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In general, one of the topics on n tthis his Le his hi L Letter ett t er er from the Editor page for the June unne is iissue sssu suue is the massive expanse of the TR TRMI RMI M events listing. One of the staples les le les of the magazine and weekly posts ossts t on our Facebook account during ngg the riding season are the bike night and event listings pages. I am talking about the event list and bike night listings once again for this June issue, but this time it is about how many things nggss have been cancelled or postponed. ned d. The times we are in now are crazy, and it seems like we are iin uncharted waters, so to speak. A few events have rescheduled for later in the riding season if possible, but many events know that moving to another day or another weekend will simply not be an option and have cancelled entirely for 2020. As the list seems to be changing daily with additions, cancellations, postponements and the like, make sure to check if an event you want to attend is still shaking out. That is unless you don’t mind just going for a ride to check if it is still going on. Either way, just keep in mind that event and bike night organizers will still be making decisions to hold or cancel events for probably the remainder of the riding season. I am begging this of all of you, try to support these businesses and organizations that have cancelled or postponed events for this riding season. For those that have cancelled, these were not easy decisions to make. In my head I like to make informed decisions, and in this day and age, that seems to be about impossible. Almost everything that you see, hear, watch on the news, see on social media, and ask for input on has to be qualified as to the legitimacy of the content. It seems that there are so many people that spin their message based upon what their desired effect is, and it is infuriating. People in general want to do the best they can for their businesses, their events, their people, and their cause, but that is made harder to do with misinformation. All of the crap floating around has made it very difficult for people to decide to hold events in times that are beyond the current restriction guidelines. I don’t hold it against anyone that has cancelled an event for this year, but if it was something that you would have attended, maybe do what you can to still show support for that
business or organization. They are still trying to keep their doors open or their organization running, so do what you can to help them out, despite the event cancellation. Additionally, please support the events that are staying the course and keeping on the path as planned. This was not an easy decision on their parts either and then they get to hear the brunt of the BS from the alarmists about causing more problems for the country if events are still held. No one is telling you that you HAVE to attend, or if you do that you have to get near other people, but you can support events and businesses that are doing events in other ways. You can make donations ahead of time or show your support on social media for events without even attending. You can attend early or later to avoid the largest crowds, you can avoid direct contact with people, or you can just do things as normal if you want! It is entirely your choice as of yet. No matter what you do though, do so safely. Be safe, wash your damn hands, and don’t let bullshit overrun our lives any more than it already has. A parting note for this 121st Letter from the Editor is a giant “THANKS” to all of the sponsors, readers, followers, contributors, and staff from the past 10 years. With this issue we are heading into our 11th year and that is pretty phenomenal and we realize we could not have done any of this without all of you! Thanks tons for following along for the past 120 issues, and we look forward to seeing you for another 120 issues! Ride safe, ride often, ride like you will never be able to ride again. Vernon Schwarte Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa Editor Quote of the Month: “You can talk with someone for years, every day, and still, it won’t mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.” C. JoyBell
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Mark and I were out on a ride a couple weeks back when he started hearing some funny noises coming from the front end of his bike. The forks were making a funny “thunk” when they travelled back up after dropping into one of the potholes left by our long winter. At our last stop, he decided he was going to hop on my bike and try to simulate the same conditions that his bike was under each time it began thunking. I sat on the bench outside the Casey’s while he began rolling backwards quickly and braking, rolling and braking. Well, he didn’t hear any thunking, but he did get a response from my bike. The fob was in my pocket, so all the facts gathered by the bike’s sensors indicated that the bike was being stolen. Fortunately, my bike is too old to start honking, but the lights were sure flashing furiously! I knew from reading the manual from cover to cover (which Mark had made me do before he even let me swing my leg over the seat of the bike!) and from listening to other riders’ stories that if I would just go stand by the bike with the fob in my pocket, the alarm system would calm down. The sensors had some of the facts, but they didn’t have the whole picture!
Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.” Yes, even under dark circumstances, God is near and waiting to step in. My bike’s sensors had no choice I remember hearing one hard-luck story about a guy but to obey the signals from who had loaded his bike in an enclosed trailer early one my fob and calm down. We, morning to make a cross-country trip. He and his wife on the other hand, have the stayed in a hotel the first night and the trailer was locked freedom to acknowledge up safely in the parking lot, so he didn’t check things out that God is in control of the until the next morning. By then, the battery was almost situation . . . or not. We can admit that we don’t know completely dead from the lights flashing non-stop. He all the facts and can’t foretell the future . . . or not. We learned an inconvenient lesson: keep the fob with the bike can thrash around and cause havoc in other people’s lives when you’re transporting it. The sensors don’t know that because of our own distress . . . or not. We can dig into the owner is in control. God’s word for further guidance . . . or not. We humans are equipped with sensors called “feelings”. And like the case of the sensors in my bike, we may not accurately interpret the situations around us and respond in the best way. Since God designed us, his Word is the ultimate manual. It shows us who God is and how he is working to be involved in our lives - even before we are willing to put ourselves under his care. I get it that no one is going to learn all there is to know about ourselves, about God, and about relating to others by reading the Bible from cover to cover one time, but we have to start somewhere or we will be forever stuck acting on our feelings instead of acting on the truth of God’s word. For example, every one of us has felt alone and down at some point in our lives. What should our response be to those feelings? Do we follow them to more gloom and distress or should we see what the Bible says about God’s relationship with us and about our alone-ness?
The world drums into us from the time we’re young that it’s up to us to “fix our own problems”, “take care of our own business”. It’s true that we’re responsible to pursue a Biblical solution to a problem: depending on the situation we’re in we may need to see a doctor and take medication, get counseling, change our diets, get a second job to pay off debt, apologize to our spouse – whatever. What we should not do is continue to blink our lights and honk our horns and wear ourselves out in an effort to be the boss. Ultimately, we must come to grips with the fact that we don’t have the power to fix much of anything or anyone, including ourselves. That power belongs to God alone. He knows the big picture and will cause everything to work out for our good - maybe not the way we wanted it to work out, but still for our good. Don’t get stuck living life according to your feelings. Learn to live by God’s Word. If you can’t find a Biblebelieving church to become part of, a couple of good places on the internet that supply short Bible lessons are the CMA website (listed below), and the website for “Our Daily Bread”: odb.org .
At the beginning of the Bible, Genesis chapter 1 starts off with “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters.” That may be a pretty accurate description of how life feels right now: no purpose, empty, nothing in front of us or behind us but dark, cold, May you know God’s blessings as you follow a life with tossing waves. Like the sensors in my bike, we are him – Karla working with the facts at hand and things look pretty grim. Mark and Karla Cornick are with the Christian But our limited point of view cannot see the whole picture. Motorcyclists Association. Find out more about CMA and I am thankful that the next sentence says this: “And the God’s plan for you at www.cmausa.org 6 - TRMI JUNE 2020
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The last 9 issues of TRMI have followed my rides across the country to hit all of the lower 48 states. With that accomplished, I mentioned to Vernon the possibility that I continue with a monthly column of various rants and ramblings about the motorcycle world, future rides, photo-shoots, events, garage projects, and/or current world events. I’ve spent nearly 25 years writing for various biker publications nationwide, but I do very little of it these days, most of which is seen on these pages. After so many years of creative writing I still have story ideas pop in my head, typically while I’m riding, so I have no way of writing down these ideas, leaving most of them lost in the wind. I also have people mention every once in a while, that I should start my own blog, or some sorta bullshit like that, but here’s just a couple of reasons that won’t happen… First, I don’t have the time to maintain all my social media accounts as it is, so the time for upkeep on more online material is not in the cards. Second, I still prefer to sit down a read a publication in print, rather than stare at any sorta computer or digital device, so screw that idea!
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and as much as everyone is sick of hearing about the virus ordeal, the subject still circles around to make this month’s rambling fall into place. The term social distancing had come to the point that it makes me wanna puke whenever I hear it! And with motorcycle and hot rod events being cancelled/postponed, it has left many of us with little or no income, but has also left us with some spare time on hands, which myself I haven’t had the pleasure of for many years. When all this started getting crazy, I was working in Daytona for Bike Week, then got home and still managed to get Natanic’s 2021 calendar ready for print, which since then has given me some time to breathe. With every destination that I might wanna ride to being closed, I haven’t had much desire to jump on the bike and ride, and combined with the fact that I’ve done about 1000 miles already this year (most of which were in Florida) I haven’t had that spring fever to ride, mostly keeping my happy ass at home tending to things. Although I’d much rather spend time in the garage, I pretty much had no choice but to make house and yard issues my first priority with trees that needed to come down around the garage that were screwing up the roof or ready to fall on the garage, and another tree trying to lift our LP tank off the ground. Walls and flooring trim around the kitchen needed work, and new shelving in closets for better organization and for kickknacks in the kitchen so those gadgets weren’t boxed up in closets any more. A serious purge of old clothes and shit that’s accumulated in closets, and a pile of used tires in the storage shed that all resulted in a couple loads to recycling and disposal centers. A serious deep cleaning and dusting around the house, to hopefully alieve the allergies I’ve developed in recent years, some mudding, some painting, some electrical work, and trying to figure out how the hell to keep birds from getting into our basement! I even put some photos of grandkids in a picture frame that we have hanging in the kitchen, one of those shelf/key hanger type frames that we got years ago, but never added our own photos. So yeah, I’m a real proud photographer to say that I had the factory supplied pics from the store bought picture frame hanging in our kitchen for many years!
