TODAY WAS A MARATHON DAY, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO CALL IT!I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO ONE OF THESE FOR A LONG TIME. THE SET UP WAS THERE WERE 3 DIFFERENT EVENTS GOING ON IN ONE DAY AND I WANTED TO ATTEND THEM ALL. LUCKY FOR ME ROCS WAS WILLING TO GO ALONG ON THE MARATHON WITH ME. WE ALSO HAD SAMI FROM THE SISTERS OF SCOTA RIDING WITH US!
SAMI SHOWED UP BRIGHT AND EARLY FOR OUR ADVENTURE. THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL NOT TOO COLD, NOT TOO HOT. WE HIT THE 101 FOR THE SHORT PUTT TO OUR 1ST STOP, E.P.A. THE DALY CITY RED & WHITE'S CLUBHOUSE. IT WAS THEIR 12th (I THINK) ANNUAL POKER RUN.
OUR PLAN WAS TO SIGN UP FOR THE POKER RUN, MAKE UP OUR OWN ROUTE TO THE STOPS, AND AT SOME POINT GO ACROSS THE BAY TO OAKLAND AND THE 2ND EVENT. WELL THAT CHANGED A BIT WHEN WE FOUND OUT IT WAS A PACK RUN. I THINK THAT I'M A PRETTY GOOD RIDER, BUT I WILL ALSO ADMIT SOMETIMES IT'S KINDA HARD TO KEEP UP WITH THE BIG BOYS ;-)
SO WE SIGNED UP AND GOT OUR POKER ENVELOPES, WE DECIDED TO PICK ALL 5 CARDS RIGHT THEN AND THERE, AND THE GUY TOLD US "GO AHEAD AND PUNCH THEM YOURSELVES" A LOT OF GOOD THAT DID, I STILL GOT A CRAPPY HAND. AFTER SIGNING UP, HAVE A BEVERAGE, A DOUGHNUT, AND GREETING FRIENDS FROM THE DEVIL DOLLS, SAN MATEO HENCHMEN, SHE DEVILS, TOP HATTERS, AND MORE WE GOT READY TO MAKE OUR ESCAPE TO THE NEXT EVENT.
I TOLD BIG MOMMA (THE SHE DEVILS PREZ) "SEE YOU BACK HERE FOR LUNCH" AND SHE REPLIED "YES, BUT WE'RE TAKING YOUR IDEA AND GOING TO OAKLAND TOO". I LAUGHED AND SAID "SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN, LET'S GO!"
SO OUR GROUP DECIDED TO LAG BEHIND AND SPLIT OFF FROM THE PACK AND GO TO THE MISCREANTS MC CLUBHOUSE AND MEET SONNY BARGER AT HIS BOOK SIGNING. RIGHT AS THE PACK WAS LEAVING I GOT AN EMERGENCY CALL ON MY WORK PAGER (PERFECT TIMING) AND BY THE TIME I ANSWERED THE CALL AND TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM, EVERYONE ELSE HAD LEFT.
ROCS, BIG MOMMA, CRISPY, SAMI, AND I HEADED FOR THE DUMBARTON BRIDGE. WE MADE IT TO OAKLAND IN NO TIME AND THE WEATHER CONTINUED TO COOPERATE. THIS WOULD BE APPRECIATED LATER WHEN WE FIND OUT THAT THE PACK RUN HAD WENT TO PACIFICA WHERE EVERYONE FROZE THEIR ASSES OFF :-). WE ARRIVED AT THE MISCREANTS CLUB HOUSE JUST IN TIME, THE LINE WAS STILL SHORT. THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT THE BIKER WORLD, EVEN WAITING IN LINE IS NOT BORING. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE TO TALK TO OR HEAR A GOOD STORY FROM. WHILE WE WERE WAITING IN LINE WE NOTICED SOMEONE ADMIRING SAMI'S BIKE. THEY WERE IN FACT ADMIRING IT SO MUCH THEY SAT ON IT! NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING, BUT THIS PERSON SEEMED LIKE A NICE FELLOW FROM THE OAKLAND 81 SO WE LET IT GO.
