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Weekly Update - April 29, 2009

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Wow, what a weekend! We shot over 20,000 photos on Saturday alone. Weather was great, no major accidents on the Gap. There was a sportbike/Corvette head-on just south of the motorcycle resort on 129, but we were told everyone was ok. We were also told there was a bad one on the Skyway involving a bike and the guardrail.

Update is a little late this week for several reasons I will share now. Of course a ton of photos to sort and upload, then I wrecked the bike Monday on the Gap and totaled it. I'm ok with just a couple of bruises around the hips. Thanks to all those who helped pull it up. Then Tuesday on my way out to shoot, the timing belt slipped on the freshly rebuilt Evo motor, crashing the valves, so we had to tow that over to Maryville last night. Hopefully the worst is behind me now. ;)

This weekend is the HUGE Mini Cooper rally along with the Audi Quattro de Mayo rally and a couple of smaller bike groups. Hope everyone has fun and plays well with each other out there.

Also a big happy birthday to my sis and mom this month, love ya both, but you already knew that.

On to the highlights!

Quite a few groups in the area last weekend...

...including the 2009 'Busa Bash. They had a memorial ride for our friend Kevin Varner, who you may recall passed away recently. They all wore shirts that said "I rode the Dragon for Vman1300". Kevin had always worked with us to coordinate the excellent group photos we got of the previous 'Busa Bashes, and we sure miss him already.