This years Joshua Tree trip was
another success with picture perfect weather! The group included illustrious
president Tim Graber, Ken Mulholland and Patricia, the Musgroves, Hutch and his
grandson, Hutch’s pal Bob Mohler. Nevada
Bob, Pete Seville, Johnny Eagles, Jim Hinton. and last but not least, Hoken.
Tom Hart stopped by for a visit on his VW pimpmobile!
Tim and I met early at Hutches
for lunch on Friday. We were joined by Hutch for lunch and afterwards got a
tour of Hutch’s new motorcycle dealership. The new building is still under
construction and will feature only Japanese bikes as the Harleys will remain at
the present location. Friday afternoon
found us early birds on a ride thru Wonder
Valley and finally to the
watering hole, “The Palms”. When you look up Dive Bar in the dictionary there’s
a picture of this place! Battered up old
jalopies in front... toothless smelly drunk patrons. This year we were smart
and left before any fights broke out!
Friday was capped off at the Rib Company with great food and
refreshments.
Saturday we took the ride to
Chirico Summit with a stop a campground where, with the help of Hobo John, Doc
Sucher drove out to the park to accept a plaque from the national. View a
Photo Here It was great to see Harry
he was delighted to see his pals. View another Photo Here Saturday night we had the traditional dinner
at the 29 Palms Inn....good food and good
company. After it was back to the Rancho Dolores for high octane drinks. The only casualty was Musgrove, thru a chain
this was quickly repaired by our experts including Tim and Bob.
Sunday we took up the usual run
up to Keyes View. The only casualty was Tim’s Chief with apparent battery
problems. One would think that the Club president would pay more attention to
details. The Chief looked forlorn in the back of Musgrove’s truck... Déjà vu, as not long ago on the Arizona ride guess whose
bike made the run in the back of Musgroves truck? Yep the Chief with battery
problems...