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Sad Departures
Sunday morning dawned cold and wet (thanks Phil!), but most folks had to
depart anyway. Many of us gathered for the 'last breakfast' at the St.
George Hotel in Volcano, then hung around out front to watch the parade
of maggotry departing this quiet Gold Country town until next year. Ma
Nature finally found Phil, and guided the jetstream to bring his favorite
weather. He liked it so much, he stayed around until Monday - even colder
and STILL WET!
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Ari and Erica Obermann, ready to head out for the ryde back to L.A. The bike is Uncle Milt's ST1100. |
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The ST1100 and V65 Sabre of Angelinos Tim and Pete. They came to check us out. They stayed and enjoyed our company. Both bikes and ryders got wet (see below), but spirits were not dampened in the least. Here's hoping these two guys subscribe to the list and join us for more SabMag events. |
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Tim and Pete heading out into the mist after the 'last breakfast'. |
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Mark Muelhausen, one of the real troopers (with >5500 miles round trip!) at SMWSF99, preparing to launch on the long road home. Mark and Bob Sunley endured horrific weather to get to the event, getting stranded in the northland with snow all around. Now they pre- pared to go at it again to get home. |
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Pete and Holly ready to brave the wetness to make it back to Davis. Pete's used to it, as one would be who has no means of transport other than his bike. Plus they were faced with a trip of just a bit over 65 miles. |
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Uncle Milt, stylishly clad in bright red, ready to ryde out on his gorgeous V65 Magna. Truly a shame he had to take that bike out in such weather. Milt wasn't nearly as bad as YWR said he was. ":-) |
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YWR and TOWMBO, eager to get back on the road to Phoenix - and warmer, dryer weather. |
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Ron E., with the ceremonial 'presenting of the helmet' to Phil Ross. Phil was indeed ready for cold and wet, what with electric everything and wet weather rubbers everywhere. He was headed down to SoCal, where he would begin a '50CC' ryde across the country. At this writing, he hasn't returned Russel's ST. |
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LAST MAGGOT OUT! Phil Ross slogs the trusty ST up the muddy 'driveway' - the last attendee to depart this year's great event. All Russell said was to bring the ST back with <100,000 miles. |