Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Manitoba Chapters of CMA in Portage














June 28th the combined CMA chapters in Manitoba met at Portage LaPrairie at the Highway Tabernacle for a joint service with the congregation. The CLR chapter departed Brandon at 8:30 with a brutal wind mainly from the north/west heading for Portage for the 10:30 service. We had 10 motorcycles of all makes with our chapter President riding a demo bike that looks like it will be going to a new home for the next 100,ooo km.
James Rosso did a fine job with his leading the service after the rousing praise and worship session. Following the service the congregation treated us with burgers, hot-dogs and drinks.
Then it was off to Neepawa MB for ice cream. The wind had picked up and this made us heading directly into a brutal wind contributing a lot of carbon from the higher fuel consumption of the motorcycles.
Once we headed back south again after Minnedosa, the wind was in our backs and this was a wonderful respite from fighting the wind. My bike seemed like I was on the couch watching the ground go by, it was so quite. Back in Brandon by 2:30pm enough time to catch a nap before supper. Life is good!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Run for the Son May 2009

On Sunday May 31st at about 8:30am this crew was ready for the annual Run For the Son. This is the culmination of the fund raising for CMA Canada. This year as in the past we are heading to Oak Lake, MB.
One of the members of our chapter lives there and the his congregation has invited the CLR members to their church service.
As always they are treating us to lunch as well.
The day broke with a threat of rain and a temp of 9c with a wind from the north that was bitterly cold and sharp.
Shoal Lake is about 1.5 hours north/ west of Brandon. Note Gene on the far left has just been out of the hospital for a few weeks with a lower back operation. he and Helen are taking the quad to Shoal Lake.
After the service and lunch, we connected with another three bikes and headed to Riding Mountain and Clear Lake for coffee and ice cream. The day turned out to be sunny with the temp reaching a balmy 15c. Eventually we got back to Brandon for supper at the Chinese buffet.
If you would like to see a video clip that was produced and up-linked via satellite then click here