it is just over 4 yrs since he died suddenly at the age of 48.
As we gathered on sunday morning to ride in Danny's memory, Moe & Petra began playing Kid Rocks "Born Free" on their bikes stereo, until the ride leader Dave was ready to get things rolling. After that, at each stop we made, Moe would play the song again to let everyone know we were getting ready to fire up and get rolling. The words fit Danny, and fit why we were all there. So I didn't think twice about using it in the video.
The clips in the video are from Moe & Petra's camera, and from my own. The still pics, are from Dave's, Moe & Petra's, and mine.
I couldn't have asked for a better day to remember Danny. Dave & Kayla led the ride for most of it, because they both carried some of Danny's ashes with them on their bikes all the time. We had 21 bikes show up for the ride which took nearly four hours of riding time to complete as we looped around Mt Rainier in Washington state. We had a smoke break in Graham, lunch at the Yella Beak in Enumclaw, and then rode up over Cayuse Pass (a bit above 5,000 ft) before dropping down into Packwood to hit the Blue Spruce for cold beverages. From that point, everyone split off, and we all enjoyed a nice relaxing ride home.
I hope you enjoy the vid, and as always, I am looking forward to next years ride.
See you on the road sometime.
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