Monday, May 04, 2009

The Blessing of the Bikes

Yesterday started out a bit iffy, looking like it was going to rain once again, but it cleared up and became a perfect day for the bike blessing event!
There were hundreds, if not thousands of bikes there and I tried to capture a few shots to give you a feel for what we experienced.

Our baby parked with some good company

Just some random bikes to give an idea of the size of the event



Friends and more friends


It was an all day event, starting at about 9AM with a semi-organized ride (scramble format), which we decided to pass on because I just didn't feel comfortable riding in a group of several hundred riders that I didn't know. There was a live band and also food, and drink available for purchase. At 3:00PM we were given the instructions of how we were to line up and ride through the long procession to have the rider(s) and the bike(s) blessed by a Catholic priest. It all went pretty smooth and much quicker than I expected, a big thumbs up to the quality of the organizers of the event.

Afterwards a few of us went out for a ride and to grab a bite to eat before putting the bike away until the next clear day comes along.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like fun...maybe next year!
Lightnin

Thunder said...

Lightnin - Yep, something to keep on the calendar!

Anonymous said...

hey lightnin and thunder,
i just wanted to start this off with wishing mom a happy mothersday bc i wont be able to call bc im in wiesbaden working this weekend. hey well im glad that the bike has been blessed and now you are driving "safe" lol i love you guys

Love,
Me

Thunder said...

SPC Dude - I'll pass it along to her! Thanks, we love you too!

STEB said...

good friends good meeting good god lets ride. i did enjoy my self.and the meeting at the kogt went well, afterwords.then just a crisp ride across the county back to the home stead

Thunder said...

STEB - We're planning a Mother's Day ride since it's supposed to be dry! (sorry MOM, I know you didn't want to hear that!)