Harley Owners Group
Eastern Sierra Chapter 166501
Ridgecrest, CA
 
 
 
 

Reagan Presidential Library Ride
30 March 2013
 
 

Posted: 11 April 2013, 11 PM
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Sandra and Mike in the spot light ...
at the entrance to President Reagan's Air Force One ...!
Our AV HOG Ridgcrest meeting time coincided with
Patriot Guard riders ... who split off in several directions
Geneva and Amy were with Patriot Guard this day ...
Judy was anxious to see The Reagan Presidential Library
Judy and John sporting a brand new Harley Trike ...!
 
Our route: HWY14 -> Mojave -> Tehachapi/Willow Springs Road
-> N2 -> San Francisquito Canyon Rd -> HWY5 -> HWY405 -> HWY118
to Simi Valley
 
Welcome Dynece ... look what Wade found in Simi Valley ... !
Lake Elizabeth on N2 (Palmdale Blvd west to Bakersfield) ... east of the Rock Inn
 
 
That's Judy and John's new trike ahead of Don's trike
Dynece isn't about to let Wade forget she's back there
 
Cool squadron ...!
Spots of black & red
Dynece in the driver's seat
Teri with her dueling camera
Don ... Mark ... Judy
Mike ... Don ... John
Bill ... Paul ... Don ... Mark ... Judy ... Mike
Two on a Harley ... doesn't get much more fun ...!
 
Yes ... we had a bit of freeway group riding ... always challenging
West on HWY118 to Simi Valley and The Reagan Presidential Library
Don -- guess there's no reason to put your feet down
 
That's our destination
Cool ... the President's banners along the entrance
 
That's where we came from
 
Ronald Reagan banner
 
 
That's a little Green version of the GOP elephant
 
The Reagan Library is on quite a spread ... and is spacious and well thought out
Navy F-14 in which Wade logged an hour-plus to qualify
The Reagan Library provides a spendid view
Sandra and Mike arranged for special parking
 
 
We were immediately warmly greeted
 
However ... we were one of two motorcycle riding groups to be welcomed
... so we had to snuggle up a bit
Can you say "Red ... White ... Blue" ...?
Nothing more American than Red, White and Blue Harleys in a group
 
 
 
Welcome to The Reagan Presidential Library
Our first stop at the library was for LUNCH
 
 
 
Nice neighborhood (zoomed in ... of course)
Mike ... Don (me) ... Mark ...
likely Judy's John with chaps sticking out behind Mark ...
Don (not me) ... Judy
 
A piece of the Berlin Wall
Mark and Paul had seen it up close and personal in-situ
This is Sandra's wide-spread hand ... more than a "size of" gesture ...
but a feeling from her heart that her Presidential hero President Reagan
was instrumental in bringing this wall down
 
Teri briefly losing control of her camera to Bill
 
 
 
There are several video clips from key events in
President Reagan's tenure
 
The First Lady ... Nancy Davis Reagan ...
is prominant among the exhibits
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This was a self-guided tour:
Judy and I lost contact with several of our group
from time-to-time. But we're very happy that we
crossed paths with Sandra and Mike ...
at key intersections and documented their reverence
 
The Oval Office is reproduced with care
Sandra and Mike patiently waiting their turns
A western theme
 
 
 
 
 
President Reagan had the Resolute desk raised 2-inches
so his knees didn't hit underneath
The visitor's entrance door
The door to the Presidential residence
The famous Reagan jelly beans ... !
 
 
 
Sandra playing a trivia video game on conventions and protocols ...
and doing quite well ... until Mike joined in ...!
 
 
A return to Nancy Davis Reagan ... and her official events and wardrobes
 
 
 
 
 
How'd they do than ... ?
 
 
 
Marine One ... !
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dynece and Wade ... like shooting fish in a barrel for Judy... !
On stage ... !
 
Judy and John waving to their many admirers ...
from the entrance of Air Force One
Many thanks to Sandra and Mike for executing their excellent
arrangements for our HOG group to visit the President Reagan Library
Too Cool Don ... !
Now this is one heck of a good picture of Sandra and Mike ... !
This is Judy and my official picture ... really a splendid framing
Boeing ... !
Yuk ... Kows ... :(
Sandra having a really fun day ... !
 
 
 
 
Here's a better picture of the GOP baby elephant critter
 
Remember East Germany ... ?
 
 
 
 
 
 
Then there was The Soviet Union
 
 
Meanwhile ... out west ... !
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I had to ask about the connection between President Reagan and Walt Disney
Why was there a Disney section to the Reagan Library ... ?
The dosent said Reagan and Disney were contemporaries ...
who had known each other in the movie business since their early years
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oh oh ... ! Mark ... Sandra and Mike ... and Judy and me ... stragglers
 
 
 
 
 
 
Freshen up a bit ... and head for the Grand Vista Hotel bar ... 5:16 PM
Sandra and Dynece ... getting acquainted ... !
How the heck did we ever survive before cell phones ... ?
Oh I see ... CONNECTION ... is how we survived before cell phones
 
In the Grand Vista Hotel restaurant for dinner: Judy and John ... 6:44 PM
 
 
Food arrives ... 7:15 PM
 
 
Dynece ... Bill ...Teri ... 7:48 PM ... and it's quickly O'DARK-30 ... !
"Yeah ... what she said ... !"
Bill ... with Dynece on one side ... and his Italian wife Teri on the other ... !
Judy and John ... all composure ... enjoying the "getting to know one another"
All smiles ... Dynece sets Mark up with a wild gorgeous friend of hers
 
Teri and Bill ... and eventually Dynece ...
had one heck of a time sharing this with spoons
 
John with a burnt offering of breakfast toast
 
 
Judy and John and their brand new trike ...
my Judy is envious
 
 
 
 
I want a white one
Teri and Bill ... makes us all feel more comfortable ...
having an honest to God mechanic on our rides
 
 
Modern pictorgraphs ... in the side walls on our return trip ...
along HWY23 from Moorepark to HWY126
 
 
 
 
AV HOG Ridgecrest Trikes ... after a really memorable weekend ride ... !
Thanks again ... Sandra and Mike ... !
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