NOW WE ARE INSIDE AND MEETING MR. SONNY BARGER HIMSELF. I THINK HE IS HOLDING UP WELL CONSIDERING HIS AGE AND HIS ADVENTUROUS LIFE. HE SEEMS LIKE A REAL SWEETHEART, AND I THINK THAT OUT OF OUR GROUP HE LIKED ME BEST, HE TOTALLY PUT HIS HEAD ON MY SHOULDER FOR OUR PICTURE TOGETHER. AFTER MEETING SONNY AND GETTING 2 BOOKS SIGNED TO ME WE HUNG OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE AT THE MISCREANTS CLUBHOUSE. THEY HAD MUSIC, FOOD, AND VENDORS IN THE BACK. WE WERE GETTING HUNGRY SO WE DECIDED TO HEAD TO BACK TO E.P.A. FOR THE DELICIOUS LUNCH WE KNEW WOULD BE WAITING FOR US.
A QUICK TRIP DOWN THE 880 AND OVER THE DUMBARTON BRIDGE AND WE ARE BACK AT THE DALY CITY RED&WHITE'S CLUBHOUSE. WE ARRIVED BEFORE THE PACK'S RETURN SO WE GET A DRINK AND HAVE A SEAT TO WATCH SOME WORLD CUP SOCCER ON THE FLAT SCREEN T.V. IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO AN EVENT (POKER RUN, FIGHT NIGHT) HERE, THEN YOU ARE MISSING THE BEST FOOD EVER. I COULD SMELL ALL OF THE AWESOMENESS COMING FROM THE KITCHEN. THEN MY FRIEND THE COOK (HELL YEAH I MADE FRIENDS WITH THE COOK) ASKS ME IF I'M HUNGRY, AND SAYS TO COME IN THE KITCHEN SO HE CAN MAKE ME A SANDWICH WHILE WE WAIT FOR LUNCH. HE GETS OUT THIS HUGE ROLL AND FILLS IT WITH TENDER BEEF BRISKET. HE THEN ASKS ME IF I WANT HOT OR MILD SAUCE. I TELL HIM MILD, AND HE SAYS "BEFORE YOU DECIDE TASTE THEM BOTH". SO I PROCEED TO STICK MY FINGER IN THIS GIANT POT OF SAUCE, THAT IS STILL ON THE STOVE, AND TASTE IT. THEN I STICK MY FINGER IN THE OTHER POT AND TASTE IT. I STICK WITH MY ORIGINAL CHOICE OF MILD SAUCE, BUT I JUST WANTED EVERYONE OUT THERE TO KNOW THAT IF YOU HAD EITHER OF THE SAUCES THAT DAY, MY FINGER WAS IN IT FIRST ;-)
SO NOW I HAVE DEVOURED THIS SANDWICH AND THEY TELL US THAT LUNCH IS READY. I GOT TO THE BUFFET AREA AND FILL MY PLATE WITH 3 DIFFERENT KINDS OF RIBS AND SOME EGGPLANT PARMESAN. YES I AM A CARNIVORE!!! SO NOW THAT WE ARE GOOD AND COMATOSE IT'S JUST ABOUT RAFFLE/DOOR PRIZE TIME. THEY HAD A LOT OF PRIZES AND A LOT OF PEOPLPE HAD LEFT SO IT TOOK A WHILE. I THINK THIS IS THE 1ST EVENT I'VE BEEN TO THAT I DIDN'T WIN ANYTHING. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAME HOME EMPTY HANDED. ANDREA, DEVIL DOLLS PROSPECT GAVE ME A TICKET SHE WON FOR THE SHE DEVILS MC CAJUN DINNER! AND THE CLUB CAME OUT A WINNER TOO. SAMI WON THE FINAL PRIZE OF A RUN POSTER SIGNED BY ALL OF THE DALY CITY R&W. SHE TOLD US "IF YOU CAN GET IT HOME IN 1 PIECE ITS YOURS". WELL WE CAN GET ANYTHING HOME WITH BUNGEES!