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While this monthly column seemed like a good idea a few months ago, as I neared the end of my story line for the 48 states, the reality of how far behind I am at home and in the garage started to set in, as most readers could tell from last month’s recap. I’ve accomplished a lot in the motorcycle publication world, logging nearly 100 magazine covers, hundreds of motorcycle features, and easily hundreds if not thousands of event articles to date. Not to mention photographing and publishing Natanic’s Pin-ups biker babe calendar for the last 10 years. But anyway… On the home front, basic maintenance and cleaning routines have been put off for so long that in some cases they’ve turned into dire needs, and a garage full of motorcycle projects collecting dust is just plain depressing to look at. With that said it’s hard to say how long I’ll keep at this routine of a monthly column, maybe a couple months, maybe a year, who knows at this point? I do like the idea of my various ramblings in print, but the reality is that garage time is my best therapy right now, so we’ll see how things go. But for now, hopefully you We all have little details to laugh at around home, don’t find these things too boring! but there comes a point where some of those laughing points become a nuisance, so pretty much every room Moving on… I’ve tossed around a few ideas in the house has been on the to-do list, except my office on what this month’s article would touch base on, and basement, which are both good winter projects. I’ve always been a person to make “to-do
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lists,” but rarely complete them and often times lose them, but I have managed to keep it handy this time with house/yard stuff down one side and garage stuff down the other. I’d much rather tackle the garage first, but the house is higher priority, and another problem is adding new things to the list every day. So even though I’ve been busting my butt, the list looks like I’m not getting much done. My solution is to start a daily list of simple goals that can easily be accomplished each day, and make sure that at least one item on my main list is done each day too, which has worked out pretty good. And I have a ton of left over fliers from events that got cancelled, so I have plenty of scratch-paper to make notes each day! Sorry if this month’s ramblings have bored ya, but if you’re still following along I wanted to give an
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example of how one busy socialite has dealt with social distancing. As we go to print with this issue, I’ve knocked out the majority of the house side of my list, so that hopefully I can move on to garage stuff by the time you’ve got this in your hands. Natanic’s 2021 calendar is off to print and should be available online by now, for pre-orders anyway, as they likely won’t ship until the end of June. Yeah, virus stuff has set-back the calendar release too. Speaking of the new calendar, the cover girl of this month’s magazine your holding is one of Natanic’s calendar girls, and she’s featured in both the 2020 and 2021 calendars. And in choosing some photos for this month’s story, my phone pics of work around the house and yard didn’t seem very appealing, so here’s some behind the scenes at Natanic’s 2021 calendar and a few shots from Daytona, all before social distancing was a thing! Nate Ullrich www.Natanic.com
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s I write, we are in the first part of May. Our spring has turned out to be far different than anyone could have anticipated. Just like everyone else, we have had a slow down here at ABATE as well. I am hopeful that by the time you are reading this, that our great state of Iowa is on the path to returning to so form of normalcy. I am hoping that everyone is out riding and enjoying their favorite stops.
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Brotherhood B h h d Part P II I personally preach about brotherhood a lot. You hear a lot of people say, that’s why they joined this club or that club. Maybe it means more to me because of my time in the military and in combat. But here are some of my thoughts. You hear people say, always keep prospecting. Well, with brotherhood it should go way past the patch. If you were to meet your brothers outside the club, would you still break bread with them? Would you still have beers? What about that softball game your brothers daughter is having, would you still go to support her or his family? Graduations? Birthday parties? Would you sit there with your Brother’s 5 year old daughter and let her put butterfly hair clips in your hair? What if their 18 year old son just needed you to listen to how he can’t communicate with his dad? If you say no, then you need to check yourself. It’s easy to blame someone else for why you won’t drink or share with them. They are difficult. They are whiners. They just don’t get it. Well, maybe you don’t. Be who you expect other members of your club to be. Be the solid one that everyone looks to as an example. I’m not saying you will always be perfect, and there is no perfect club. However, you can always try. You won’t always succeed. You’ll still lose your cool and piss people off. But recenter, and move forward. Be the brother that if someone is down, you are willing to reach out your hand, and help them up. Support them through the good and the bad.
