What a day! Forecast for good ole Carson City stood at 100 degrees for today so the FOGs got an early start in anticipation of doing Monitor Pass and then south on 395 for a run at Sonora Pass. What luck..........we do the Monitor run, pull into Walker for a quick break and gas top off. We're sitting there drinking GatorAide and talkin' bikes and whatever when low and behold, in comes Russ Pardini's friend and fellow JaBoB (Just another bunch of bikes) member Steve (ORG name = ButtHead ) and 4 or 5 other JaBoB members. They had just come up 88 from NorCal and were going to do Sonora Pass! Unbelievable timing, to say the least. But the "this is a small world" saying goes to another level.....................so we all head south and take the west turnoff on 108 and thus towards Sonora Pass. One of the JaBoBs waves me past him just before we begin our assault on the Pass. I look in my mirror several times to make sure my two FOG members (Mike and Robster) are back of the pack. We all decided to stop in Dardanelle which is on the west side of the pass and after all the fun twisty stuff is over with. So, we pull into Dardanelle and guess who is there along with over 100 Harley riders (Fund Run of some sort)? Russ Pardini! Anyway, I start watching the road for my two FOG friends. 10, 20 minutes later, no FOGers in sight. I hated to leave the festivities and new found friends so soon, but I had to start back tracking up Sonora Pass looking for my bros. Yikes, never did run them down! They must have decided to turn around at the summit or whatever!? I'm going to email them shorty to find out why they didn't follow through with the plan to meet up in Dardanelle. Oh well, I had an absolute blast and look forward to hooking up with those guys again soon. BTW, all of them are absolutely great riders, I didn't have time to even breathe during half the ride! Whew!
Anyway, a few pics for my ORG friends attached.
FOG members Robster, Mike and me in the first few. Then there is Steve (ButtHead) and his crew right after they pulled into Walker. Last and surely not least is Russ Pardini along with his fund raising HD riders.
Anyway, a few pics for my ORG friends attached.
FOG members Robster, Mike and me in the first few. Then there is Steve (ButtHead) and his crew right after they pulled into Walker. Last and surely not least is Russ Pardini along with his fund raising HD riders.
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