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North Country Thunder
June 2006 Newsletter
Welcome Riders!
We had our spring meeting on
May 7th. During the meeting it was decided that Bob
Henke would keep the job as treasure. It was also
decided that Jeff & Christine Grave would take over the job
of news letter persons. I would like to thank Ray &
Cindy for the great job they did last year.
If you have not paid your dues yet please send them to Bob
Henke at 602 2nd Ave. N.E., Brainerd MN, 56401. Please
include your name, address, phone number & your e-mail
address if you have one. Dues are $20.00 for the year.
Don't forget what you get for that $20.00. You get 2
parties a year, this wonderful news letter, and a chance to
ride with a great bunch of people.
Dates to Remember
Saturday, June 10th
The Woodtick Run
Meet at the Old Waterfall at noon.
We will leave at 12:30 and ride to the Woodtick Inn.
Saturday, June 24th
Our Spring party will be held at Butch & Kathy Coulter's
house.
We will meet at the Old Waterfall at noon, then ride there &
have fun.
If you need any info, please call Butch or Kathy.
If you wish to go straight to their house you turn on the
gull dam road.
Go 1/4 mile down. In the ditch on the left you will
see a sign that says Kathy's Daycare on it.
Turn right. They are the 1st house on the left.
Look for signs. They have a fire pit and room for
tents.
Friday, June 30th -
Monday, July 3rd
Ray Wheeler is taking a group to Algona IA for the Freedom
Rally.
Anyone interested in going can contact Ray for more info.
August, 6th - 12th
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and Races
If you are interested in going please contact Ray Wheeler or
Bob Henke for different camping sites.
Saturday, September 2nd
The 4th Annual Rally Up North
Register at the Old Waterfall from 10:00 to 12:00
Noon ride around the lakes.
6:30 PM a free pig roast with live music
If you would like to help park bikes, please let Doreen at
the Old Waterfall know.
Saturday, September 16th
Don't forget our fall party at my house. The club will
provide food and drink.
I will provide a great location and a good campfire.
We are just north of the mill on Co. road 3.
Look for the signs on the right hand side. Show up around
6:00 PM for good food and good fun.
For those of you that have forgot, we have a website.
It is
harley.brainerd.com Please use the heck out of it.
You can do everything from posting a message to selling your
bike or just parts of it. It is a great tool that we
have not made much use of in the past.
Camp Confidence is looking
for volunteers to help move the raffle bike from site to
site, and sell raffle tickets. If you wish to help,
please contact Shari Grave (yes it is my sister-in-law) at
828-2344 or 831-9175.
Don't forget that we are riding out of the Old Waterfall on
Wednesday night and Sunday afternoon. On Wednesday we
meet around 6:00 PM and leave by 6:15 PM. On Sunday we
meet at around 12:00 PM and leave by 12:30 PM. Don't
be late.
For all of you who would like to spend some time in your
back yard this summer, Kathy said to pick up some Cutter Bug
Free Back Yard. She said it will work for up to 3
weeks, if you have any questions call Kathy Coulter.
If anyone has any info that they would like to see in the
newsletter please send me an e-mail at
cgrave@9539@charter.net and I will try and get it in the
next one.
Ride Safe. Have Fun
North Country Thunder
2005 Newsletter
WELCOME! North Country Thunder Members for 2005:
It was so nice to see so many familiar faces and a few new
faces at our at our spring meeting on May 1. Spring is
finally here for the beautiful northern people. If you
didn’t go to Florida, through the winter, the weather lately
has felt like you never left there. So now, Ray and I must
decide, if we should happily run out and ride in the cool
spring air or should we just put all on of our warm clothing
and pretend we are riding in Florida, where some people even
wear heated vests to keep the goose bumps from getting on
other body parts. Well, we choose spring in Brainerd,
because we want to see all of our friends out again that
have been hiding at home all winter! Now that you have tried
to be so respectable all winter, it’s time to turn back into
motorcycle maniacs! YEAH SPRING!
Thank you to Jim Johnson!
North Country Thunder members would like to thank JJ for
helping, working, and guiding everyone through the many
years of biker activities. It has always been nice to have a
biker event coordinator that you can talk to anytime and
about anything; instead of only getting a response on
visitation days! JJ has never let us down. Thank You.
The New Secretary!
Raymond Wheeler is the new secretary for North Country
Thunder, and Cindy, his grateful servant will make sure to
it that he lives up to his responsibilities to the group by
letting him, let me do all the newsletters and etc. Should I
change my name to Monica? No, No! Then Ray would be
expecting to have more fun in the office, then he is getting
now, and that isn’t going to happen! Ray and I want everyone
to have a fun and safe summer filled with lots of riding and
some new adventures too, even if it’s only getting lost
again on a ride somewhere. We’re used to that kind of
adventure! Bring it on! So far, we have always made it back,
victorious over the elements!
Membership Dues:
Dues need to be paid by our Summer party, which is on July
24. All members who have not paid by then will be dropped
from our membership list. Dues are $20 per bike. Next year,
dues may go up but they will not be calculated by how many
trips that Bob takes next winter. Dues will only go up
because of increasing costs for group functions and for
buying extra equipment for our parties.
Suggestion Box:
A new suggestion box will be put in the Waterfall bar for
any helpful suggestions on place to ride to, that we haven’t
done or want to do again, or volunteers to lead, or any
overnight rides, etc.
Bulletin Board:
There will also be a new bulletin board put up in the
Waterfall bar for any group posters or info and other papers
of interest.
Patches:
North Country Thunder patch design suggestions are welcome
as soon as possible. Please give them to Ray of myself, or
put them in the suggestion box. We would like them to be
med. To small in size and it needs to say who we are and
possibly how many years you have been a member. We cannot
have MC on the patch because we are not a club, but rather,
we are a very friendly group of above average, adventurous
bikers, who know no boundaries, except for gravel roads.
Let’s try to also get these designs in by the summer picnic
so people can see them and possibly vote on them on that
day. Ray’s sister Mary does make patches for all occasions
so if you want to talk to her, you can call her at
218-765-4436.
Rummage Sale:
Some people have suggested that we have a rummage sale with
the proceeds going to new equipment for the group to enjoy
at different group functions, etc. One date that would work
for this would be the weekend of July 29-30. Please let us
know if this is something you as members would like to do.
One other suggestion for the money to go for is to aid one
of the freezing bikers in Florida next winter; but no no,
there are too many of them so it just wouldn’t be fair to
help only one.
Helpful Camping and Party Info:
1. Always have a picture ID on you
2. Always bring earplugs
3. Bug spray
4. Jugs of water (could get hot)
5. Flashlights
6. Sunscreen
7. Large garbage bags
8. Warm and cool clothing
9. Any medication you may need (so we don’t have to lie
about knowing you if you suddenly become a different person
in 10 seconds)
10. First aid kit
11. Make sure the person you bring with to a party can
behave themselves. There are many exceptions to this rule
but we learned how to control people like Miller last year.
So if you want to have tons of fun, at your next party,
don’t forget to invite Miller and the rest of them.
Florida Secrets:
Some of the well keep secrets that we found out when we went
down to Florida this winter were:
1. There are lizards everywhere! The first night I was
there, I was sitting in an eating place, reading the menu
and so was a lizard 6 inches from me, reading the same menu
too. They were everywhere outside too. People think it is
funny when you almost crap your pants.
2. There are no cute people by the pool! Ha Ha! Ray didn’t
get to see what he thought he was going to see. The only
beautiful ones were in our group!
3. Never go near a pool, with someone named Bob in it! He
turns into a water shooting sperm whale and everybody is
wet.
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