We all met at Darren's this morning. I was on my bike, Jerome drove his red 66 Cyclone convertable, and Mark drove the kids in his car. Once again, it was a beautiful sunny hot day for the hill climb. The entry price was still $15.

They weren't allowing us to take our coolers in this year. Pretty harsh considering there is no shade and everyone was baking. I grabbed a Bud at the concession stand for $3 and a $6 chicken bar-b-que. We ended up making about 3 trips out to the car to get some cold beer.

Here are some interesting bikes that people showed up on.

This chopper has a Honda motor in it.

Texas Choppers

Nice orange paint

My friends' boys, Kyle, Jordan, Jake and Zack, enjoyed the playing in the water as much as anything else.

The fastest speeds today were in the 6-second range. The most exciting moment of the day came when a rider was 3/4 of the way up the hill when he suddenly pulled a wheelie. Time seemed to stand still and a hush covered the crowd, all eyes watching the bike reach its zenith, the rider six feet above his rear wheel, ready to topple over backwards. By some miracle, the bike's front tire came back down and the driver continued up the hill. Amazing!

Darren and Jerome

Mark, Don, Russ

I got a tshirt for $15. We came straight back to town and went out to eat as I was starving.

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