American Legions Post 574 Rider Group - Run For Veterans and Community
Another fine day spent with America Legion Riders Group 574.
I look forward to events that are hosted by the American Legion Post 574 Riders Group based in Hudson Falls, NY. The events are well planned and well executed and this years 6th Annual Poker Run to Benefit Veterans and Community was no exception.
This run was special to us. Jack Demers (Rabbit) is a member of Riders Group 574 and has become a big fan of the magazine and arranged for us to set up a subscription tent to spread the word of the magazine. The effort was quite a success as we added at least 15 new subscribers to the North Country Rider Magazine family. Our heartfelt thanks goes out to the 574 Riders Group for their continued support of the magazine. We thoroughly enjoyed being a vendor at their event and hope to work with them on future events as well.
After a prayer from Chaplain Don Williams, the 171 bikes that comprised the ride left the American Legion Post 574 and proceeded to Cambridge where we stopped at the American Legion Post 634. I love traveling through Washington County and this leg of the trip gave me plenty of opportunity to do that. Post 634 has excellent outside facilities. There were all the amenities that a traveling rider could need. The bathrooms were clean and more than one man commented on the old trough being used as a urinal. Sorry ladies but the condition of the ladies room is beyond my journalistic capabilities but I did not hear any complaints so I am guessing things were fine there as well. In the covered pavilion the crew from Post 634 was preparing hot dogs at a rate that I would have thought was humanly impossible. The crew in the beer and drink building were equally busy ensuring that everyone had all the liquid refreshment they could handle. It was one of the better rest stops that I have been on this season.
From Cambridge we proceeded to Post 323 in Granville. Post 323 had a cheese table prepared, the contents of which went well with the liquid refreshments that most everyone was consuming. We sat outside and joked and chatted until the command to mount up was given and we were off.
From Granville the ride proceeded back to American Legion Post 574 where we were entertained by Now Playing. A meal with plenty of chicken BBQ, cold salads and baked beans was soon ready and we all grabbed some food. After eating, the field events were held. These are always interesting to watch and sometimes just plain hilarious.
As was mentioned earlier, I love rides hosted by Riders Group 574. There was plenty of police coverage at the major intersections and Rabbit followed with his truck and trailer as a chase vehicle in case there were any breakdowns. The pace of the ride was such that you were able to enjoy the scenery as you traveled and even novice group riders had little trouble keeping up with the group.
Dan Nolin, the Director of Riders Group 574 surprised us with video that he had taken as the ride departed and as it returned. We used some of our still pictures that we took on the ride and produced the movie which is attached to this article. I want to thank Dan for making these videos available to us. What you see in the movie is a little rough, we are still learning how to most effectively use the video production software, but it has shown us that this is one of the new directions that magazine will be taking in the future. Hopefully you will find it entertaining or amusing but we do hope that you enjoy it.
This is another MUST DO ride that should be on your To Do list for the 2011 riding season. If it is, you can be sure that you will see us there.
Below are some additional pictures of the event that were not used in the video.
