BRO Toy Ride for Women in Crisis

The Tradition Continues...

The 21st Annual BRO Toy Run will be held Saturday, September 6, 2014.

BRO, Region 22, invites all riders to join us in supporting the Women in Crisis (Algoma).

All proceeds and toys will be donated.

SIGN IN: 10:00 AM
LOCATION: Tim Horton’s @ 2nd Line & Great Northern Road
LEAVES: 11:00 AM (Sharp - Rain or Shine)

Tuesday mystery ride around SSM

Tuesday, August 26 2014

It was a good turn out for Tuesday's "mystery ride".

Drifter, Needles, DD, Hooleo, BP, Brewster, Chrissy, newcomer Rick and his wife Sharon, MrsEchoBay and EchoBay met at the back of McDonalds on GNR at 6:00pm and drew the route from the suggestions put forward by members. A repeat of the "Heads Up Ride" around Sault Ste. Marie was chosen.

The route followed GNR to 4th Line to Peoples Road to 2nd Line to Carmen's Way to Bay Street past the Casino along the waterfront and past the Bondar Tent back to Bay Street to Queen Street north on Church Street east on Wellington Street to Trunk Road left onto Black Road and then left again onto 2nd Line to GNR and back to McDonalds.

After we returned back to McDonalds, some left to go home while others went down to the OLG Casino parking lot to see the Soo Rebel Cruisers.  There was music, car show and of course motorcycles.

All in all, it was a good Tuesday night ride.

Hope to see everyone this coming Sunday for our ride to Fort St. Joseph on St. Joseph Island.

EchoBay

1st Officer & Road Captain

CMC Chapter 032

Sault Ste. Marie ON

 

Brewster's wife, Chrissy, draws

route suggestion.

Great turnout for Upper Pennisula Michigan ride

What an amazing start to the day to have a great ride. Good weather and a great turnout of riders!

We met at the border entry point. Drifter was there to greet us all before we left without him. That was nice of him to drop by.  MrsEchoBay, EchoBay, Kranky, Rosey, Luc, Aline, Brewster, Chrissy, Professore, Hooleo, BP, DD, Needles and a welcome additional new rider of a Goldwing known to some in the group, as "Rick St. Pierre" participated. We were ready to go and took a while to get through the border. We gassed up in the USA where Hooleo and BP joined the group then we were on our way to tour the coast road along the shores of Whitefish Bay.  We stopped at Point Iroquois Lighthouse where the site caretaker told us of its history and some of the group climbed the tower for the view.

We continued on towards Tahquamenon Falls along winding roads through the Hiawatha Forest which begged for all of us to vote this as one of the best riding areas in the UP of Michigan. What a great ride for us to experience. Should be beautiful in a different way in another 5 to 6 weeks!

We observed the Lower Tahquamenon Falls and then headed up the road to the Upper Tahquamenon Falls where we had a great social event at the Tahquamenon Falls Brew House and Pub. Chrissy and Brewster and Hooleo and BP generously ordered some appetizers for us to sample. Very nice and many thanks from all.

After our lunch, we headed down through Newberry and Engadine to Route Two along the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan. The sand beaches and windswept coast is always something that stirs my emotions.

We arrived in St.  Ignace where we dropped in at the Gangplank for a break and something to drink, warm up and have a chat. It was now time to put on our jackets if they were not already on as the sun had disappeared and 18C felt cold. The last several times we have done this, it seems usual around St. Ignace for the weather to turn cooler, more humid and damp.  While we travelled up the Mackinac Trail back to SSM, we rode into a little better weather.

It was a long day but very enjoyable.  We did about 400 km and most of us got home about 9 o'clock to Sault Ste. Marie.

Thanks everyone for making this a special event. We had a new rider, the weather was terrific and many got to see new things that they had never seen before.

We hope to see Rick out again with the ever expanding group of riders!  It was fun to share the time with all today.

Remember to ride responsibly and always have fun!

Best Regards

Needles
2nd Officer
CMC SSM 032

 Lower Tahquamenon Falls

Good weather, good turnout, good food, good time . . . CMCSSM BBQ a great success

Sunday, August 17 2014

Hi everyone:

I'd like to say "thank you" to everyone who came out and spent the afternoon with us on such a beautiful day.  I'm glad that you enjoyed yourselves on the ride and at the barbecue.

It was really nice to see some of our members who haven't had a chance to ride with the chapter for a while.  Nice to have you back on board.

