Day #12 Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder cannot be described, it has to be experienced and felt. 

No picture I can take can do it justice. Hopefully when the pro's shots come in they will help you visualize the incredible number of bikes. What you see here is one parking lot but there is another parking full of bikes beyond the horizon. 

Once the first bikes start rolling it takes five hours for the bikes to clear the Pentagon parking lot and make the 6 mile loop around the mall. We arrived to stage at 6:00 am and did not leave to start the run until 12:45.  I thought I would be bored, take a nap, read a book...hah, I could not have been more wrong. There were so many interesting characters to meet, bikes to admire and the food. Plenty of grease to g around.

When we left the Pentagon parking lot and turned onto the Arlington Bridge I was shocked at the thousands of people lining the route. 

Remember this Memorial Day, The price of freedom isn't free.

Thanks Ron Stewart for the great photo.

Time to travel home and then I will blog the details of the Run for the Wall that I didn't have time to do while we were riding. 

Have a great Memorial Day.