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2008 Gallery

Cosmo's 50th - December 23

Special event for a Special Guy's special Birthday

Friends, neighbours, Retread and relations came to help him celebrate.

Fire regulations prohibited the full 50 candles.

December Meeting

21 hardy souls turned out for the December breakfast meeting; but no one rode in.

November Meeting

Big turnout for the November meeting. None of the 22 rode in, amazingly.

Hawkeye & PT's Day-Late Hallowe'en Party, Nov. 1

Click on the donated face to see
the gruesome details....

November 1, Sheep River Falls

Patches snaps a photo at the viewpoint, Sheep River Road

Doug goes over to the Dark Side....

Pulled over to watch the Mountain Sheep

Patches and Sheep River Falls

The Boys @ The Falls, from left, Patches, Birdo, DrifterDon, Crazy Al, Don H, Larry,
Brent and Wolfman

Larry mops up and dusts off after a bit of off-road riding. DrifterDon and Birdo
offer sympathy.

October 19, October Breakfast Meeting and (limited) Ride

Good turnout for the October  breakfast meeting. The bottle of beer on the table arrived
when Larry ordered a Canadian and a side of back bacon. He meant an omelette.
A Canadian beer arrived, no back bacon. Three bikes rode in for the meeting.

After the meeting, DrifterDon and Larry went to a fairly short and fairly cool ride. You
never know when the season will end.

Still some autumn colours left in the area west of Okotoks.

Biketoberfest, October 18

At Biketoberfest, when the sun goes down on the river...

...the natives get restless.

Marvellous feasts are prepared...

by Terry and his helpers.

Plenty for all

Everyone digs in

Thanksgiving Day Ride, October 13

Thirteen bikes start out from Okotoks

 
...with a suitably tagged support vehicle

Brasco gets to take The Lady for a ride.

Chinook Arch over Bragg Creek

"How can it be closed? Dave isn't even here."

Finally food, at the BP Sports Bar in Olds.

September 28, Kananaskis Picnic and Fall Colours

23 bikes heading out on Highway 40, the Kananaskis

Can't be too careful...

Nature's little speed bumps

This is the place

Picnic shelter at Cat Creek, making the neighbours nervous

From left, Bill, Hawkeye, a couple of Dons, Roman and another Don

Chowing down

Hawkeye cooks, PT supervises

Up to Fortress Junction for gas - Bruce, Brasco and Chirp

Colours along the way

September 21, Ride To The Slide

"Okay, who did this?" Tracy becomes the first lucky recipient of "The Gent"

Nobel thinks this rain ain't looking too good.

Slick roads and grey skies

Short cutting through the Nanton Gap

Lunch in Nanton, don't be in a  hurry

All good bars have taxidermy

Stop on the ride home to put on rain gear

September 14, Salvation Army Toy Run

DrifterDon, Sagebrush and Brasco added to the toy haul

Bruce The Bear added considerable presence

Birdo brough some flash to the proceedings

Dan and Sally added some class to the event

And a truckload of toys got runned, along with $11,000 collected by the 465 riders.

And of course the whole thing was recorded for YouTube:

August 23 - 24, Logan Pass Run

Rolling out

"What are they doing back there?"

At the border

Beep! Beep!

Near the summit

Chirp enjoys the view...

The cut...

At the summit.

Larry & Penny

Bonny punks Cosmo with fake shopping loot

"What's the glove for?"

July 27 - Lethbridge Air Show

Jill, Graham, Bruce, Birdo and DrifterDon heading out at daybreak

In time for the free pancake breakfast which cost $2, $4 for Bruce.

DrifterDon in his element

Canadian CF-18 violates the Lethbridge fire ban

Birdo and Jill had front row seats.

"But... does is come in blue?"

Pearl Harbour again, only missing the ships and the ocean.

July 12 - Jill's Stampede Barbecue

A full back yard

Terri and Rhonda, mutual support

The barbecue gets a workout

Smokey-the-bar (be-cue)

Melody contemplates a new motto

July 1 - Canada Day - Highway 40

Cosmo presents Brad with the Phantom Biker award, finally

Sage leads the charge. Is that fresh snow?