I'd also like to thank our 2nd officer Needles for taking us on such a nice relaxing ride along the back roads of Goulais and Batchawana past the historic mission church that made one think how it must have been a century or more ago.

 

From the old church, Brewster led the group to his waterfront home where we had some group photos taken.  Thanks to Brewster's wife, Chrissy, for taking  the pictures and Brewster for sharing the great view from his backyard with the breeze blowing in off the lake. Thank you both.

The ride ended at the home of Needles and DD who had offered to host the club barbecue.  In addition to those who went on the ride, others came by car to enjoy this special club event.  It was a great time to take photos with the motorcycles lined up side - by - side and so many members and guests present.

Needles and DD's sprawling lawn and Ladder Toss game provided everyone an opportunity to try their hand at a new "sport".  It's a game where two teams of two had to shoot two golf balls joined by a rope and wrap them around one of three horizontal bars. Whichever team got 10 points first, won the game.  It wasn't as easy as we all thought but after a few minutes we started to catch on.  Everyone had a good time and a few laughs throwing our balls around.

DD and MrsEchoBay had prepared all the food which was brought outside for everyone to enjoy. And that they did!  Needles fired up his barbecue and cooked up burgers, sausages, hot dogs and toasted buns for everyone to enjoy.

Everyone was having a great time which had been our goal from the start.

Thank you Needles & DD for having the barbecue at your home, your company, your beautiful yard, great hospitiality and all that great food.

Hopefully, we can do this again in the future.

EchoBay

1st Officer

CMC SSM 032 

Sunday riders (l to r)  Brewster, Kranky, DD, Needles,
Hooleo, BP, Luc, Aline, Pinky, EchoBay, MrsEchoBay,
Drifter, Vic and Josie

CMC SSM members share memories of ride to Sturgis SD

CMC SSM second officer, Needles and wife DD, spent the early part of August on a 10 - day, 4000 km + trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota, Sturgis Bike Week, touring and return.

  74th Annual Sturgis Bike Week

Needles and DD were just two of the hundreds of thousands that attend 
the annual event.





 August 4th

"Eight hours of riding today and a total of 1993 kms to date. Tomorrow we hit Sturgis!!"

August 6th

"We rode from Devil's Tower, Wyoming to Custer, South Dakota today. A relatively short ride of only 310 kms. So far to date, we have clocked 2645 km. The temperature dropped dramatically but it was a great riding day. Once again some awesome scenery along the way. We arrived early to the KOA cabins to find bunnies scurrying around, and not the least bit afraid of us. We were able to squeeze in a short ride down to Hot Springs despite another drop in the temperature down to 19 degrees and darkening clouds. We will venture up to Mt. Rushmore tomorrow weather permitting."

August 9th

"We're back."

 
CMC SSM members can check out 5 galleries with over 125 photos showing many of the highlights of their trip which have been uploaded to the chapter's Dropbox account.

Bikes, buffalo, buttes and beavers . . . they're all there.

 

Devil's Tower, Wyoming

A Ghostly Tale by EchoBay

Sunday, August 10 2014

Today's ride was really interesting; I mean really, really interesting.  Needles, DD, Hooleo, BP, Drifter, Professore, Pinky, Buck, MrsEchoBay and I pulled out of the Husky around 11:30 for a ride out of the Sault east to Hwy. 638 then cross country to Bruce Mines and return.

But something out of the ordinary happened.  What I'm about to tell you may scare you a bit, but I have to get this off my chest.  Today, we had a ghost riding with the group. Yes, that's right a ghost.  I mean everyone on the ride couldn't believe it. One minute, a biker at the back of the pack all the way from the Husky to 15 or 20 minutes up Hwy 638 disappeared.  Like a ghost, he just disappeared.

Everyone on the ride was concerned because no one knew where this ghost disappeared to.  Needles and DD noticed him missing first and turned around to look for him.  Professore left the others and joined the search of the road and ditches further back but returned empty - handed.  The ghost was nowhere to be found.

There was no way to get hold of the ghost and he hadn't told anyone in the group that he was going to leave early.  We all hoped that he made it safe and sound to wherever he was going.

I can't believe I’m actually talking about this ghost but it was chilling to think about what might have happened.  After checking to see if we could find him, we continued on with our ride. 

It was a reminder, however, to all riders that should they have to leave a ride prematurely to always let one of the road captains know they are departing the group.   We don't want to have to go chasing after ghosts again.

Just before we reached Bruce Mines, we met up with Brewster.  He had left home late but managed to find us enroute. We stopped at Bobber's Restaurant in Bruce Mines for something to eat on the deck then all headed home.