Brotherhood Part III I was in a Veterans MC for a few years. Found them when I wasn’t looking for anything but missing out on everything. Missing the things that I had when I was in the Service. It kind of shocked me when I went on their inaugural support ride. The same familiar feeling of comradery and the brotherhood that I felt when I was in the Army. Taking guys from all walks of life, races, jobs, political and religious beliefs, and bringing them together for service. Service for the Veterans in the area.
I’m not gonna get into why I ultimately left the Veterans MC, but I will admit that it was me just as much as it was a few of them. In some aspects, more so. I lost sight Brings another point. Be humble. Be a solid brother to of some of the things that I wanted to be as a brother, know your faults or accept them if they are pointed out. and things I expected from them, and wasn’t giving Don’t be a bigger ass to just point out what someone else nor getting any longer. Either way, it wasn’t an easy is doing wrong. That’s just deflecting from what the issue decision. I always put the club first, tried to do what is. Sit back and reflect. You don’t always need to have an was best for the club in every aspect, even when it went immediate response. Be humble enough to accept some of against what I felt or believed. I felt leaving was best for the flaws in our brothers AND in their family. Cause their the club, and for me. immediate family should be yours too. Not every brother is going to be as solid as you, so be the example. I read one time, that true brotherhood isn’t about the guy next to you, as much as its about his wife, his kids and Bottom line. If a brother was to leave the group, out good, how they grow to see you the way he sees you. Being a or you have left the club, would you still break bread or brother to him, to his S.O., an uncle to his kids. Making wish them or something as simple as a happy birthday? If it to their games to cheer them on, birthday parties, not, I say sometimes you have to check yourself, not just weddings, and the “life” stuff. Have them running up your brothers. to you as you ride into your brother’s drive before a run for a big hug. Having them come to the club house Be Solid! and seek you out to tell you about their successes and Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa on Facebook www.thunderroadsiowa.com 26 - TRMI JUNE 2020
their tribulations. How sometimes, they just don’t see eye to eye with their parents, and being a good ear at times, helping them with their homework, playing hide and seek, or a tea party. Those are the important things. Now starting over, I’ve found a patch to earn and some brothers that share that patch, with the same beliefs as I do. Not every chapter member sees it the same, but the majority do, and that’s important. Yes, it’s weird starting at the bottom again. Starting over, but I’ve also found that some of these guys remember me from the other club. So they still respect my opinion, so they will still ask for it. I’ve imparted some knowledge on some of the younger guys. And I have to admit, it’s been fun. Learning all over again. Relearning what it was that was important to me with club life. My ego is checked, my ambition is ready to go, bike is solid, and my brotherhood is spot on. Now I’m just waiting for my opportunities to shine and do what I do. And yes…sometimes it sucks prospecting again, but that is part of the bonding. The drama with the old club, the reasons I left (or you left)? You have to leave them/it behind. Just let it go. As the saying goes, “mirrors only show what’s behind you for a reason, that’s because you’re not going that way.” So make it a point not to go backwards. Let all that BS just go away. You don’t have to forget what happened. You’ll know who you can trust and can’t trust. Trust in those that still stood by you, and checked on you when you left. The ones that wanted to make sure you were ok. Those are the ones that are still trying to be a brother to you. They are being what you were wanting them to be. Who knows, maybe they learned to be a solid brother from you. Bottom line. Starting over is not always easy. Try to do what is best for your club, first and foremost. Because, let’s face it, when you start over with a new club, those same issues are still there too. You don’t have to leave your club to start over either. If you’re an officer or a general member, step away. When you come back, start over. Be the brother that you expect your brothers to be. Lead by example. Don’t hold back and go all in. This is a life you are choosing to be a part of. Be that brother. Be solid. Stay focused. Earn that patch all over again, or if you stayed with your club and decided to start over with them, do just that. Start over. Act as if you never met the guys before. Learn their habits all over again, what they believe in, what they like, how many kids, siblings, how they ride, all of it. Get some miles on, together. Don’t be too proud to learn it all over again. You’re starting over after-all. As for me, wish me luck. I’m on day 147. -A Veteran’s Perspective Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa on Facebook
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A man wakes up in the hospital, bandaged from head to foot. The doctor comes in and says, “Ah, I see you’ve regained consciousness. Now, you probably won’t remember, but you were in a pile up on the freeway. You’re going to be okay; you’ll walk again and everything, but something happened. I’m trying to break this gently, but the fact is, your willy was chopped off in the wreck, and we were unable to find it.” The man groans, but the doctor goes on, “You’ve got $9000 in insurance compensation coming to you, and we have the technology now to build you a new willy that will work as well as your old one did, better in fact! But the thing is, it doesn’t come cheap. It’s $1000 an inch.” The man perks up at this. “So,” the doctor says, “it’s for you to decide how many inches you want, but it’s something you’d better discuss with your wife. I mean, if you had a five inch one before, and you decide to go for a nine incher, she might be a bit put out. But if you had a nine inch one before, and you decide only to invest in a five incher this time, she might be disappointed. So, it’s important that she plays a role in helping you make the decision.” The man agrees to talk with his wife. The doctor comes back the next day. “So,” says the doctor, “have you spoken with your wife?” “I have,” says the man. “And has she helped you in making the decision?” asked the doctor. “She has,” says the man. “And what is it?” asks the doctor. “We’re getting a new kitchen.” A man is standing at a grave, staring at the head stone. A second man walks up and asks, “Is this someone you knew?” The first guy says, “Yes, it was my wife.” The second guy says, “It must be hard to lose a wife.” The first guy replies, “Yep, damn near impossible.”
