Children’s Ride 2008
Last Sunday while Lina played with our good friends Art & Ellen (a special treat), Stephanie and I took part in the 2008 Children’s Ride (no children allowed). It’s a fundraiser for Children’s Hospital here in Seattle–to the tune of nearly three quarters of a million bucks, including the associated fundraising and Friday night’s auction. It’s also a gathering of over 1000 motorcycles and 1300+ riders.
If you’ve never been in a tunnel with 1000 hogs, well, you really can’t imagine the sound (and feel) of it. I suppose it was like being near the front at a really (really) loud avant garde rock concert–if there is such a thing.
We didn’t spend much time at the Rock & Ride concert afterward (really, no matter how badly you want to see Marshall Tucker Band, the guy’s 60–a hard 60–so I think you’re better off renting a video–any video–and we didn’t feel like sticking around through a series of once-famous bands for the headliner…wait for it…Foghat). Instead of wasting the beautiful (hot!) day waiting to find out whether “Fool for the City” has improved with time, we headed out on our own ride through some of the less-traveled parts of three counties (we’re definitely going back to Lake Roesiger some time for a picnic with Lina) and ended up clocking 198 miles for the day by the time we wearily rolled in, showered, and I headed back out to pick up our sweet girl.