You see everything on America's highways.

Last year at Sturgis, I had to snap this photo.  Sturgis, SD  bike week is one of our annual ministry locations.  We were walking downtown before the huge showing arrived.  We set up about 3-5 days before the event begins, so that we can get in and out with our trailer.

We were walking downtown, waiting to cross at an intersection.  The city only allows motorcycles on the main roads during bike week, but a lot of people come in vehicles before the events get started to gawk and check out the rides.

This man was actually riding his motorcycle dressed like this, (not unusual in this setting) but here he is stopped at an intersection taking a phone call.  So funny, people everywhere getting the shot

OK BACK TO PACKING FOR RUN FOR THE WALL

Registration for Run For The Wall 2010

I'm so looking forward to today.  It's a huge reunion and a lot of busy work, meetings start at 8:00 AM and go throughout the day, and all day Tuesday.  For me, dropping in bed tonight only to repeat tomorrow, but Russ only has a few meetings, so he'll do laundry so we can start the Run with everything clean.

We start registering all the riders who are starting Run For The Wall, in Rancho Cucamonga, CA at 1:00 PM.  Our Registration Team have an Organizational Meeting and a Finance Meeting in the morning, getting us all on the same page.  There are over 450 people pre-registered for this location, and we're expecting several riders to walk-in and register also.

We hope to be set up at the Marriott Courtyard by 1:00 PM with enough staff to zip everyone right through.  Tomorrow we start at 9:00 AM (as long as there aren't a lot of breakfast customers in the Courtyard Cafe).

There will be a reception area in the Marriott Courtyard Lobby with refreshments during Registration and we're asking any registered RFTW participants to mingle there to compare notes and answer questions for the new riders, "FNGs."

If the weather is nice we may have walk-in registrations fill out their paperwork and pay in an outside patio area so that their line can be controlled a little more organized than last year.  We're a little cramped in the registration area on Monday afternoon, especially.

Welcome Home and Welcome to Run For The Wall

Sugarbear