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Chapter Meeting: Chapter Meetings are held at 7:30 pm at Knights of Pythias, 10 Pythias Drive, Edgewater MD 21037.
Core Group Meeting: Core Group
Meetings are held at the Annapolis Dealership at 7:00 pm.
Volunteers are welcome to help assemble the newsletter.
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Orientation Ride
Date: Saturday April 5, 2008
Coordinator: Jim Williams
Phone: 410-768-3819
Email: jimsmailbag@verizon.net
Depart: KMART Rt 2 South & Rt 214 in Edgewater
Time: 10:00 am 9:45 pre-ride brief
Destination: Short ride followed by easy lunch.
Cost: none
Comments: There will be a short discussion on our riding
techniques and rules followed by a short ride to practice the
various skills. This is an excellent ride for new members or
those experienced riders that have not ridden with our Chapter.
This ride is mandatory for all new Chapter members regardless of
riding experience. This ride assumes you have already mastered
the basic motorcycle handling skills.
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Event
Cancelled !!!
LOH – Atlantic City
Here We Come!
Day/Date:
Saturday, April
5, 2008
Coordinator:
Sunny, Annapolis
LOH
E-mail:
annapolisloh@comcast.net
Meet at:
Park & Ride at
Harry Truman
Pkwy off Riva
Road, Annapolis,
MD
Arrive by:
cancelled
Return by:
cancelled
Cost: $30 per
seat
Directions
Annapolis and
East/West:
Take Route 50 to
Exit 22 MD-665
S. - Aris T.
Allen Blvd –
continue (1.0
miles) to Riva
Road (.3 miles)
– Take a right
onto Harry S.
Truman Pkwy –
turn into Park &
Ride
Directions
Annapolis and
North/South:
Take MD-2 (Solomons
Island Rd) to
MD-655N (Aris T.
Allen Blvd) (.7
miles) –
continue on Riva
Rd. (.4 miles)
to left onto
Harry S. Truman
Parkway – turn
into Park &
Ride. Parking
is free.
Contact Sunny
301-262-4151
or
annapolisloh@comcast.net
Thanks!
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Spring Forward Poker Run
Date: Day April 6, 2008
Coordinator: John Fluharty, Jr
Phone 410-533-8167
Email: littlejohn1228@netzero.com
Depart: Kent Island Safeway off Exit 39 of East Bound Route 50
Departure Time: 9:45 am Briefing Time: 9:30
Distance: 60 Mi one way
Destination: H/D of Seaford, Delaware
Cost: $10.00 for Poker Run Entry
Special Requirements:
Comments: Easy Ride to Dealer, Poker Run ?
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Blessing Of The Bikes
Date: Saturday, April 12, 2008
Coordinator: Tom Cagle, phone
410-295-5442
Event Time: 10:30 sharp, Be on time for the service!
Location: Rive Trace Baptist
Church, 475 W. Central Ave (Route 214), Davidsonville, MD
Directions: The church is on
Rt 214 (W. Central Ave) between Rt2 and Rt 424. From
Annapolis take Riva Road south to Rt 214, then left to the
church (on the right), or from Annapolis take Rt2 south to Rt
214, then right to the church (on the left).
Cost: none
Comments: This is a "CLOSED"
chapter event with attendance from the Annapolis HOG members,
their guests, and immediate family members only. The
blessing will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m., so please plan to
arrive early to ensure that we have a "quiet" and reverent bike
blessing. Road captains will provided directions to
parking you bike before the event starts. We look forward
to seeing all of you at our annual bike blessing. Event
pins will be available for purchase.
This is NOT a rain-or-shine event.
If the weather looks bad, check the HOG Hotline.
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Remembrance, Ride North - After the Blessing of the Bikes
Date Saturday, April 12, 2008.
Coordinator: Ed Aufderheide, phone
410-729-0355 (do not call after 8:00 pm.) email: eaufderh@comcast.net
Depart: Rt. 214 (Edgewater Md.)
Departure Time: 11:00 am Briefing
11:00 am (Directly after the Blessing of the Bikes.)
Distance: 100 miles Destination: PA
Costs: None
Special Requirements: None
Comments: Nice non highway riding to
pick up US 32, north to the PA area. Plans currently are
for a very late lunch in Red Lion (south of York), but that
could change.
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Remembrance Ride, Southern Route - After the Blessing of the
Bikes
Date: April 12, 2008
Coordinator: Burt Brooks, Phone 301-994-9641, Email: harleyfolks@md.metrocast.net
Depart: Trace Baptist Church (location of Blessing of Bikes)
Departure Time: Immediately Following Blessing of the Bikes
(1130am)
Distance: 70 Mi one way
Destination: : Southern Calvert County (distance based on
weather conditions Depart toward the West and take back country
roads toward the South, stopping at points of interest along the
way to remember our brothers and sisters. Lunch will be in the
plan for one of our stops….
Cost: :None
Special Requirements: None
Comments: Come out and enjoy the day. Begin the riding season
and join us in giving thanks for freedom we enjoy in this great
country of ours. Spend some special time with special friends
remembering our friends who have passed before us….. See you on
the ride, Burt
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Skills Practice
Date: Sunday, April 13, 2008
Coordinator: John H Fluharty, Jr.
