2-Day Motorcycle Gala Hosted By Greenville Eagles
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Aaah, Sunday morning, the beginning of a day of rest and relaxation for many, for others a day to worship. According to a few of those close to me, this particular Sunday morning was "my day" to do as I wished. Yes, it
was my birthday, a day that I would just rather not even acknowledge. I don't need cake and ice cream or expensive cards to tell me that I can do whatever I want on that day, I do what I want to do
everyday.
I do make choices each day and this day I chose to ride to the Greenville Eagles First Annual Motorcycle Gala.
We rode down St Rt 503 and there's a nice golf course that runs along both sides of the road. There they were, the golfers, holding their clubs while paitently waiting their turn at that little white ball. As we passed by, several of them turned to watch us ride by. I imagined at least one of them was silently thinking, "I should be out riding." That dude probably has a $15,000 Harley sittin' in his garage with a couple hundred miles on it and he shoud be out riding! Of course, I waved to all of them, to rub it in even more.
The Greenville Eagles Motorcycle Gala was a two day event held at their park on Shade Road, which is a couple of miles west, outside of Greenville. It was a nice place for a motorcycle event. It has all of the facilities for the makings of a great event; a large parking lot, a shelter with picnic tables, trees for camping under, an air conditioned building with a kitchen and even a playground for the kids.
They held a poker run on Saturday that I did not attend but was told they had 97 motorcycles signed up. The organizers were thrilled with the turn out due to a couple of other motorcycle events being held in the area.
There was also a wet-t contest and a hog roast at the end of the ride, along with live music.
When we arrived, registration was still taking place for the cruise-in, so naturally, I had to register my little beat up rice burner. She didn't even have her side panels on. Well, no, I didn't win anything but I did get a ribbon and a plaque just for registering. Keepsakes, some people call them. There were around 25 bikes registered and 10 trophies were given away. (You can see some of the winners and their trophies in the photo gallery.) After the judges did their thing, everyone attending got to vote on "people's choice". One of the judges stood in front of each bike, told us what it was and then we had to make some noise for our favorite. One guy was voting for every bike but I think most of us already knew who was gonna win.
Being the first year for this event, attendance was a bit small but sometimes small events are the most fun. Most people tend to interact a bit more in a small crowd and you get to make some new friends. Due to it's location, free camping and the friendly organizers, I doubt this event will stay small. You just might want to check it out next year.
More pictures from the event can be found in the
biker photo gallery.
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