Archive for June 27th, 2009
Lisa’s first ride with the Patriot Guard
by rider on Jun.27, 2009, under General
We set out this morning for Eustis, Florida for a short-notice honor mission with the Patriot Guard.
We arrived at the staging area at the funeral home, and joined about a dozen other bikes from the PGR. This mission was remarkable because the announcement of the mission went out about 12 hours before hand. As the email arrived, members across the state changed / abandoned their plans for the day and got set to roll out the next morning to stand for an American Hero.
The spirit of the PGR never ceases to AMAZE me. It is an absolute honor to stand the flag line with these fine Americans.
As we were milling about the staging area before the service, we were keeping a weather eye out. Although it was pretty when we arrived, storms were moving ashore from the Gulf, and the radar images on the iPhone looked impressive.
Sure enough, as we stood down from the flag line at the end of the mission, the skies opened up with an intense downpour. Perfect. I hate riding in the rain, it makes me quite nervous, and I’ve got Lisa on the back….
We donned our raingear, and headed out. Fortunately, about 1/2 a mile down the road we rode out from under the storm and onto dry pavement. With the sun shining on us again, the rain gear was miserably hot, so after we gained some separation from the storm, we puled off and stowed the gear.
We kept just ahead of the storm all the way home, rolling into the garage about 5 minutes before an absolute downpour began.