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A farmer walks into his bedroom carrying a lamb under his arm. He walks over to his wife who’s lying in bed. “See!” he yells, “This is the pig I have to have sex with whenever you get one of your headaches!” The wife says, “You know that’s a lamb under your arm, don’t you?” The farmer says, “I wasn’t talking to you.” Bubba and Leroy were sitting on the front porch of a trailer house. Leroy says “Bubba, you and me are bestest buddies. Peter sat at his dying wife’s bedside. Her voice was little If you was gone huntin’ and I had sex with your wife and more than a whisper. “Pete darling,” she breathed, “I’ve a she had my baby, would that make us Kin Folk?” Bubba confession to make before I go... I... I’m the one who took replied “I don’t know Leroy, but it would dang shore make the $10,000 from your safe. I spent it on a fling with your us even.” best friend, Alex. And it was I who forced your mistress to leave the city. And I am the one who reported your Two Nuns are out cycling. One says, “I’ve never come this income tax evasion to the government.” “Don’t give it a way before.” Second Nun says, “It must be the cobbles.” second thought, sweetheart. Who do you think gave you the poison?” answered Peter. What is the worst combination of illnesses? Alzheimer’s and diarrhea. You’re running, but can’t remember where. Two parents take their son on a vacation to a nude beach. The father goes for a walk on the beach and the son goes Two elderly ladies, Mabel and Evie, meet at a café for a nice and plays in the water. The son comes running up to his cup of coffee and a cake. After a while, Mabel peers closely mom and says...”Mommy, I saw ladies with boobies a lot at Evie and says, “Evie, it looks like you have a suppository bigger than yours!” The mom says...”the bigger they are, in your ear!” “What?” “It looks like you have a suppository the dumber they are.” So, he goes back to play. Several in your ear, Evie!” says Mabel a bit louder. “Oh,” checks minutes later he comes running back and says...” Mommy, I Evie, “you’re right! Well, at least I know where my hearing saw men with dingers a lot bigger than Daddy’s!” The mom aid is now.” says...”the bigger they are, the dumber they are.” So, he goes back to play. Several minutes later he comes running Someone asked me, “Now that you are retired, do you still back and says...” Mommy, I just saw Daddy talking to the have a job?” I replied, “Yes I am my wife’s sexual adviser.” dumbest lady I ever saw and the more and more he talked, Somewhat shocked, they said, “I beg your pardon, but what do you mean by that?” “Very simple,” I answered, “My wife the dumber and dumber he got!” has told me that when she wants my fucking advice, she’ll ask me for it.” 34 - TRMI JUNE 2020
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Q: What is the dirtiest line said on television? A: “Ward, I think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night.” It was the mailman’s last day on the job after 35 years of carrying the mail through all kinds of weather to the same neighborhood. When he arrived at the first house on his route he was greeted by the whole family there, who congratulated him and sent him on his way with a big gift envelope. At the second house they presented him with a box of fine cigars. The folks at the third house handed him a selection of terrific fishing lures. At the fourth house he was met at the door by a strikingly beautiful woman in a revealing negligee. She took him by the hand, gently led him through the door, and led him up the stairs to the bedroom where she blew his mind with the most passionate love he had ever experienced. When he had had enough they went downstairs, where she fixed him a giant breakfast: eggs, potatoes, ham, sausage, blueberry pancakes, and fresh-squeezed orange juice. When he was truly satisfied she poured him a cup of steaming Colombian coffee. As she was pouring, he noticed a dollar bill sticking out from under her bra cup’s bottom edge. “All this was just too wonderful for words,” he said, “but what’s the dollar for?” “Well, last night, I told my husband that today would be your last day, and that we should do something special for you. I asked him what to give you. And the jerk said, ‘Fuck him, just give him a dollar.’ The breakfast was my idea. What did the elephant say to the naked man? ‘ How do you breathe through that tiny thing?’ A loser is having a hard time picking up chicks, so his well-traveled friend takes him to a nightclub in Daytona where he tells him that he will score for sure. The loser enters the bar, sees his prey, and begins to barrage her with pick-up lines that he acquired from his friend. The young lady continues to ignore him but finally gives in. She says “OK, I’ll spend the night with you, but I’ve got to let you know up front that I’m on my menstrual cycle. The loser looks at her and says “That’s OK. I’ll follow you on my Moped. A blonde girl was talking to her redhead friend about her boyfriend’s dandruff problem. The redhead says “Why don’t you give him Head and Shoulders?” The blonde replies, “How do you give shoulders?” A truck driver was driving on the freeway when he noticed a young girl standing on the side of the road next to a broken down car. The truck driver pulls up behind the car and rolls his window down. The young girl comes up to his window. He says “hey lady need a lift?” she replies to him “yes my car broke down I need to get to a phone.” She opens the door and jumps in. As they are driving the truck driver introduces himself. “My name is Snow, what’s yours?” “June” she replies to him. He then asks her age, and she replies to him that she is 22. He goes on to ask stupid questions to get her into a talking mood. After a while she notices he has been staring at her ever since she got into the truck. She decides to ask him “is there something wrong? You have been staring at me.” He looks over and replies “No. I’m just thinking,” “thinking about what?” he replies with a grin on his face “thinkin what it would be like to have seven inches of snow in June.” A man dies and goes to Hell. The devil greets him, “You may choose which room you wish to enter. Whichever you choose, the person in that room will switch with you. They’ll go to heaven and you’ll take over until somebody switches with you. So go on, pick a room.” The devil leads him to the first room where someone is tied to a wall and is being whipped. The second room has someone being burned by a torch. The third has a man getting blown by a naked woman. “I choose this room!” the man says. “Very well,” the devil says. He walks up to the woman and taps her on the shoulder. “You can go now. I’ve found you’re replacement.” Thunder Roads Magazine of Iowa on Facebook
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bourbon, because I can multitask, I started thinking of places I would hop on my bike and ride to once again. Now, I haven’t been to some of these places in years, some more recently, but even still, I have fond memories of the adventure and over the years, your mind will play tricks Where to? Hell if I know, just SOMEWHERE on you. Sometimes erasing the shitty parts and highlighting to the good. So, some might not be 100 percent on I really don’t have a great deal of room to complain, whine, point, but you will get the gist of it. Look at it however you or bitch about many of the things that are going on as we want, but just imagine, we are just sitting around, with a “slowly” emerge and establish whatever the new normal beverage of whatever coats your throat and talking about might be. For the most part, the lock down wasn’t horrible cool places to venture out to again. for my family and it didn’t impact us in the ways that many families had to deal with. It messed the kids up more, basi- The Old River Road along the Iowa Eastern shore.Yea, cally ending their school year, but it didn’t take teenage we are bumped together by two rivers, the only state in girls long to get into full on summer break mode rather the nation to have that geological feature and we did half quickly. We were all healthy, and that is what matters right? of it right. Along the east side of the Hawkeye state is the I mean, sure, we surrendered our rights like little bitches incredible Old River Road, it meanders along the Mighty everywhere, but as I said last month, you all did a nice job Mississippi, though towns older than the state, with cool of falling in line! tourist trap stuff. Wild views, a well-maintained road, and places that really cater to riders…welcoming us in. We All this free time and no place to ride! That might be the have started in Marquette (with a quick ride across the most maddening of all the crap that was going on. We bridge to Wisconsin for a photo a few times) the south, have, for the most part, had a decent spring across much loving it all. When they set that road up, they did it right. of the Thunder Roads world. The