Phone (410) 533-8167
Email: littlejohn1228@netzero.com
Depart: Park & Ride (Harry S Truman Dr, off Riva Rd) Near the
DMV
Departure Time: 12:00 Noon (Weather Permitting)
Distance: N/A
Destination: N/A
Cost: None
Special Requirements: Temperature 45 degrees or more
Comments: Fun Practice Session
Please Check Hotline On Day Practice
For Cancellation
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Harpers Ferry Ride
Date: Sunday, April 19, 2008
Coordinator: Bud Eckard, phone:
301-386-2968
Depart: Odenton Shopping Center, in
front of the Superfresh Grocery (route 175 in Odenton)
Depart time: 9:00, Pre-ride briefing
8:45 AM (be on time, or you can't ride with the group)
Distance: About 100 miles (one
way)
Route: Routes Rt175, Rt32W,
Rt108, Rt107, White's Ferry, Rt15, Rt662, Rt9, Rt27 and too many
back roads to list.
Destination: Harpers Ferry, WV
Cost: $2 for White's Ferry
Comments:
Kick-off the riding season with a
leisurely ride to historic Harpers Ferry. Once off Route
32, we'll be taking almost all back roads in MD/VA with a couple
of stops. Once in Harpers Ferry, we'll stop to eat at the
Southern Smoke BBQ at around 1:00 p.m. You might want to
bring snacks or buy them at the ferry store. Since the
ride is in April, dress in layers! You can always take
them off as the day warms up. Afterwards, you can take
340E, 70E, 32E and go home on your own. Or, join me on
more scenic roads north to the Antietam Battlefield for ice
cream. From there we'll take 40E, 70E, 32E to home.
Please bring $2 exact change for toll!
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1st State Poker Run
Date: Sunday April 20, 2008
Coordinator: John Wallace
Phone 301-812-0062, Email: john.n.wallace@verizon.net
Depart: Eastern Shore 7-11 (Off Rt 50 Exit 43B – Chester River
Beach Rd)
Departure Time: 9:30 am Briefing Time: 9:15 a.m.
Distance: 46 Mi one way
Destination: Mike’s Famous H-D Shop in Smyrna, DE
Cost: $10 Poker Run Registration Fee
Special Requirements: None
Comments: The Poker Run registration fee is $10 with the
proceeds benefiting the Motorcycle Accident Victims (MAV)
Foundation. Free Event PIN to first 450 participants. Free
Donuts and Coffee WSL*. Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwich, Chips, Water &
Canned Soda for sale WSL*. *WSL – while supplies last.
DONATE A CANNED FOOD ITEM (benefits
Asbury United Methodist Church food pantry) AND RECEIVE A (i.e.,
one and only one) “FREE” EXTRA CARD to improve your poker hand.
The ride is light on superhighway,
travels through several quaint, historic townships, and winds
its way to Smyrna on Eastern Shore country roads. We will make a
planned “U” turn which is required to cross Rt 301 at Rt 300
using the marked turning lanes. The ride will take about one
hour and fifteen minutes, putting us at the dealership around
10:45 a.m. with plenty of time to register for the poker run by
noon.
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Williamsport Open House
Date: April 26,2008
Coordinator: Larry Oakey, Phone 410 647 2683, Email: oakeycorp@verizon.net
Depart: Odenton Shopping Center
Departure Time: 9:00am Briefing Time: 8:45
Distance: approx 90 miles one way
Destination: Williamsport H-D, Maryland
Cost: None
Special Requirements: None
Comments: mostly back roads, Will make one bathroom stop
about mid way.
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Police & Fire Ride for Leukemia – Non
Chapter Event - For Information Only
This is a non-chapter event. No ‘official’ chapter ride will be
organized to this event. No chapter
participation points are awarded for participating in this event.
Date: Sunday, April 20, 2008 (Rain Date if needed April 27,
2008)
Event Time: Day of event registration 8:00 am – 10:00 am; Ride
starts at 10:00 am
Location: Harley-Davidson Buell Store of Baltimore, 8845 Pulaski
Hwy – Rte 40, Baltimore, MD
Comments: This is a ride to benefit the Maryland Chapter of the
Leukemia-Lymphoma Society. For information, contact Steve
Connard, 410-721-1246.
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MD Fallen Firefighter Memorial Ride
Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008
Coordinator: Tomy Baker, phone:
301-704-8450, e-mail Conyank@comcast.net
Depart: Fifth District VFD ( Rt 108
and Rt 32.), Clarksville, MD
Depart time: 12:00 Noon, Pre-ride
briefing 11:45 AM
Distance: 20 miles one way. RT 32,
Rt 97, Rt 50, Rowe Blvd.
Destination: MD Fallen FF Memorial,
Annapolis, MD
Cost: None
Special Requirements: None
Comments: This is a Police escorted
ride that pays tribute to all the Maryland Firefighters who have
died in the line of duty. Wreath laying ceremony
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