WE LEFT E.P.A. AND MADE A QUICK STOP AT THE BRASS RAIL TO SAY HI TO OUR FRINEDS AND HAVE A REFRESHMENT. AFTER A HOUR AT THE RAIL WE WENT HOME TO UNLOAD THE BIKES AND GEAR UP FOR THE THIRD EVENT OF THE DAY.
TEETH WASHED, DEODORANT RE-APPLIED WE'RE READY TO GO OVER THE HILL TO SANTA CRUZ. THE SANTA CRUZ RED & WHITE WERE HAVING RED & WHITE NIGHT AT THE BRITANNIA ARMS IN APTOS. WE WANTED TO HEAD OVER THE HILL DURING THE DAYLIGHT SO WE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE SANTA CRUZ WARF. WE FOUND A COOL LITTLE BAR ON THE WARF IN ONE OF THE RESTARAUNTS, OVERLOOKING THE OCEAN, SEAGULLS, AND SAILBOATS.
WE HAD A SNACK, A DRINK, AND LEFT A VIXEN STICKER ON THE WALL FOR THEM TO REMEMBER US BY :-) THERE WAS AN 86 YEAR OLD MAN IN THE BAR, WHO HAD A PICTURE OF HIM WITH A SURFBOARD (WHEN HE WAS IN HIS 20'S) ON THE WALL. HE WAS TELLING COOL STORIES, CATCHUP WOULD HAVE LOVED HIM.
WE LEAVE THE WARF, FINALLY AFTER SOMEONE LOOSES THEIR PARKING TICKET, AND HEAD OVER TO THE BRITANNIA ARMS. THE APTOS BRIT IS AN INTERESTING BUILDING. IT'S LIKE 3 LEVELS. WE SAID OUR HELLOS TO S.C. 81 AND OUR FRIENDS FROM THE LOMPICO GHOST MOUNTAIN RIDERS MC. WE FOUND A TABLE AT THE BAR TO SIT FOR A BIT AND HAVE A BEVERAGE. I HAVE TO ADMIT I AM GETTING TIRED AT THIS POINT. IT WAS AROUND 10:00pm WHEN WE GOT THERE AND WE HAD BEEN OUT & ABOUT SINCE 9:00am. IT WAS A NICE LOW KEY EVENT THEY HAD A LIVE BAND PLAYING AND SOMEONE GAVE US A CD DOOR PRIZE. AFTER A HOUR OR SO WE DECIDED TO CALL IT A NIGHT.
SINCE SAMI WAS WITH US WE HAD PLANNED TO RIDE THROUGH WATSONVILLE AND TAKE THE 129 TO THE 101 SO SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RIDE ALONE VERY FAR. SHE LIVES IN SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. THE WEATHER HAD BEEN BEAUTIFUL ALL DAY, AND AS WE PULLED OUT OF THE BRIT IT WAS STILL NICE, FOR A MINUTE. AS SOON AS WE HIT WATSONVILLE WE HIT FOG AS THICK AS PEA SOUP. I COULDN'T SEE A THING AND MY PANTS WERE GETTING ALL WET FROM THE MIST. FOR A MINUTE I LOST SAMI IN THE DENSE FOG, BUT WE WERE ALL BACK TOGETHER SHORTLY. WE MADE IT THROUGH THE FRICKEN HORROR MOVIE FOG AND HIT THE 101. SAMI WENT HER WAY AND ROCS AND I FLEW DOWN THE FREEWAY TO HOME. WE PULLED INTO THE GARAGE SAFE AND SOUND ABOUT 1:00am. NO LONGER WET FROM THE FOG BECAUSE THE WARM SANTA CLARA VALLEY AIR HAD US DRY BY THE TIME WE HIT MORGAN HILL.