weather was amazing at Sure, it was for commerce and earning a living, no way times, the kind of days where you would see 100’s of bikes they thought “Someday, people are gonna love watching out, cracking throttles, leaning into the curves, hitting dive the leaves change on this road”. Whoever had the forebars and burger joints, supporting causes, attending bike sight to preserve that road, they should have a plaque up nights, finding wings, pizza, beer and making incredible somewhere. I would ride to it. memories as we WOULD have been smiling knowing we made it one more damn winter and riding season has OH, if you venture out on that road, hit Pikes Peak. Yea, the returned, like we dream it will every year. original is in Iowa! It’s breathtaking to see the river valley. Oh wait, Effigy Mounds State park, hit that too. Amazing It would have kicked ass to have somewhere to go! That’s history. I love stopping by the locks, watching those big the maddening part of it. My buddies would text, “Tuesass barges navigate the river system. Can you imagine in day, sunny 75, let’s ride.” To which I would respond, this day and age, “I have an idea, we are going to build a “where to?” big gate, trap water, so the boats can float better.” The tree huggers would lock that idea up in court forever and it Silence.You see, we all, each and every one of us, have a would NEVER get built. Not a chance in hell, but it is a feat local road that we need to hit, a small town with a bartend- to see in person. er that knows our name, serves up what we want…sometimes before we even hit the door, it’s waiting for us. Some For as much as we got riding on the east side of Iowa right, road with the perfect curves, hills, views that we know boy did we screw the pooch on the western side. I-29 like the back of our hand, just to chase a slice of pizza, get might be the lamest stretch of road anywhere not named some laughs, stay out later than we intended to and end North Dakota. That said, I love and miss Awesome Biker up wishing we would have brought a warmer coat for the Nights in Sioux City. It was so amazing years ago, until they ride home. But for a while, none of that was possible. Sure, “improved” it. That led to an incredible road we found by we still could ride, we still had areas to see, but it wasn’t accident just east of town. (Doing anything to avoid I-29, the same. god I despise riding that trash) Old 141 ( I am told it goes by a few different names) but it is along the Little Sioux I really started missing the places that I have ridden to River Valley and top speed is 50 I think the entire way over the years. Great little spots, joints, towns, characters, and usually not more than anything straight for more than and more that the bike has been a part of (an extension of a mile. We legit found it by accident coming home from me) for so many miles, smiles, sunburns, hail stings, gastro Sioux City one day, at the end, near Onawa, my buddy Van fluxuations, jokes told, and photos snapped. I had the time, Rock pulled alongside and said, “Let’s do that again!” like so many of us, to think, to reflect, to miss, to dream. I would catch myself at my compound, maybe enjoying The Grotto in West Bend, Plow in the Oak Park near Exira, a cigar, bourbon or whatever, in the quiet, and one thing seeing Okoboji’s waters after a boring ass ride in Northkept popping back into my melon, time after time, while west Iowa, Cruising HWY 34 across the lower third of the thinking about, not just riding, but the damn freedom I state, getting an ice cream in Pella while the tulips bloom, had, we all had. I would ponder trips across the state my all stuff that I miss, took for granted, and can’t wait to do bride and I took, remember the shit conditions we kept again. on powering through, the great meals we had, the laughs, the people I rode with, the views, the weird stuff we came I can ride without a destination or place to go, but it’s across, the roadside attractions we discovered, some rid- more enjoyable when I know I can find a plate of wings, a ing out of our way, because, why in the hell not! It’s what burger or pizza, and a beer at the end. we freaking do! Ride. Hell, they even closed roadside attractions for some damn reason! I am over all of it and it’s time to make new memories to cloud my brain. One night, after a few beverages on my patio…Beer and Todd “Crash” Davis
