The Russ Dellen Memorial Loop Ride, I was looking forward to this ride, Jeff and I volunteered at the Dealership to get people registered, check-in pre-registered riders and parking attendants to direct all the riders to the correct places in which the line up with take place. It was an earlier start and I was in my proper attire and ready to go.
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| Me before leaving the house |
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| The back of our Volunteer shirts - Cool! |
The morning started early, people started showing up before we could get everything set-up. The Russ Dellen Memorial Loop is a replacement name for the well know prior historic ride "Loop For Life. The Russ Dellen Memorial Loop also benefits many charities. This ride today had a very different feel, not sure exactly and couldn't put my finger on it, I did notice that there wasn't as many people for this years ride. The last time we went was in 2009 and it was packed. I was excited to ride hoping for the same experience as the one in 2009. One can not explain the rush feeling when getting together with so many motorcyclist for a great cause. This was my first time volunteering for this event. It was neat to see so many different people from so many different places throughout the State of Indiana. Because I was volunteering I was unable to take any pictures until it was time for all of us to load up and get ready to head out on the police escorted ride from the dealership to the Marion County Fairgrounds. I did take pictures of all of leaving the dealership and the police escort:
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| Waiting to Leave |
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| Behind us the line before hitting 96th St. |
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| The line in front of us before hitting 96th Street |
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| Our Men in Blue escorting us to the Marion Co. Fairgrounds |
Upon arriving at the fairgrounds the truck carrying the 9-11 Beams veered off down one side road and all of us riders continued another way to park with all the people that arrived for registration at the Marion County Fairgrounds. To my surprise there weren't that many bikes, in 2009 the fairgrounds were packed and you couldn't see any of the grassy areas this year only about 1/4 of the field was filled. I was a little disappointed and could not understand why there wasn't as many riders this year. We all went up to the band stand where breakfast was being served. Took a much needed break before mounting up to head out for the ride. With the Beams in front of the pack we all Mounted up and headed out to I465, we had to stop and turn off the bikes while the Men in Blue cleared and stopped the traffic across all lanes of this major interstate. During the ride we have two motorcycles that went down, the first one that went was not a good one because both riders were seriously injured with broken bones. We continued our way around 465 and being a passenger I get the joy of waving and taking pictures of people on the over passes waving and cheering us all on. We arrived back at the fairgrounds for a free lunch and many activities. We ate and went around to see the Beams and look at the vendors items that were for sale. After socializing a few of us decided to head out and ride to New Palestine for some ice cream. Once we had our desert we decided it was time to head home as both my husband and I were very tired. Over all it was a good day with great people, food, and socializing. Below are some pictures of the crowd:
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| John & Shiz |
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| Jeff and I |
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| Marion County Fairgrounds before the main event |
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| Waiting on the Men in Blue to clear the Interstate I465 |
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| The Main Event |
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| The Last Leg of the Event and this was waiting for us! AWESOME! |
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