I HIT THE SACK WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE. IT WAS ANOTHER GREAT VIXEN DAY!!!
POCKETS VP
VVSFL
SAMI SHOWED UP BRIGHT AND EARLY FOR OUR ADVENTURE. THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL NOT TOO COLD, NOT TOO HOT. WE HIT THE 101 FOR THE SHORT PUTT TO OUR 1ST STOP, E.P.A. THE DALY CITY RED & WHITE'S CLUBHOUSE. IT WAS THEIR 12th (I THINK) ANNUAL POKER RUN.
OUR PLAN WAS TO SIGN UP FOR THE POKER RUN, MAKE UP OUR OWN ROUTE TO THE STOPS, AND AT SOME POINT GO ACROSS THE BAY TO OAKLAND AND THE 2ND EVENT. WELL THAT CHANGED A BIT WHEN WE FOUND OUT IT WAS A PACK RUN. I THINK THAT I'M A PRETTY GOOD RIDER, BUT I WILL ALSO ADMIT SOMETIMES IT'S KINDA HARD TO KEEP UP WITH THE BIG BOYS ;-)
SO WE SIGNED UP AND GOT OUR POKER ENVELOPES, WE DECIDED TO PICK ALL 5 CARDS RIGHT THEN AND THERE, AND THE GUY TOLD US "GO AHEAD AND PUNCH THEM YOURSELVES" A LOT OF GOOD THAT DID, I STILL GOT A CRAPPY HAND. AFTER SIGNING UP, HAVE A BEVERAGE, A DOUGHNUT, AND GREETING FRIENDS FROM THE DEVIL DOLLS, SAN MATEO HENCHMEN, SHE DEVILS, TOP HATTERS, AND MORE WE GOT READY TO MAKE OUR ESCAPE TO THE NEXT EVENT.
I TOLD BIG MOMMA (THE SHE DEVILS PREZ) "SEE YOU BACK HERE FOR LUNCH" AND SHE REPLIED "YES, BUT WE'RE TAKING YOUR IDEA AND GOING TO OAKLAND TOO". I LAUGHED AND SAID "SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN, LET'S GO!"
SO OUR GROUP DECIDED TO LAG BEHIND AND SPLIT OFF FROM THE PACK AND GO TO THE MISCREANTS MC CLUBHOUSE AND MEET SONNY BARGER AT HIS BOOK SIGNING. RIGHT AS THE PACK WAS LEAVING I GOT AN EMERGENCY CALL ON MY WORK PAGER (PERFECT TIMING) AND BY THE TIME I ANSWERED THE CALL AND TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM, EVERYONE ELSE HAD LEFT.
ROCS, BIG MOMMA, CRISPY, SAMI, AND I HEADED FOR THE DUMBARTON BRIDGE. WE MADE IT TO OAKLAND IN NO TIME AND THE WEATHER CONTINUED TO COOPERATE. THIS WOULD BE APPRECIATED LATER WHEN WE FIND OUT THAT THE PACK RUN HAD WENT TO PACIFICA WHERE EVERYONE FROZE THEIR ASSES OFF :-). WE ARRIVED AT THE MISCREANTS CLUB HOUSE JUST IN TIME, THE LINE WAS STILL SHORT. THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT THE BIKER WORLD, EVEN WAITING IN LINE IS NOT BORING. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE TO TALK TO OR HEAR A GOOD STORY FROM. WHILE WE WERE WAITING IN LINE WE NOTICED SOMEONE ADMIRING SAMI'S BIKE. THEY WERE IN FACT ADMIRING IT SO MUCH THEY SAT ON IT! NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING, BUT THIS PERSON SEEMED LIKE A NICE FELLOW FROM THE OAKLAND 81 SO WE LET IT GO.
