STREET VIBES DAY 1 09/2009

October 8, 2009 - Thursday
DAY 1 ~ STREET VIBES SEPT. 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th
Current mood: adventurous Category: Travel and Places

ALL OF THE VIXENS WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO STREET VIBRATIONS THIS YEAR. FIRST IT WAS OUR FIRST STREET VIBES AS A CLUB, AND SECOND IT WAS OUR FIRST TRIP THAT WE WERE ALL GOING ON, INCLUDING PROSPECT.
09/24/2009 THURSDAY! FINALLY THE DAY COMES, I GET DRESSED AND HEAD TO WORK, THE BIKE ALL PACKED AND REAY TO GO. YES I HAD TO GO TO WORK FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE MORNING. THE PLAN IS FOR CATCHUP, MOTORCYCLE BOY, DOUBLESHOT, DESIGN MAN, AND ONE OTHER COUPLE THAT WE KNOW TO MEET AT MY WORK FOR KICKSTANDS UP AT 10am.
WELL YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO THAT THINGS DON'T ALWAYS WORK AS PLANNED WE GOT ON OUR WAY ABOUT 10:30, BUT WE STILL HAD TO MAKE A STOP AT A GAS STATION TO PICK UP A "FEW" MORE PEOPLE THAT OUR FRIENDS INVITED TO RIDE WITH US. WE SPEND ANOTHER 1/2 AN HOUR WAITING AT THE GAS STATION FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GET ORGINIZED, THEN FINALLY WE ARE ON THE ROAD!!! THE GROUP IS NOW ABOUT 12 BIKES LONG, I'M (POCKETS) LEADING, AND WE ARE JAMMING DOWN 680.
WE HAVE ONLY BEEN ABOUT 10-15 MILES WHEN DOUBLESHOT AND CATCHUP ALERT ME THAT SOMEONE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEIR BIKE AND IS PULLING OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. NOW I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER PEOPLE DID IN SUCH A SITUATION (THE 1ST OF MANY TIMES WE SHOULD HAVE COMMUNICATED BEFORE THE RIDE ON THIS TRIP) BUT I'M USED TO IF SOMEONE HAS A PROBLEM, THEN THE SWEEP PULLS OFF WITH THEM AND EVERYONE ELSE PULLS OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT. THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF BIKES ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SO I LEAD THE GROUP OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT, OR SO I THOUGHT.
OUR ORIGINAL GROUP FOLLOWED ME, DOUBLESHOT, DESIGN MAN, CATCHUP, AND MOTORCYCLE BOY. THE REST OF THE GROUP JUST KEPT GOING, AND DIDN'T EVEN STOP TO SEE IF THEIR FRIEND NEEDED HELP!!!
IT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. AFTER THAT OUR LITTLE GROUP WAS ABLE TO STAY ON TRACK AND ON TIME. WE TOOK THE SCENIC 680, 580, 4, 99, 88, 395 INTO RENO. WE STOPPED ONCE FOR GAS AND FOOD, AND 2 MORE TIMES FOR GAS AND RE-HYDRATING. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL RIDE OVER THE HILL AND WE PULLED INTO OUR HOTEL AROUND 5pm.
NOW BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE A COUPLE OF OUR SISTERS, SUGAR AND LOOKELU, ALONG WITH MIKKI, CINDY, AND LORRAINE HAD ALREADY ARRIVED IN RENO SOMETIME BETWEEN 12-1pm! I BELIEVE THEIR RIDE WAS SOOTH AND UNEVENTFULL, BUT IF NOT I HOPE THEY WRITE ABOUT IT :).
THE REST OF OUR SISTERS HAD TO WORK THURSDAY AND COULDN'T GET ON THE ROAD UNTIL EARLY EVENING. ROCS, HUH?, AND PROSPECT HILDA MET UP ABOUT 6:30pm THURSDAY. THEY TOO DECIDED TO TAKE THE 88 BECAUSE OF REPORTED ROAD WORK ON THE 80. THEY ARRIVED IN STOCKTON AFTER DARK, AND AFTER A QUICK STOP THEY CONTINUED ON. NEXT STOP JACKSON, WHERE ROCS MISTAKENLY LISTENED TO HUH? AND AGREED THAT SINCE THEY FILLED UP IN STOCKTON THEY WOULD ALL HAVE ENOUGH GAS TO MAKE IT OVER THE HILL, IN THE DARK, NO STREET LIGHTS, NO PEOPLE, JUST WILD ANIMALS.
ROC'S DIDN'T MAKE IT!!! SO THERE THEY WERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AROUND MIDNIGHT, COLD, AND TIRED. IT TOOK THEM EXTRA LONG BECAUSE WHEN ROCS REALIZED HER GAS WAS GETTING LOW SHE STARTED GOING 35 MILES AN HOUR TO PRESERVE WHAT SHE HAD LEFT.
THEY SENT HUH? UP AHEAD TO LOOK FOR A GAS STATION, AND THEY TRIED SIPHONING GAS FROM ONE OF THE OTHER BIKES. ACCORDING TO PROSPECT THAT DIDN'T GO SO WELL . THEY WERE ABLE TO GET TO A 1 PUMP GAS STATION THAT WAS CLOSED, BUT TOOK CREDIT AT THE PUMP.
AFTER THAT THEY CONTINUED ON THE ROAD, STOPPING IN CARSON CITY FOR COFFEE AND TO DEFROST. THEY ROLLED UP TO THE HOTEL AT 3:30am!!!!!! ALL THIS TIME LOOKELU, SUGAR, MIKKI, AND MYSLEF WERE CRUISING THE CASINO WAITING FOR THEM. WE DRANK, GAMBLED, AND ALMOST FELL ASLEEP OUTSIDE, BUT WE WERE THERE TO GREET THE WEARY TRAVELERS AS THEY PULLED IN.
SO TECHNICALLY IT IS NOW FRIDAY 09/25/09, TO BE CONTINUED..........