Don, Howard and SweetCheeks munched on hot dogs and pop outside

While others dined on fine wine and haute cuisine in the Kananaskis Lodge.

June 27, 28, & 29, 2008 - 6th Annual Toad Rock Motorcycle Rally

Lunch Stop in Fernie - Dave and Hawkeye

Debbie on the road

Kootenay Lake ferry, Hawkeye, Kristin, Debbie and Dave

Home Sweet Toad

Hawkeye and his ... ummm... cousin on the Jello Slide. That Jello gets everywhere.

"Are you sure this is the Retread's initiation?"

Bike Games - the Weenie Bite with a Toad twist, plastic frog and hot sauce

Life through toad-coloured glasses.

June 22 - Head Smashing In Buffalo Jump

Heading out - Graham points out his Versys

"Hey! They sent a special bus for us."

"So, where are the buffalo," Melody wants to know.

There they are

Pincher Creek - "Why is the restaurant closed? Dave's not even here."

June 14-15 Rhonda & Terry's Summer Soiree

Line up for breakfast

Lined up for breakfast

Survivors of the night before...

Followed by a trip to Vulcan

Living long and prospering at the Vulcan Hilton

An Enterprising photograph at the visitor centre

May 31 - June 2 Old Bones, Wayne, Alberta

Rosedeer Hotel and Last Chance Saloon, Wayne, Alberta. Site of Old Bones 2008

Ranger Don was honoured for founding and supporting Old Bones over the years

First Prize Winner, Scavenger Hunt, Men's Division -

First Prize Winner, Scavenger Hunt, Women's Division -

Lots of scenic riding in the Badlands around Drumheller

Happy campers - Ranger Don and Richard, Alberta Retreads

"I'm eating a what??????" (Click to find out...)

May 16 - 18 Weekend in Whitefish

We got us a convoy (and cool support vehicle...)

Hitting all the classy joints

Dinner at the brewpub; beer so bad only Birdo would drink it

Moose Drool - breakfast of champions

Gee, Dave, wish you were here....

Sunset in Whitefish...

Breakfast at the Red Caboose...

Home again - meeting up with other Retreads at the Longview Hotel

May 11 - Monkey Top

Sage, left and Doug, check out Sage's bike before the start of the ride in Airdrie.

Bruce, Doug and Brad at the Zig Zag in Lacombe

 
Sage leads the group into Bentley

Brasco, Bruce, Brad and Larry perusing the fine Monkey Top cuisine

Outside after lunch - Brad, Tim from Longriders, Brasco, DrifterDon, Larry and Bruce

April 18 - 28 Retreads in Arizona, Nevada,
Grand Canyon and the Laughlin River Run
(Click on photo to see gallery and video)

Cosmo, Bonny, Vilnis, Kirstin, Dave and DrifterDon, loose in Arizona

April 13 - Club Ride to Wayne... or not

Ride start in Okotoks

Biological break at Stathmore

Heading east of Highway 561 to Wayne

Oops -- Doug the new Road Captain pulls a Dave...

Regouping in Wayne...

Happy ending - an Irish pub/restaurant in Drumheller.

Escaping the Winter Cold in Daytona

Dave at Daytona Bike Week with his rented Glide Classic

Kim gets a permanent reminder of  Daytona

Kim's new tat

January Breakfast Meeting, January 20

Full house for Jan 20 breakfast meeting

Western Canada Rep Ranger Don and Donna attended the meeting.

Retreads Year End -- Year Start Party, January 5

Chow Line

Dinner and a movie

Penny and the dessert

Cosmo handed out items from the year-end Lost & Found

Doug receives Broken Bone Club award from Dave, an award he really didn't want.

SweetCheeks retrieves the jeans he left somewhere.

Doug and Debbie were awarded the Riders of the Year trophy.

Larry won awarded the Retreads Cheerleader trophy.

Kirsten and Bonny shared the Ladies of Foothills Retreads Award

DrifterDon was named Foothills Retread of the Year.

Birdo received a special award, autographed by the executive.

Then everyone got their beer goggles on...

Calgary Motorcycle Show, January 5

Brasco checks out the world's most uncomfortable bike

Birdo and Jill try on a replacement for Jill's 650.

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