NOW WE ARE INSIDE AND MEETING MR. SONNY BARGER HIMSELF. I THINK HE IS HOLDING UP WELL CONSIDERING HIS AGE AND HIS ADVENTUROUS LIFE. HE SEEMS LIKE A REAL SWEETHEART, AND I THINK THAT OUT OF OUR GROUP HE LIKED ME BEST, HE TOTALLY PUT HIS HEAD ON MY SHOULDER FOR OUR PICTURE TOGETHER. AFTER MEETING SONNY AND GETTING 2 BOOKS SIGNED TO ME WE HUNG OUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE AT THE MISCREANTS CLUBHOUSE. THEY HAD MUSIC, FOOD, AND VENDORS IN THE BACK. WE WERE GETTING HUNGRY SO WE DECIDED TO HEAD TO BACK TO E.P.A. FOR THE DELICIOUS LUNCH WE KNEW WOULD BE WAITING FOR US.
A QUICK TRIP DOWN THE 880 AND OVER THE DUMBARTON BRIDGE AND WE ARE BACK AT THE DALY CITY RED&WHITE'S CLUBHOUSE. WE ARRIVED BEFORE THE PACK'S RETURN SO WE GET A DRINK AND HAVE A SEAT TO WATCH SOME WORLD CUP SOCCER ON THE FLAT SCREEN T.V. IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO AN EVENT (POKER RUN, FIGHT NIGHT) HERE, THEN YOU ARE MISSING THE BEST FOOD EVER. I COULD SMELL ALL OF THE AWESOMENESS COMING FROM THE KITCHEN. THEN MY FRIEND THE COOK (HELL YEAH I MADE FRIENDS WITH THE COOK) ASKS ME IF I'M HUNGRY, AND SAYS TO COME IN THE KITCHEN SO HE CAN MAKE ME A SANDWICH WHILE WE WAIT FOR LUNCH. HE GETS OUT THIS HUGE ROLL AND FILLS IT WITH TENDER BEEF BRISKET. HE THEN ASKS ME IF I WANT HOT OR MILD SAUCE. I TELL HIM MILD, AND HE SAYS "BEFORE YOU DECIDE TASTE THEM BOTH". SO I PROCEED TO STICK MY FINGER IN THIS GIANT POT OF SAUCE, THAT IS STILL ON THE STOVE, AND TASTE IT. THEN I STICK MY FINGER IN THE OTHER POT AND TASTE IT. I STICK WITH MY ORIGINAL CHOICE OF MILD SAUCE, BUT I JUST WANTED EVERYONE OUT THERE TO KNOW THAT IF YOU HAD EITHER OF THE SAUCES THAT DAY, MY FINGER WAS IN IT FIRST ;-)
SO NOW I HAVE DEVOURED THIS SANDWICH AND THEY TELL US THAT LUNCH IS READY. I GOT TO THE BUFFET AREA AND FILL MY PLATE WITH 3 DIFFERENT KINDS OF RIBS AND SOME EGGPLANT PARMESAN. YES I AM A CARNIVORE!!! SO NOW THAT WE ARE GOOD AND COMATOSE IT'S JUST ABOUT RAFFLE/DOOR PRIZE TIME. THEY HAD A LOT OF PRIZES AND A LOT OF PEOPLPE HAD LEFT SO IT TOOK A WHILE. I THINK THIS IS THE 1ST EVENT I'VE BEEN TO THAT I DIDN'T WIN ANYTHING. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAME HOME EMPTY HANDED. ANDREA, DEVIL DOLLS PROSPECT GAVE ME A TICKET SHE WON FOR THE SHE DEVILS MC CAJUN DINNER! AND THE CLUB CAME OUT A WINNER TOO. SAMI WON THE FINAL PRIZE OF A RUN POSTER SIGNED BY ALL OF THE DALY CITY R&W. SHE TOLD US "IF YOU CAN GET IT HOME IN 1 PIECE ITS YOURS". WELL WE CAN GET ANYTHING HOME WITH BUNGEES!
