Saturday, a number of us got together for a Patriot Guard mission to honor a fallen marine from Perry. Donna and I, Randy and Deb, Bob, Carl, Don, and Ben (Sherrill unfortunately had to work) met up and went to Perry to meet with a couple of hundred bikes to be part of this event for a young marine who tragically lost his life while doing his job to defend this country.
It was an awesome sight to see all the other bikes as we pulled into the lot. They kept coming until we rode over to the high school for the flag line and even continued to arrive after that. The flag line was one of the longest I have seen. I believe the family was very impressed with how many PGR members made the trip for this service. Saw a bike with Alaska plates as well as plates from Illinois, and Kansas. I wouldn't be surprised if there was others.
The idiots from the Westboro Baptist Church (more appropriately, they should be called a cult) were there although only a handful of them. The morons were of no significance and did not get the attention that they try to get wherever they go. I certainly hope these vermin in hell for these despicable acts of picketing funerals.
After this mission, some of us met up with Ray and Judy and did some riding. Made it to the Patriotic Rock near Greenfield where we got to meet the artist himself. Ray "Bubba" Sorenson was hard at work creating his latest tribute to our armed forces. It was great to see the work in progress and we need to go back to see the finished project. We had some dinner at The Smokehouse in Dallas Center and then went our own ways home. A good day with good friends.
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