Sparky.88
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Saturday was the Operation Stand Down Clicky Poker Run sponsored by the local chapter of the Combat Veteran’s Motorcycle Association. It was one of many nationwide fundraisers for Operation Stand Down, a Nashville based charity founded to aid homeless veterans.
Since it was already hot when we started, rather than riding all the way across town to start the ride at Rocket Harley Davidson (they sponsored the ride), my wife and I headed south to Arab, AL, to Big D’s Cycle to pick up our first card. It was a nice ride down AL Hwy 431 from Hampton Cove to Guntersville, then west on AL Hwy 69 to Arab. Beautiful scenery along the way.
Still lots of tornado damage visible along stretches of road from the 27 April storms that ripped through this part of the country. We decided to purchase and play two separate poker hands and pulled our first cards for each hand at Big D’s.
We then rode north along AL Hwy 231 to Chips & Salsa, a bar/grill in Huntsville, where we grabbed two cards each for our hands.
By this time we were hot/sweaty and needed a break so we stayed awhile and enjoyed a cool drink and snack. The snack ended up taking almost an hour (only one person working the kitchen trying to serve about 200 - WTF?), so we were behind schedule and in a bit of a hurry when we finally hit the road again.
Next stop was just a few miles away at Blackwater Hatties, another bar/grill in town. We just grabbed a card for each of our hands and headed back out.
Our last stop was at Rocket City Harley Davidson where we picked up our final cards and turned in our hands. We blew off one potential stop, North AL Biker Supply, since we were short on time.
We had perfectly mediocre poker hands; no winners that day. There were lots of door prizes, a raffle, and a 50/50 cash raffle. We were one number away from a $50 gift certificate to Hooters and 10 numbers away from the 50/50 cash prize (about $150). So we left with nothing but with smiles. We had a good time and the event raised over $5,000 dollars to aid homeless vet’s in our area. It was a good day. I hope to take part in the event again next year.
Since it was already hot when we started, rather than riding all the way across town to start the ride at Rocket Harley Davidson (they sponsored the ride), my wife and I headed south to Arab, AL, to Big D’s Cycle to pick up our first card. It was a nice ride down AL Hwy 431 from Hampton Cove to Guntersville, then west on AL Hwy 69 to Arab. Beautiful scenery along the way.
Still lots of tornado damage visible along stretches of road from the 27 April storms that ripped through this part of the country. We decided to purchase and play two separate poker hands and pulled our first cards for each hand at Big D’s.
We then rode north along AL Hwy 231 to Chips & Salsa, a bar/grill in Huntsville, where we grabbed two cards each for our hands.
By this time we were hot/sweaty and needed a break so we stayed awhile and enjoyed a cool drink and snack. The snack ended up taking almost an hour (only one person working the kitchen trying to serve about 200 - WTF?), so we were behind schedule and in a bit of a hurry when we finally hit the road again.
Next stop was just a few miles away at Blackwater Hatties, another bar/grill in town. We just grabbed a card for each of our hands and headed back out.
Our last stop was at Rocket City Harley Davidson where we picked up our final cards and turned in our hands. We blew off one potential stop, North AL Biker Supply, since we were short on time.
We had perfectly mediocre poker hands; no winners that day. There were lots of door prizes, a raffle, and a 50/50 cash raffle. We were one number away from a $50 gift certificate to Hooters and 10 numbers away from the 50/50 cash prize (about $150). So we left with nothing but with smiles. We had a good time and the event raised over $5,000 dollars to aid homeless vet’s in our area. It was a good day. I hope to take part in the event again next year.
