Well the rally went as expected..
Thursday: We left out at 8:15am, partly cloudy with temps 65 degrees, the ride there was smooth and uneventful really.
In Florien we noticed some 50's auto's in front of what looked like a automotive / RV repair shop and made a note that on our return trip back home we would stop and check it out. Two stops along the way first was at 73 miles and the last at 145 miles where we fueled up.
Arrived at 3 State Harley dealership around 1pm and signed the no fault document and the picked up our registration package,
( We had all pre registered on line). Door prize tickets and T shirt with the usual literature focusing on Bossier City and surrounding areas what they had to offer us sightseers. The folks at the dealership we all friendly as heck and while I was conversing with folks from an Indiana Chapter one of the salesgirls walked by giving away free 3 State T shirts. I talked with one of the organizing committee and was informed there were over 400 pre-registered for the rally. Vendors were setting up their respective tents and there were many.
Thursday night: The bottom fell out with a spectacular lightening show around 2:30am which awakened me and my roommate. Cold front was moving in as the strong winds shifted from due south to magnetic north.
Friday: No rain but temps had dropped to 49 degrees with very little wind..had breakfast and rode to the rally site with threatening skies.
According to a couple of organizers the expected 50 bikes for the Trike ride didn't materialize as expected but with the 90% chance of thunder showers there was little doubt there would be many showing up. Left out at 9:30 am with 17 Trikes with a guided tour of the countryside headed to Jefferson Texas. And as expected we traveled less than 5 miles and Mother Nature opened up again with a steady rain and made an unscheduled stop for the naysayers to suit up.
Lunch in Jefferson Texas where the skies were starting to clear with the approaching cold front
Some misguided souls removed their rain suits Bad Move.. the closer we got to Louisiana we were chasing the ass end of the cold front more rain developed and by the time we crossed the state line it was again coming down .. and pity the poor souls that were riding to close to ones they were following, Being this was east Texas, and the ground is red clay and all the driveways that were sloped unto the roadway..plentiful red mud decorated the driveway entry's.. follow to close and you'd get that red crap all over your windshield
Saturday: After visiting the Harley dealership again we departed for home at 10am..We did stop to look the cars and trucks in Florien and it was a pleasant stop.. Old codger had 21 1940's and 1950's autos and trucks in his various garages.
Stopped along the way and had lunch at Fat Boys and Skinny's in Leesville, La and one fuel stop in Many,La.
All in all we traveled 585 miles in the three days on the road and I averaged 40.3 mpg for the entire trip.
Ain't half bad for a loaded 1K pound bike.
Average price of fuel was $3.70 a gallon and The bike used 14.5 gallons.
Here's the rest of the pics I took and not in any order..:
MORS TYRANNIS 