November Chapter Ride - Fundraiser

Our November Chapter ride would be rather short – a whole 50 miles tops – but it was a one way ride to our Chapter Fundraiser for the Orange Senior Center so it would be a great ride.  We would be short a few of our regular riders as they are part of a group that takes a yearly ride to Death Valley.  More and more of our members are joining this annual ride and I am thinking this must be a pretty good one – maybe we should put this as a destination for one of our chapter overnighters next year.   

We gathered at our usual place with a nice turn out.  We were joined by members of 415 (thanks Frank, Jim, Diane and Mark).  After the usual meeting info, we divided into two groups with Dan and myself leading.  We left going up the 57, exiting on Lambert and making our way through the twisties of Carbon Canyon – always a nice ride!  We arrived at Chaparral 300 ready for a fun day.  Chaparral 300 is a rather new bowling alley with a large sports bar with a dozen pool tables, regulation darts, shuffle board and of course a mechanical bull.  Many expressed interest in riding the mechanical bull, but no one stepped forward lol.  We were joined at the lanes by a nice group of guests from the Orange Senior Center, Tom Maldonado the director, his lovely wife Lydia and several others.  

Some of the group decided to play pool, some played darts, some bowled and some just mingled.  I felt really sorry for the guy behind the bowling desk – you know how they swap you one good shoe for your bowling shoes?  Well apparently the little cubbies don’t really accommodate biker boots – so he had a line up of every boot across the top of his area.  

We all took a break from the activities to eat – a great spread of taquitos, chicken strips, chicken wings and pizza – no healthy food here!  I love bowling alley food.  Once we were all fed we got down to the business at hand – the raffle.  In total we raffled off about 25 items with the biggest being a saddleman t-bag and a Nikko helmet.  Our 50/50 was won by Mark Tuttle of 415 – congrats to all our winners!  

At the end of the event we presented a check for $750 to Tom Maldonado, the director of the Orange Senior Center.

A perfect day – great fun!  Thanks to all who attended and made it a success.