Ride Report posted For Doug Mace

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MONDAY, SUNNY AND NO RAIN. WONDERING FOR A MONDAY WORK DAY HOW MANY WOULD WE HAVE. AS I ARRIVED AT 10AM 30 MIN BEFORE OUR STAGING TIME I FOUND 2 CARS ALREADY THERE AND OUR LEO, AS WE WAITED MORE AND MORE PEOPLE STARTED ARRIVING.

BY THE TIME OUR HERO ARRIVED THERE WAS AT LEAST 15 -20 OF US. THE FAMILY ARRIVED WITH A FEW OF THEIR OWN ON BIKES, AND A FEW CAGES. WE DID A QUICK WELCOME THERE AND MOUNTED UP TO ESCORT THIS HERO HOME.

BIG THANK YOU’S GO OUT TO ALL THE LEO HELP THAT WE HAD, CARPENTERSVILLE, ALGONQUIN, LAKE IN THE HILLS AND CRYSTAL LAKE PD. AND FIRE. THANK YOU.

AS WE LEFT WE WERE LED BY ALGONQUIN PD. AS CARPENTERSVILLE PD. BLOCKED RANDALL FOR US WE WERE OFF.

AFTER A SHORT RIDE WE ARRIVED AT OUR SOLDIERS HOME IN CRYSTAL LAKE WHERE THERE WERE MORE HUGS AND THANK YOU’S. I PRESENTED JOHN WITH AN HONOR COIN AND A SET OF OUR MISSION BEADS. HIS DAD INVITED US ALL TO STAY FOR FOOD AND SODA, OF COURSE WHICH SOME OF US DID. THE FOOD WAS GREAT AND AFTER TAKING SOME PHOTOS WITH THE FAMILY I MADE SURE TO THANK MOM AND DAD FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESCORT THEIR SON HOME.

WHAT A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!