Ride Report posted for Huggy
WELL IT TOOK 3 OR 4 TRYS BUT WE FINALLY GOT TO GIVE JEFFREY THE WELCOME HOME HE DESERVES !

WE RALLIED AT THE DUNKIN DONUTS ON COTTMAN AND THE BLVD. AS I PULLED INTO THE LOT , I WAS AMAZED TO SEE THE TURNOUT ON THIS CHILLY NIGHT. WE HAD ABOUT 20 BIKES AND A FEW CAGES . WE WELCOMED A COUPLE OF NEW MEMBERS , DICK AND JEAN FROM BENSALEM WHO HAPPENED TO DO BOTH RIDES TODAY , AND  ALSO JIM AND HIS WIFE. WELCOME ABOARD  , WE HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS ON THE NEXT ONE.


THE PHILADELIA POLICE ROLLED IN AT ABOUT 1950 .THERE WAS ANOTHER OFFICER AT THE DUNKIN DONUTS WHO CAME OVER AND ALSO OFFERED TO HELP OUT WITH THE ESCORT. I GOTTA TELL YOU , THIS WAS ONE HELL OF AN ESCORT. THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE DO SUCH A GREAT JOB FOR US AND OUR MILITARY , I JUST CANT THANK THEM ENOUGH. THEY MAKE IT SO MUCH EASIER FOR US TO DO WHAT WE DO. WE HAD A POLICE OFFICER IN THE FRONT , ONE IN BACK AND ONE BLOCKING INTERSECTIONS. AWESOME JOB , GENTLEMEN !
AS WE RODE DOWN OUR HEROS STREET , I COULD SEE PEOPLE LOOKING OUT WINDOWS AND DOORS . WE ARRIVED WITH ”BIG NOISE”- SIRENS , BIKES AND HORNS ! WE PARKED AND ONE OF THE OFFICERS POINTED TO THE HOUSE. AS I WALKED UP JEFFREY , MS WOODLIN (MOM) AND ABOUT 5 OR 6 OTHERS CAME OUT. I WENT UP TO JEFFREY SHOOK HIS HAND AND TOLD HIM THANK YOU. I TOLD HIM MY FRIENDS AND I WERE THERE TO WELCOME HIM HOME. WE DID THE FAMOS WWR MUG-N-HUG , TOOK PICTURES AND WERE GREETED BY JEFFREYS WONDERFUL FAMILY.

JEFF’S UNCLE WAS THERE . HE IS A MARINE , VIET NAM VET. ”T” COINED  JEFFS UNCLE , FUNGI COINED JEFFREY AND WE SADDLED UP FOR THE ESCORT TO THE LEGEDARY BLUE HORIZON.

IT WAS SOME ESCORT AS THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE LED US DOWN THE STREETS OF PHILLY . WE WEAVED IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC AROUND CARS AND MADE IT  TO THE LEGENDARY BLUE HORIZON WITHOUT AN INCIDENT. WE TOOK A FEW PICTURES ON THE STEPS OF THE HORIZON , SAID OUR GOODBYES AND OFF WE WENT.

THE POLICE BLOCKED , BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND BROAD ST , JUST SO WE COULD MAKE A U-TURN. MS WOODLIN SAID SHE’D LIKE TO COME TO THE AIRPORT WITH US SOMETIME. I’D SURE LIKE TO SEE HER THERE.

JEFF’S UNCLE SHOOK MY HAND , HUGGED ME AND SAID ”THANKS FOR THE LOVE” RIDES LIKE THIS MAKE ALL OF THE HARD WORK WELL WORTH IT. WE MET A GREAT FAMILY TONIGHT , MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS AND GOT TO MEET A REAL HERO