It is the 30th anniversary of biker days in the great Osage! I have got to be a part of 17 of them!  where has the time gone! but what a run! it is the oldest biker party in the state that I know of! and over the last 17 years I have watched black beards turn to gray and gray beards turn snow white! I have watched some kids grow up and join the party!   I have been privileged to make many new friends here  but I have lost several in that time too!  Donny, Smokie, Bruno, and more! some I met there but saw other places some I only saw here! I want to talk about what a great party this is but cant do that with out talking about some of the people that helped make it great! none were perfect but they were brothers at heart! I'm sad when I think about those we lost but happy that I have those that are still with us! there is a whole bunch of people 

I should list here that help to make this party great! some are part of the staff others guests!   but as sure as I did I would miss some! I have included pic of some of them but others prefer to stay in the shadows or not be photographed! some are there every time others miss once in a while because of other commitments! those are missed when they are not there! ok back to the beginning I took off from the house early for me I was out the door and on the road before 1pm! the weather was awesome no rain in the forecast for the whole weekend warm riding weather who could ask for more!

 well I could ask for one thing! a better economy! I knew a lot of folks would miss this occasion because money is tight well anyway I took my time and enjoyed the ride! I have no idea how may times I have traveled these same roads but the scenery is always breathtaking when the weather cooperates! from open fields of wheat or  plowed depending on the time of year but also open fields of grass with whole herds of cattle or horses! green grass or brown it changes depending on the time of year!  I have even seem some of it under water! I digress but it is part of what makes me a biker! I rolled into the camp ground about 3:30 to hugs from a couple of the brothers and sisters of the staff!  

after I got done checking in i headed up to my usual spot!  it is kind of funny I have camped on the same piece of real-estate for 17 years the road is much better and there are a lot fewer rocks, more grass and there is now a light on the corner! it is a short distance from CMA and even shorter distance form the porta-pottys!  but more importantly brothers and sisters there too! I was not quite done with setting up camp when I got a visit from an old friend who had not been there for 4 years! The kid had returned to reclaim his title as slow race champ! so much for me winning gas money home! haha after finishing up camp I grabbed my camera and headed out to take pic!