Ride report posted for GREASE

IT WAS 0’DARK THIRTY WHEN WE GOT TO THE FIREBASE. WEATHER WAS FORCASTING RAIN. IT WAS DARK,CLOUDY, AND JUST A LITE DRIZZLE. WHEN WE PULLED IN THERE WAS 1 BIKE AND A FEW CAGES. AS WE WAITED 3 MORE BIKES SHOWED UP & 7 MORE CAGES. ABOUT 18 WWR MEMBERS AND 1 BULLDOG. BOTH SETS OF PARENTS WERE THERE. I CALLED THE AIRPORT AND THE FLIGHT WAS 1/2 HOUR EARLY. SO I DID A QUICK RIDE BRIEF & WE LEFT FOR AIRPORT, LEAVING 1 WWR THERE FOR ANY STRAGLERS. A HEROS WELCOME, ONE OF OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WAS ALREADY THERE WITH ABOUT 6 MEMBERS. WE FORMED OUR FLAGLINE WITH ABOUT 20 WWR MEMBERS. THEN OUR HEROES MARINE SGT. JUSTIN COX & MARINE CPL. BRIAN HAGMEIR CAME DOWN THE ESCALATOR TO A LOUD WELCOME HOME. AFTER A LOT OF HAND SHAKING AND BACK SLAPPING WE PRESENTED THEM WITH THE “MAGIC COIN”. THEY SAID “THANK YOU BUT WE WERE JUST DOING OUR JOB”. AND WE SAID” EXACTLY, THANK YOU FOR DOING IT”. THEN WE WALKED OUT TO THE CAGES AND BIKES AND MOUNTED UP. AS WE MADE OUR WAY TO REIFFTON, PA. WE PICKED UP 3 LEATHERNECK M/C. RIDERS ON ROUTE 422. WE ESCORTED OUR MARINES HOME. AND MORE HANDSHAKES TOOK PLACE IN THE HOUSE. AFTER ABOUT 1/2 WE DEPARTED SO OUR HEROES COULD GET CAUGHT UP WITH THERE FAMILIES.

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