Few months back became aware of the AR State mtg coming up. Normally, would have passed since I'd already been to Ft Smith during the Steel Horse Rally, but .... I love the riding up that way. It's only like 250 miles or so ... Chief and Kal are going so .. WTF .. I'm in. Got a room at the Choctaw casino where the event is being held..... now .. just time to wait.
The weekend is finally here and it's time to head out. I've decided to head to Little Rock the night before for personal reasons, then on to the Rally Friday morning. Man it's hot.. .really hot. I used to love the heat... brag about it all. Now, the shit wears me out. Actually causes a few problems with me hydration related. Well, my bike trip is now a cage trip but I'm determined to see this through. Turned around 40 miles out and switched vehicles. So Friday I roll up in the Grand Wagoneer, check in a lil before 3 and I'm ready. Rested and ready. Checking in behind me is Chief and Kal whom rode up and ... they concur.. friggn' hot out there. Hell, we'd have people doing upwards of a 1,000 miles in this heat; respect!
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Well, unpack and head down to the meet and greet for some cold drinks and see some old friends. First one I come across is Larissa up from 23-15. Her and her hubby must have done something like 900? Damned... you go! Got to meet her hubby Mark finally ... good guy. Cray-On is on her game working the rally, spreading the love. Meet up with the new AR State Rep; nice guy. Chief (Mic) is there at the entrance and get a chance to BS a lil. Then folks from all over Texas are pouring in... as well as other states. When the smoke clears over 50% of the attendees are from out of state... damned! Eventually, the stomach is growling so myself, Chief and Kal find ourselves at the casino bar/grill for some great food. Few drinks at the bar .. check out the gambling (though abstained) .. and .. early night. Something to be said for some good zzzzs.
Up bright and early and downstairs well in advance of the 0900 start time. Again, more time to BS with folks, pick out the seat, grab some swag from various vendors. One of the chapters is pushing their version of "The Association" hats so grab one to add to the collection. Shirt from 7-8 and Koozies. Got the rally swag.... I'm good to go. Now, start this meeting! Got to tell you, I like these smaller ones. I was at the MS one last month and similar. Around 250 folks, meeting is fast and over in about 2 hours. As with the MS one, we have a ton of folks in attendance. Skrape (SAA), Boomer (regional rep), Dudeman (State rep), and many more. Lot of folks also in from LA of which Eagle was the highlight also as our guest speaker. An OK Brother made all the competition trophies for basically nothing and they were beautiful. All in all .... next thing you know... meeting is over. Swiped and time to enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Normally, I'd be talking about the bike show. The bike night. But .. I bailed. Without a bike I felt out of place. No where to ride. So .. I went to Plan B. Headed up to Fayetteville to visit a friend. But that meeting? It rocked.... next year, maybe I'll friggn' ride?
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