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Chrome's pride & joy - the Grandson is pretty cute too!	Joe Palmer and Brenda Edelstein at the Triple E booth at ABTT		Grits makes a quick change	Final Prep
Uncle Bill's Bike	Bikes Outside the Black Rooster	Inside the Black Rooster	David and his relatives	Outside the Black Rooster
First known shot of Rob "BeerMeister" Hamilton & Scott "Smooth Rider" Miller together, disproving the rumor that they were the same person.	Cris "Brooklyn" Dopher outside the Black Rooster. Cris rode with us as far as he could, but design gigs and other last-minute changes to his commitments kept him from the full ride this year. Next year, he'll be back in his accus- tomed spot in the line-up.	Felix, from The CB Shop, exit 89 or so on I-95 in Virginia, tuned Moe's CB, and sold him a new antennae to match the new CB he had to buy when he let the magic smoke out of the previous CB radio. Felix was very helpful and knowledgeable. If your CB needs tuning...	Moe, Matt and Greg's bikes in the garage of Greg's parents' home, prior to leaving for DC

Uncle Bill reports from the East Coast:
Everyone made it to DC safely, but the traffic proved to be a bit daunting. Bill, Mike and Katie (Mike's wife) made the 2.5 hour drive in a measly hours. Greg, Matt and Moe had similar difficulties coming from the south. But the trophy for travel time has to go to David. He came in from the UK yesterday.

For those keeping track, it took Bill and Mike exactly 45 minutes before they got into their first argument. It happened on I-495 just below Wilmington. There they were, going 70 mph 3' away from each other "discussing" which road to take.

The drive from the hotel to the Black Rooster was pretty intense. Most of the folks have not spent a lot of time in DC so the traffic patterns were confusing. Needless to say, we got lost. At one point Mike stopped traffic so a small group of bikes could make a semi-legal turn. And I'm not sure Greg would approve of the new riding techniques that Bill and Mike were teaching Matt.

But we all made it alive and had a good time meeting the new folks Greg Johnson, David Edelstein, Matt Williams and Mike Sapsis as well as the friends and family that stopped by.

Tomorrow we begin the ride. It's the longest day of the trip and it will be interesting seeing how the various riding styles mesh, but it's Sunday so the traffic shouldn't be too bad.

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