Sat.,9/11/21…Always a sad day remembering those who died in the twin towers in New York. Went to Bikes on the Bricks, Melissa and family came over, Kenzie came over

Bill, Isaac, Mike, Bill and Sabrina at Bringer Inn

Don, Bill, Sabrina, Isaac, Bill, me, Barb, Ron, and Mike ready to be blockers in the Bikes on the Bricks Motorcycle Parade

Time of prayer before riding in the parade

Following the police escort in the parade...Bill and Sabrina on the right ahead of us 

Me blocking an intersection

Bill blocking the same intersection

Bill, Jim, Greg, Julie and Jeff

Riding into downtown Flint....686 registered bikes (they actually think there were 1000) in  this 2 hour parade.  The line was 7 miles long of motorcycles! Wow!  

Melissa, Bruce and Evan were at our house when we got home.  Sure glad we got home before they left

Evan trying to pick up a pumpkin, but it was too heavy

Evan sitting on a pumpkin.  This year because the pumpkins are so big, the younger kids like to sit on them

Bill taking Evan on a motorcycle ride around the block

Papa and Kenzie enjoying their ice cream

Went for ice cream with Kenzie and Bill.  My big banana split.  

We left at 7:30 to meet at Bringer Inn for breakfast.  We had good food and it was fun being together.  We left for Bikes on the Bricks and Isaac led us their.  It was a beautiful day for a ride.  We met up to be instructed on blocking for the parade.  While we were meeting, another group was in front of the Harley Dealer parking lot, doing a bike blessing.  The police lined up first, then the blockers..The policeman would pull in to an intersection on his motorcycle, then the next blocker would take his place and he would leave.  We were one of the last ones to block.  We watched the rest of the motorcycles pass by, then when the ambulance came, it would let us back in the parade.  We parked in town and then walked around.  We got our free shirts for blocking.  We got a hotdog and coke.  We walked up and down the street on the brick road to look at all the bikes.  They had some vendors there, but not as many as usual.  We stopped at the CMA booth and talked to Diane and Bev.  We also watched the police go through the obstacle course as they competed against each other.  It is amazing to watch them make such sharp turns and go through these quickly.  So thankful for our policeman.  Some of our friends were setting up cones for them when they got knocked over.  We left and came back home, and were so happy Bruce and Melissa were here when we pulled back by the shed.  Bruce had picked some tomatoes for the Salsa he is making.  We took some pictures, then we opened all the doors and windows in the camper and turned on the 3 vent fans.  We all put on masks and Melissa, Bruce and Evan got a tour of our new camper.  They really liked it.  I'm so glad we could do this!  Bill took Evan for a ride on our motorcycle.  Evan so very happy and liked riding on it.  They left after that so Bruce could make dinner and Salsa.  Bill and I decided to sleep in the camper again.  It's nice having everything out there now and the memory foam on the mattress on our bed.  So comfy.  We stayed up for a while and I did my blog while he played a game of Sudoko on his phone.  We both slept really good.