Lunch Ride: Hagan O’Reilly’s Irish Pub

Everyone had a great ride with great food and nice surprise with the performance of some River Dancers.

 

FL District Rally Packet Stuffing

We met FL1-H2 at the Perkins on University Blvd.  It was very well organized and free desserts.   You can’t ask for more, good company and dessert.  Thanks to all that came to help.

Tire Kick: Chili’s (Apopka)

This is always a popular Tire Kick for us with a great turnout and why not.  It is a great location (on 441 near the 417) with great food and good atmosphere.

Hooky Day Ride to Daytona Bike Week

The ride started with breakfast at the Woodshed Restaurant in Mt Plymouth (cash only).  Then continued with a scenic ride to Daytona.

Chapter Director’s Message (3/12/12)

Hi FL1-Winger Family,

     Thanks to all those who came out for the Monthly Chapter Gathering!  We had fun celebrating the month of March with St. Patty’s Day green and playing pirate with all those fabulous phrases like, "Ahoy there maties," and "Arrrrrr, walk the plank!"  After all, we are just kids in grownup bodies!   St. Patrick’s Day is coming next week with a lunch ride to Hagan O’Reilly’s Irish Pub.  The pirate fun is coming in buckets when we get to go to the Florida District Rally in less than two weeks!  We were practicing for all these upcoming events at the Monthly Chapter Gathering.  Thanks to all that came out, and to Chapter H2 for their visit.  We also want to welcome Glen and Joyce Hanes.  We enjoyed having you join us!

Ride safe,

Ted & Carolyn Russell

FL1-W Chapter Gathering (3/10/12)

Thanks to all those who came out for the Monthly Chapter Gathering! We had fun celebrating the month of March with St. Patty’s Day green.  With the upcoming Florida District Rally “Pirates Parle”, we had fun with playing pirate with all those fabulous phrases like, "Ahoy there maties," and "Arrrrrr, walk the plank!" After all, we are just kids in grownup bodies!  Thanks to all that came out, and to Chapter H2 for their visit. We also want to welcome Glen and Joyce Hanes. We enjoyed having you join us!

Lunch Ride: Blackwater Inn

The Blackwater Inn sits right on the St John’s River.  It is always a nice and relaxing atmosphere with good food.  The first floor was closed, so we had to sit on the second floor with great views.

Chapter Director’s Message (3/4/12)

Hi FL1-Winger Family,

The Tire Kick at Olive Garden in Clermont was last Wednesday.  Everyone said they had a nice evening.  Thanks to Paul and Diane for hosting that Tire Kick and for those that came out to enjoy the food and conversation.

This week we have a lunch ride scheduled for Tuesday and our Monthly Chapter Gathering on Saturday at 4:30.  Hope to see you at one of these scheduled events or on the road enjoying some of this great weather.

Hugs,

Ted & Carolyn Russell

Tire Kick: Olive Garden (Clermont)

Everyone said they had a nice evening. Thanks to Paul and Diane for hosting that Tire Kick and for those that came out to enjoy the food and conversation.

Chapter Director’s Message (2/28/12)

Hi FL1-Winger Family,

As you know, Patti Sloat, our former Sr. Chapter Director, has moved to Nebraska to be closer to her son.  She, along with James, was the brains behind the success of our breakfast rally, Green Eggs & Ham.  With Patti’s move, Ted and I were at a loss of what to do.  Thank goodness for people with a willing attitude and generosity of heart!  Connie Miller has agreed to take on the challenge of running the rally for our chapter!  Hurray Connie!!  She is trying to get caught up on all the stuff that Patti has and has not already done.  Those who know Patti, know that she is a great organizer.  Patti met with Connie (I was just there as a moral support) and they went over everything.  I have no idea how Connie is going to remember everything.  I had forgotten by the time I was getting into my car.  I have every faith in Connie!  Connie has a natural bent toward organization also and Patti has everything lined up for the rally in an organized and logical way.  We all need to support Connie in any way we can.  We just want to say thank you, Connie, for stepping up to head this event.  It is huge, and the profit from this runs the chapter for a year!    We know that Patti is leaving it in good hands.  Thank you Connie!!

With that being said, Patti and Connie created two work days in April to get all of the games, door prizes, games prizes, silent auction items in order.  So you say, "But we aren’t even into the month of March yet!"  That’s true, but this is such a big deal that it takes time to plan and do.  We’ll be talking about this more as we get closer, but you probably want to know what is happening now.  The Work Days are on Saturday mornings starting at ten.  Hopefully it will just take 2 or 3 hours and then we’ll head out for lunch somewhere.  If everything gets completed on the first Work Day, then the second will probably be cancelled.  Please come out and let Connie boss you around for a while.  It’s not a bad deal to work for one month and play for the rest of the year!  Your time and effort will be greatly appreciated. 

Hugs,

Ted & Carolyn Russell