once I left camp it took me almost an hour to make my way to the stage and it isn't a block from camp to stage but I  do know every one between the two! I shot pic along the way though and still did a little visiting at each stop! I was enjoying the company while I was working I made my way around the camp taking pic! visiting and enjoying the music. Nelson had some new talent for the bands on Friday night! and there were a few other old faces that showed up I had not seen in a while on was a lady I camped with the first year I came to Pawhuska! I talked about what a great party this is and that I couldn't do it with out talking about the people but really it is both the people that put it on and the people that attend together that make this such a great party!  brothers and sisters ride in and get together like family! that make this party great! we get together let our hair down and have fun! but we also took time to remember some of the ones we have lost! there were stands with vests for brothers lost on stage! to me that kind of over shadowed the stage show to some extent! but the ladies did entertain us! some where around 230 in the morning I went and laid down and listened to the  band finish there last set! I went to sleep some where around 3am.  I woke up Saturday morning some where around 830 in the morning! a quick stop at the port a potty and then to CMA for some coffee! they handed me a plate while I was there! I always get to do a little visitiing while there getting coffee and sometimes something to eat! Once i get something to eat i start making my down to the stage area for the flag raising ceremony!  

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the flag raising is a very important thing to me, that we honor our country, our Veterans, and our freedom! the different Veterans clubs take turns doing the ceremony! as soon as the flags are raised over the camp the games begin and I get real busy taking pic and playing in the games! we start off with the slow race then doubles and now we squeeze in triple and 4 up too! since I mentioned the kid was back we kind of know who dominated those games! then we did the keg roll and followed that with the ladies biker bowling then men, if you see those girls toss that bowling ball 20 ft you know to mind your manners with them! i think one of the guys tossed it 35 ft! all that was followed by the winnie bite contest and then the kick start contest! I went back to came to grab some stuff then headed back to stage area for the tattoo contest! and bike show finalist or the great 8 as they call it! then i went back out for a bit to shoot pic around camp a while! then back to get pic of the winner of the bike show! then it was back out to take pic about camp and around have a little fun! listing to the music enjoying the brotherhood and taking pictures! I slipped up on stage a couple of times to get pic of the crowd! then back into the crowd myself! I had a great time! somewhere around midnight they brought the girls on stage  for a stage show! they rocked! we always enjoy the show the girls put on! after all that Judge Parker Band took the stage to rock the house! I finally crashed about 3am after stopping by CMA for a last min drink! someone needed place to sleep so I told them they could crash in my tent! better to throw a blanket on tent floor for them than for them to sleep out in the damp! 
                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      
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