WE LEFT E.P.A. AND MADE A QUICK STOP AT THE BRASS RAIL TO SAY HI TO OUR FRINEDS AND HAVE A REFRESHMENT. AFTER A HOUR AT THE RAIL WE WENT HOME TO UNLOAD THE BIKES AND GEAR UP FOR THE THIRD EVENT OF THE DAY.
TEETH WASHED, DEODORANT RE-APPLIED WE'RE READY TO GO OVER THE HILL TO SANTA CRUZ. THE SANTA CRUZ RED & WHITE WERE HAVING RED & WHITE NIGHT AT THE BRITANNIA ARMS IN APTOS. WE WANTED TO HEAD OVER THE HILL DURING THE DAYLIGHT SO WE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE SANTA CRUZ WARF. WE FOUND A COOL LITTLE BAR ON THE WARF IN ONE OF THE RESTARAUNTS, OVERLOOKING THE OCEAN, SEAGULLS, AND SAILBOATS.
WE HAD A SNACK, A DRINK, AND LEFT A VIXEN STICKER ON THE WALL FOR THEM TO REMEMBER US BY :-) THERE WAS AN 86 YEAR OLD MAN IN THE BAR, WHO HAD A PICTURE OF HIM WITH A SURFBOARD (WHEN HE WAS IN HIS 20'S) ON THE WALL. HE WAS TELLING COOL STORIES, CATCHUP WOULD HAVE LOVED HIM.
WE LEAVE THE WARF, FINALLY AFTER SOMEONE LOOSES THEIR PARKING TICKET, AND HEAD OVER TO THE BRITANNIA ARMS. THE APTOS BRIT IS AN INTERESTING BUILDING. IT'S LIKE 3 LEVELS. WE SAID OUR HELLOS TO S.C. 81 AND OUR FRIENDS FROM THE LOMPICO GHOST MOUNTAIN RIDERS MC. WE FOUND A TABLE AT THE BAR TO SIT FOR A BIT AND HAVE A BEVERAGE. I HAVE TO ADMIT I AM GETTING TIRED AT THIS POINT. IT WAS AROUND 10:00pm WHEN WE GOT THERE AND WE HAD BEEN OUT & ABOUT SINCE 9:00am. IT WAS A NICE LOW KEY EVENT THEY HAD A LIVE BAND PLAYING AND SOMEONE GAVE US A CD DOOR PRIZE. AFTER A HOUR OR SO WE DECIDED TO CALL IT A NIGHT.
SINCE SAMI WAS WITH US WE HAD PLANNED TO RIDE THROUGH WATSONVILLE AND TAKE THE 129 TO THE 101 SO SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RIDE ALONE VERY FAR. SHE LIVES IN SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. THE WEATHER HAD BEEN BEAUTIFUL ALL DAY, AND AS WE PULLED OUT OF THE BRIT IT WAS STILL NICE, FOR A MINUTE. AS SOON AS WE HIT WATSONVILLE WE HIT FOG AS THICK AS PEA SOUP. I COULDN'T SEE A THING AND MY PANTS WERE GETTING ALL WET FROM THE MIST. FOR A MINUTE I LOST SAMI IN THE DENSE FOG, BUT WE WERE ALL BACK TOGETHER SHORTLY. WE MADE IT THROUGH THE FRICKEN HORROR MOVIE FOG AND HIT THE 101. SAMI WENT HER WAY AND ROCS AND I FLEW DOWN THE FREEWAY TO HOME. WE PULLED INTO THE GARAGE SAFE AND SOUND ABOUT 1:00am. NO LONGER WET FROM THE FOG BECAUSE THE WARM SANTA CLARA VALLEY AIR HAD US DRY BY THE TIME WE HIT MORGAN HILL.
I HIT THE SACK WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE. IT WAS ANOTHER GREAT VIXEN DAY!!!
POCKETS VP
VVSFL
I love me some 86 year old men! ; D
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