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Wednesday The Buck Snort Neola Bikes and Cars (2nd Wed) 2nd Ave Bike Night Des Moines (2nd Wed May-Sep) Amigos Fort Dodge American Dream/Hangout Omaha Bea’s Place Baxter Twisted Corn Tavern Dallas Center (1st Wed) Cruise Night Britt (3rd Wed Jul-Sep) The OP Clear Lake Whiskey Barrel Pub & Eatery Prairie City (Apr-Sep) Supper Rides Harley-Davidson of Carroll (5-20,6-10,78,8-19,9-9) Dinner Rides Zylstra Harley-Davidson Ames
Thursday Edwards Bikes on the Hundred Block Council Bluffs (3rd Thursday) The Buck Snort Harlan Bikes and Cars (4th Thursday) Roar Into Harlan (3rd Thursdays) Stumpy’s Bar & Grill Duncombe Wild Hogs Saloon & Eatery Walford (3rd Thursday) Metro HD Cedar Rapids (2nd Thursday May-Oct) Des Moines Vintage Bike Night (1st Thursday May-Sep) McCann’s Tap Des Moines (Every Other Thursday) Harley-Davidson of Carroll (1st Thurs May-Sep)
Happenings Bar Steamboat Rock (3rd Saturday May-Sep) Ambro’s Roadhouse DeSoto (Last Sat May-Aug) Route 65 BBQ & Open House (3rd Sat ) Road Rage Dog Daze Open House (2nd Sat May-Sep)
Sunday Just 1 More Jamaica (Starting in May) Road Rage Fun Run at The Exchange Avoca (4th Sunday May-Sep) Oakland Acres Golf Club (Start in May) This list is what we have found and what has been submitted. Before heading to any event, please check weather and make sure the event is not cancelled. Not responsible for misprints and typos. If you have any other events to list, please email vernon@thunderroadsiowa.com
Friday Centerville Bike Nights (4th Friday May-Aug) R Place Pub & Pizza Kelley (2nd Friday May-Aug) Stampede’s Mason City J&P cycles Anamosa (Jun 19, Jul 17) Firehouse Bar Sioux City (Jun 19-20)
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Ride for Darcy Ride Metro HD Cedar Rapids 4th Annual Thank You Is Not Enough Ride IronHawkCVMA Chapter 39-5 Mt Pleasant Jun 6 5th Annual Suicide Awareness Ride & Drive Waterloo Jun 6 Riders for Thrivers Annual Poker Run for Project Pink’d. Omaha NE Jun 12 IronHawk CVMA 39-5 APR Keosauqua Jun 12-13 Spring Open House Big Barn HD Des Moines Jun 12-13 Chrome at the River Ride In Bike Show Omaha Jun 13 IronHawk CVMA 39-5 Bike Build Off for APR Keosauqua Jun 13 12th Annual Bell Tower Festival Poker Run & Cycle Show Jefferson Jun 13 Steve Martin Ride for a Cure ride Metro HD Cedar Rapids Jun 13 6th Annual Children’s Hospital Fun Run Council Bluffs Jun 13 Roar Into Harlan Fun Run Harlan Jun 13 Willie’s Whopper Run Colesburg Jun 19-20 Rumble In The Sand Conesville Jun 20 Sugar Run (Diabetes) ride Metro HD Cedar Rapids May 16 Bike Blessing & BBQ Open House Rt 65 HD Indianola Jun 20 1st Annual Bruce Thysen Memorial Ride Elk Horn Jun 20 ABATE D14 36th Baldy Memorial Fremont Jun 20 8th Annual Chasin’ Tails Fun Run Roland Jun 20-21 ABATE D14 35th Anniversary Party What Cheer Jun 26-28 Midway Tavern All Iowa 100 Day Poker Run Soldier Jun 27 10th Annual Vintage Rally National Motorcycle Museum Anamosa Jun 27 Ride for the Dogs Kellogg Jun 27 Legion Riders Post 111 Annual Veterans Assistance Ride Newton Jun 27 Chains Interrupted Ride Metro HD Cedar Rapids Jun 27 Running Over Lupus Jewell Jul 2-4 ABATE of Iowa Freedom Rally Algona Jul 3-5 Vintage Torque Fest Dubuque Jul 10-11 Combat Veterans Chapter 39-3 APR, Benefit, Ride, Cruise Elkport Jul 11 7th Annual Ride In Bike & Hot Rod Show Milford Jul 11 PGI Support Ride Metro HD Cedar Rapids Jul 11 13th Annual Freeman Ride Avoca Jul 11 Cubs Run Big Barn HD Des Moines Jul 11 14th Annual Angel Ride to Save the TaTas Fort Dodge Jul 11 Benefit Ride for Marsha Cedar Rapids Jul 18 Ice Cream Poker Run Big Barn HD Des Moines Jul 18 Chloe Ann Memorial Ride Elk Horn Jul 18 Ride for Time w/Friends of Mine Baxter Jul 18 4th Annual Cody Willis Memorial Ride North 40 Magnolia Jul 18-19 “Ride In” Bike Show Des Moines Jul 25 9th Annual Sleeping Angels Fun Run Boone Jul 25 Union Trades Solidarity Ride Metro HD Cedar Rapids Jul 25 Harley and Hot Rod Summer Celebration Bike and Car Show Big Barn HD Des Moines Jul 25 Pine Lake Festival Motorcycle Show Eldora Jul 25 Volga City River Run Volga Jul 26 Jones Co Toys for Tots Christmas in July Anamosa Jul 31-Aug 2 Heartland Rally by Christian Motorcycle Association of Iowa Fort Dodge Aug 1 Largest Female Ride Ever (World Record Attempt) HarleyDavidson of Carroll Aug 1 CVMA 39-2 Patriot Ride Metro HD Cedar Rapids Aug 7-16 80th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally South Dakota Aug 8 LT Ride for Babies Ride Metro HD Cedar Rapids Aug 8 ALR (Ames Legion Riders) 2nd Annual Show & Shine IVH
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