Since I'm so late in blogging anything about the last lunch ride I'm going to take a page out of Richard's playbook and use his ride report in my blog. I didn't even ask, so sue me. Here it is:
Guys - Thirty-nine bikes and forty attendees swamped Shakeys for a good time today. Our group left about ten and meandered our way there, being in no hurry on such a gorgeous day. We were some of the first to arrive and were able to park directly in front of the cafe for a change. Others filtered in behind and ferreted out spots all up and town the street where they could find places to park so I had to take photos of small bike groups to show what was there today but that's alright. Being such a nice day we hung outside for a bit longer than is typical anymore
before someone noticed the group was dispersing, and fearing the food would disappear like last week, we ventured inside. Practically every table and chair was occupied by a ROMEO. Good thing we showed up because it would have been 'slim pick-ins' for this place without us.
Choices abound at the buffet although I couldn't rightly tell 'ya what it was, but it was edible, and the menu was the preference of a few. Sometime mid meal, Doug Bump made the announcement that his friend, Mike McClure had a birthday today and we all got to sing the B-day song to him. A little off key maybe, but our hearts were in the right place. Mike just turned 65 so the government officially turned on his Medicare card that he's been carrying for some time now.
A good array of bikes were displayed, so choosing the BOW was a task.
I thought we would do something a bit different today and recognise the TOW. 
Since there was only one, it was a no brainer. My kinda deal. TOW of course is the Trike of the Week and a real beauty she was. It's a new acquisition by Cecil Kelly and someone mentioned the MSRP on these babies is over 40 large. Pretty as it is, you won't see one in my garage anytime soon. Leonard spotted an appealing one but it already had the nod for an honorable mention. It was a Suzuki GS550 'barn find' that is 'On The Road Again'. Mitch Albertson from Towanda told me he found it at a neighbors leaning against the fence and rescued it for 150.00. 
I was impressed with what he had done to it and how it looked. It's kind of a Street Tracker, now. Looks good, sounds good! Something more of us should attempt doing.
Long distance today was snatched up again by the newest of the ROMEO long riders...John English with 218 miles from Shawnee but was pushed pretty hard by Roger Haack from Lawrence on his Beemer with 190.
No ROMEO lunch is complete without Ice Cream, and Scoops
is just a hop skip and jump up the road.....except for Paul who got lost. I think I counted more than a dozen at the famous little place and more than a few were enjoying their world class malts. 'Course, I'm on a diet!
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