Fallen Bikers Rally - The First Year

Well the first Fallen Bikers Rally has come and gone. Yes, there were quite a few hiccups but valuable lessons were learned.

We did not make enough money to give to The Children of Fallen Riders which was unfortunate and has saddened me greatly. Vendors who gave their word to be at the event did not show, the vintage car clubs did not show and only a hand full of bikers bothered to stop by.

This event was to benefit The Children of Fallen Riders to help families with financial problems after the untimely death of a family member,,,a biker. I know there are families out there that to need help because of this. One local family was helped last year and given money so she could buy her children Christmas presents. But for some reason this event did not draw the crowd I was hoping for or thought we would get.

Some lost sight on what this group is all about and made it a personal crusade. This greatly saddened me and I wondered what went wrong? When did this turn in such a sour direction?  Maybe it is my own naivity. I always see the best in people or at least try to. I guess this should just be taken as a lesson learned.

We will pick ourselves up by our boot straps and move onward. We will try again next year and hope that this event will get better. In the meantime here our some pictures from this years event and hopefully next year the sun will be brighter, the crowds will be bigger and we will have even more pictures.