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I did make a stop
by the T-shirt booth and pick up a few boogie shirts and then over to the
booth to pick up my tickets for the bike, or as I put it, make my annual
donation to Abate of Indiana well it all goes to a good cause! I have a
few friends that want shirts so I can drop over a $150 just on shirts! I
do remember stopping to eat in there some where a philly cheese at my
favorite place! thanks guys! well anyway I spend a lot of time
walking around and photographing a lot of stuff! trying to get a good
representation of the boogie! then about 2 in the morning or when everything dies down I make my way to bed! I got up around 9am how I managed to
sleep so late is beyond me but I did! I slipped over to the Christian
tent and got some coffee and eat my pop-tarts I just kind of hung
around taking it easy! the next thing I knew I noticed the gang getting
ready for the games! I went to get my bike and move it across the
road and warm it up I also started looking for some one to play in the
games with me! I found one girl to do the winnie bite with me after a
little talking! while practicing for the winnie bite I got crooked on a
hill and caught my highway peg and snapped it off. which would prove to be
a handicap later but oh well. I got all my camera equipment gathered up
so I can get pic of the games! I didn't do very well in the slow race
because my feet were not on my normal set of pegs, we made it to the
second round in the winnie bite contest in-spite of the fact the young
girl had never tried it before! Saturday always ends up being a very busy
day! as it turns out I didn't even get to shoot all the games before I
needed to go over to the next pavilion to get pictures of the tattoo
contest! and I almost
didn't get there in time they were done with the judging when
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I got there but I did get most of the
tattoos! then I ran back and finished the games. I got lucky and got
some great shots of the water-bucket race! not sure what the official name
for this is! anyway when that was done I hightailed it up to the main gate
to shoot some pic of the bike show I got there just-in time I ran around
and tried to get some good shots of most of the bikes but the way they are
grouped together sometimes it is hard to get a good shot! if a bike
you think should have been included is not here it probably is because I
could not get a good shot! most of the bikes that were there were
worthy of being included but some could not be photographed well! I did
stick around to get pictures of the awards! the pic will tell who got
trophies but I want to mention the best of show Radical Randy got the
trophy there! while I was visiting with him I found out a lot of the one
off parts that make his bike unique were made by Covington Customs in
Woodward Ok. my home state! since I know Jerry and his boys I offered to make sure they
got pic of the bike and trophy! Ok well after all that I made my way
back to the stage area I got there just in time to catch a wedding party
then slipped up to the stage to catch the band then back to my bike. I needed to see if my friend Curly (Fat Hogs of
Indy) had the pieces to fix my highway peg so when I headed home I would
be comfortable for the ride! Well after trial and error several
times I manage to
find the parts to fix it but since it had been re-wielded once before I
had to re drill the hole for a bigger bolt! I need to thank Ron for
letting me use his drill to do the job! I know he is there to work on
bikes so it means a lot to me that he did! both he and Curly are old
school brothers! thanks again guys! ok after about 2 and a half hours of
messing with mine I had it ready to make the trip home! but by this time I
had just enough time to get a bite to eat and snag a couple of pic under
the big top before the presentations on the
stage,
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