North East Regional Rally
Lake George, New York
July 29-August 1, 2010

KawaNOW North Eastern Regional Rally Report
Rally Leader - Larry "Fish" Trimble
Co-Rally Leader - Tim "Top Cat" Conley
Co-Rally Leader - Roger "Sarge1057" Surman

This was our first attempt at organizing and overseeing such an event. Some said the bar was set high. That's because we had excellent ARLs, TC & Sarge. They organized and lead the rides. Some of the wives helped with the meet and greet picnic. With the help of these fine people, the rally ran like clockwork.

The weather was perfect, sunny in the 60s to about 80 by the afternoon.

We had 28 bikes and 32 people staying at Fran Cove Motel. Three members and a guest stopped by to ride along on Saturday. Elaine and I arrived on Wednesday to set things up before the majority of the attendees arrived.

The event scheduled for Thursday was a meet and greet picnic with a raffle of prizes to cover the cost of food and essentials. Linda, owner of Fran Cove Motel, took the time to take our pictures with about 25 cameras (can't say enough about the motel, great place). We found out that on Thursday evenings during the months of July and August the Village of Lake George puts on fireworks for the tourists. Added bonus. Some of the attendees went into town on the trolley to see the fireworks. Others stayed at the motel and viewed the firework from there.

The event scheduled for Friday was a ride in the Adirondacks Mountains, which included Whiteface Mt. A lunch break at a BBQ place called the Tail of the Pup and then back to Lake George. The riding group included one ARL, who lead the ride, and about 12 bikes. The temperature on Whiteface Mt was about 50 degrees, nice for us northern boys. Ringhdingh was wearing just a tee shirt, those crazy Canadians. After the ride some people decided to go into town on the trolley, which stopped at the motel. Others stayed at the motel and we made the rest of the picnic food.

The event scheduled for Saturday was a ride to Lake Champlain, taking a ferry into Vermont, riding across the Green Mountains and back to Lake George. The groups were split the same as above. Some attendees didn't want to go for the ride, so they stayed back and enjoyed the day in town. After the ride, everyone was free to go on his or her own. On Sunday morning after all the goodbyes, most attendees left to go home.

The 2010 northeast KawaNOW Rally is in the record books. It was a good time for all with eating, riding, laughing, sightseeing and even swimming.

They can't wait to do it again. Most of us came as strangers but left as friends with a stronger connection to KawaNOW. Several are planning on going to the national rally in 2011.