8 May

This morning we (except Mark) woke up to rain, thunder and lightning. We have just been hanging out for the past few hours with no real agenda for the day. Several officers that were here yesterday seem to have ventured off for some portion of the day. We understand that there will be numerous more riders arriving this afternoon/evening.

All will be happy to know that about 12:30-1:00 local time Mark woke up and is back in business. Seems to have had a 24 hour bug that has passed and needless to say is back in the groove. We are in trouble now :-).

These are a few pictures of a couple of the support trailers that are here in the parking lot. These are both from the local New Jersey area.

This is one of the support motorcycles that is at the hotel.

So since the early morning rain, the sun has come out this afternoon and it is supposed to be in the low 70's. It is a little windy and humid, but pleasant for the most part. We pretty much will just be hanging around the hotel the rest of the day. I am waiting for the bike mechanics to return to hopefully properly repair my bike.

We think there is some plan for a dinner or meeting this evening for everyone to meet each other. There are numerous people we have met so far that are veterans to the ride so we are just trying to learn.

Talk to ya later.