Cherry Ride 2013

The 6th Annual Cherry Ride was held Saturday, July 20th.  We started at Woody's in Bayport, MN.  Each paying rider received a 2013 Cherry Ride pin and a breakfast buffet.  Check-in was supposed to start at 10 am but by 9:40 am, we already had over 50 bikes there.

The weather was perfect, considering we had just finished a hot streak of weather.  Not only we were celebrating Cherrie, we were also celebrating Ray, Cherrie's brother, since it was his birthday.

We had Dee and Holly, both representing the American Liver Foundation with us to talk and support our ride as this is the foundation where the money we raise goes to.

Johnny said The Lord's Prayer and we hopped on our bikes shortly after 11 am.

We had multiple stops in both Wisconsin and Minnesota throughout the day and at the best count, we had 92 bikes, but depending on who you asked, it was anywhere from 92-98 bikes. Wow.  We really broke last year's record of 55 bikes and compared to the first year, we had 17 bikes.  We're really growing!

We raised over $2,200 to go towards liver cancer research and awareness. We didn't have any accidents during the ride despite our biggest group yet and the fact that we were spread out over a mile in length.  

The day was incredibly successful thanks to so many people and this couldn't have been done without all of you.  This was my favorite Cherry Ride yet.  

Here are some photos of the day but please look at the slideshow of all the pictures I took throughout the day as well as the video that our friend Joe made of the ride so you can get the full day experience.  The link to the photo album is also below in case you don't want to view the slideshow further below.

Cherry Ride 2013 Photos