Today was one of those rides that highlighted why we have ride rules and every ride may not go without incident.

EchoBay

CMC supports Children's Wish Foundation

The Canadian Motorcycle Cruisers are supporting the Children's Wish Foundation through a fundraising patch campaign.

Patches are $5.00 each with all profits going to Children's Wish.

To keep costs down for shipping and handling, CMC SSM 032 is putting together a group order.  Payment can be made by PayPal or by sending a cheque to Terry "EchoBay" Aikens.

If paying by PayPal, CMC will send a PayPal invoice.  Please send Terry "EchoBay" Aikens your email address for CMC to send invoice to.

Children's Wish Foundation - Our Mission

The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada works with communities across the country to provide children with life threatening illnesses the opportunity to realize their most heartfelt wish. By creating unique, meaningful experiences, Children's Wish enhances quality of life for these courageous children and their families.

Wishes work wonders

There's big power in a small child's wish. With each wish you support, you touch more than one child; you transform an entire community.

CMC Sault Ste. Marie BBQ - AUGUST 17

Needles and DD have once again invited local CMC chapter members to a BBQ at their home following our Sunday, August 17th ride.  So far 21 have signed up but we're looking to meet as many chapter members as we can that day.

Riders will be returning from the ride around 2 pm and the barbecue will be fired up at 4:00.  Even if you're not taking part in the Sunday ride, plan to join the group any time after 2:00.  Directions will be emailed once you have confirmed your attendance.

Bike not running . . . come by car.  Got grandchildren for the weekend . . . bring them along.  Have a soccer game to watch . . . record it on your PVR.

Cost is only $10 per adult.  Children under 10 years old $5.00.

Please contact Terry "EchoBay" Aikens by email before Friday, August 15 to confirm attendance.

 Hope to see you there.

Perfect weather (finally) and a late night return

Tuesday, August 5 2014

Boy did we have beautiful weather for an evening ride.

We arrived at McDonalds at 6 pm where MrsEchoBay and I met up with

Professore, Drifter, Pinky and her grandson, Hooleo and girlfriend, Bonnie. 

We left at 6:15 pm with Brewster & wife Christine joining us at Pine Shores Drive on our way to The Carver at Pancake Bay. There, we met up with members and guests of the Sault Chapter of the Goldwing Road Riders Association. Nice bunch of people with one offering to take a group photo for us.  We stayed at the Carver for about an hour before heading back to the Chippawa Restaurant for something to eat.

Once we arrived at the restaurant, we introduced our new members to former riders, Dave & Linda, the owners of the restaurant. With the place to ourselves, we proceeded to have some good food with some great company until after closing time. Dave showed us out the back of the restaurant where he is working on a small trailer park but it's going to be awhile yet before it's finished.

After our meal, we said thanks to Dave and Linda then headed home. Time just flew by and it was dark when we were ready to leave the restaurant.  Isn't it funny how time flies when you're having a good time.  I'm pretty sure it had some to do with the company and the weather that had no one rushing to get home.  It seems to make people smile when it's nice out.

Anyway, everyone made home safe and we all had a great ride.

For all of you that didn't make it, maybe we'll see you on the next ride.

EchoBay

1st Officer and Road Captain

CMC Chapter 032

Sault Ste.Marie ON

(l to r) Drifter, Professore, Hooleo, Bonnie, 

Pinky's grandson, Pinky, Christine, Brewster, 

EchoBay and MrsEchoBay

Sunday ride around St. Joe Island

Sunday, August 3 2014

Hi everyone.

Well it looked like it was going to rain again but it didn't.  Paul and Ron showed up at the Husky and had something to eat/coffee with the group before we left for our ride. Great having you there with us fellows.

 

Brewster, Hooleo and his girlfriend, Bonnie, Professore, MrsEchoBay and I did the St. Joe Island ride. 

 

Turned out to be a beautiful ride.  Stopped at the Lighthouse Restaurant for a coffee then headed out.  At the end, we stopped for ice cream at the Sugar Shack in Richards Landing and Brewster went across the street and got some muffins for us to share. Thanks Brewster.

 

After we all finished, we all headed back home.

 

What a great day for a ride with great people.  For all reports, everyone enjoyed themselves and that 's all that matters.

 

For those of you that couldn't make it, maybe next time.

 

EchoBay

1st Officer and Road Captain

CMC Chapter 032

Sault Ste.Marie ON

 

Sugar Shack - Richards Landing