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America's 911 Ride
« on: September 04, 2006, 07:37:36 PM »

Had the honor of doing the America's 911 Ride a couple of weeks ago. Met lot's of great folks and enjoyed some fabulous (and not so fabulous) riding. This ride honors fallen police officers and fire fighters lost on September 11, 2001. Heavy stuff. Leaving Ohio we ran into 4 mounted officers from the Cleveland area that were going our way. They were glad to escort us to Shanksville.
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Re: America's 911 Ride
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2006, 07:38:24 PM »

Traffice jams on the Pa. turnpike - not a problem.
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Re: America's 911 Ride
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2006, 07:39:27 PM »

Our HOG Chapter had previously left this at the UAL 93 crash site.
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Re: America's 911 Ride
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2006, 07:40:27 PM »

Temporary building until the Govt. gets it together to build a permenant one.
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Re: America's 911 Ride
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2006, 07:41:24 PM »

Miles of bikes headed from Shanksville toward the Pentagon. Beautiful interstate through Va. and Md.
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Re: America's 911 Ride
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2006, 07:42:07 PM »

I think we were somewhere in the middle on this leg.
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Re: America's 911 Ride
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2006, 07:42:47 PM »

Gets ya right where ya live.
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« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2006, 07:43:48 PM »

Several towns were out in full force to welcome us and cheer us on. Lots and lots of flags. Good stuff.
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Re: America's 911 Ride
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2006, 07:45:02 PM »

Spent the night in Arlington, Va. Toured the pentagon and then we gathered in the morning for the ride to NYC.
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Re: America's 911 Ride
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2006, 07:46:19 PM »

Town was dead @ 7:00 on a Sat. morning. Escorts shut down the freeways so we got a pretty good 30 mph tour through D.C.
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« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2006, 07:47:15 PM »

Motorcycle police everywhere. Those guys did great shutting down the freeways and getting us through. Thanks guys.
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« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2006, 07:48:14 PM »

The tunnel into Baltimore. I had no idea that they were so hot under all that water. Geesh.
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« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2006, 07:49:58 PM »

Stopped at Mike's Famous H.D. in Del. They treated us great w/ a nice lunch. We left the group after Mike's and went the Jersey turnpike as opposed to the surface streets that they took.
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Re: America's 911 Ride
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2006, 07:50:43 PM »

New York City from the Jersey pike. Getting close now.
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Re: America's 911 Ride
« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2006, 07:51:29 PM »

The group arrives.
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