At exactly 11:00am, 14 hungry & brave souls on 9 bikes and two trikes began their crusade to reach that Cajun Food mecca in Blanco County. With Richard Seay leading and Gail Carr riding drag, they headed west along hiway 290. An hour and a half later they arrived at the destination and met 5 members who came in 4-wheelers. Two more arrived by bike and the feeding frenzy began. The food and fellowship were both great. If you missed this ride ... you missed some good food.

A group of 14 departed the Exxon by the airport at 8AM on a humid Saturday morning August 3rd heading for breakfast. We picked up 3 more when we stopped at the Bastrop state park to pay our passage fee. After a leisurely ride through the park and a couple of surprise turns and scenic roads we arrived at Orsak's the restaurant in Fayetteville just in time for the last serving of breakfast. We were met at the restaurant by some of our eastern chapter participants for a total of 19. After the ceremonious flip of a coin (two headed?) the Chapter bought breakfast for the hungry riders. Thanks to Billy Laue for leading the ride.

We had a great mid-day lunch ride with 12 people (7 bikes) to the Casa Loma Mexican Restaurant between Wimberely and San Marcos. On the ride were Michael & Priscilla Lee, Ronnie & Carla Meuth, Steven Thomas & Vickie Wunneburger, Phil & Janice Chastain, John Osborn, Billy Laue and Richard & Barbara (daughter) Seay. We turned the 30 minute ride into a 1hr – 15 min pleasant back country roads ride, in only the way Goldwingers can stretch out a ride to a destination. The food was good, the ride was good, the fellowship was good and the weather was good and hot.

On Saturday July 19th, 18 hungry Chapter O participants on 13 bikes & trikes gathered at the Y in Oak Hill and rode to breakfast near Canyon Lake. The temperature had not risen too high so it was a comfortable ride down 1826/170/12 and on to Fischer Store road and Ed's Old Windmill Restaurant. After a nice breakfast buffet, some of the riders headed home and some rode down River Road to Greune for market days. After a little shopping everyone headed their separate ways.

2008 Wing Ding in Greenville SC, Wow what a great time. At the opening ceremonies our chapter was presented with the very first National Chapter of the Year honors. Everyone in the chapter was given a yellow rose by our very own Texas District director (Ken Peterson). This was truly a special Gold Wing rally for Texas and Chapter O. Everyone is looking forward to the next national Gold Wing rally in Tulsa OK next year.