9th Annual Wrap Up

Well the 9th Annual Wardens on Wheels Rally is in the books.  In total we had 17 bikes throughout the weekend and 18 riders attend.  Riders were from MI, MO, KS, ND, MB and SK. 
We raised another $1,685 in pledges for the Game Warden Museum.  This brings our running total to $20, 425 for the 9 years!  Congratulations riders!
The Friday night supper was held at the Dockside Grill and everyone seemed pleased with the food and service.  We will most likely return there for next year.
The Saturday meeting and Heather Nadolski Memorial poker run were held in fine weather.  No issues other than yours truly getting stung in the neck by a bee!
For the second year in a row a first time rider managed to come up with the best poker hand.  Everyone managed to claim at least a couple prizes from the table.
Late in the evening the half a dozen riders still socializing at the fire were suddenly accosted by five rival gang members.  We had always know that the other gang held their annual get together on the same weekend at Lake Metigoshe.  Up until this year we had no problems with them.  We're not sure whether they were looking to rumble or if they just wanted to join what was obviously a good time being had by the Wardens.  I can only attribute their behavior to a "Full Moon"!  Which is funny since the calendar only showed a half moon phase for that night.  After drinking some of our beer they moved along without anyone getting in trouble! 
Preparations for the 10th Annual Rally have been started.
Commemorative t-shirts are being planned and coordinated by our Missouri friends.  A picnic shelter has been reserved in case of rainy weather.  We plan to notify some local media to come and cover some of the weekend events if they choose.  The poker run will be looping up into Canada again, so make sure you have a valid passport!

Thanks to everyone that attended and helped out.  I will be trying to get the word out to all the riders that have attended past rallies, and to new riders that have not made it to the Museum, to try and attend and make the 10th Annual Rally the biggest and best we've ever had!  Start spreading the word and book the weekend of August 12-14, 2016 off to attend.

Friday Night Supper

After a couple of e-mails to the Boathouse Restaurant went unanswered, I gave them a call.  The recording I got said they were out of business.  So we are moving our supper for Friday night.  We will be heading to Dockside Grill and BBQ.  It's located on the west side of Lake Metigoshe.  Supper reservation is for 7:00 CST.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z4PqijSWlQts.kgdHfR1c50UE&hl=en&usp=sharing

I'm not sure what this place will be like but we're bikers..........we'd eat road kill if we had too!(wouldn't we?)

There are still a few campsites available for anyone planning to throw up a tent.

https://apps.nd.gov/pnr/sp/services/public/reserve/mapview.htm

I haven't checked with the Quilt Inn lately but they were to have reserved a block of rooms for us.  The rooms that are not spoken for are usually released by mid July, so if you need a room give them a call.

701-263-6500

Please try and round up a prize or two for the poker rally.  I'm not sure if I'll have another custom knife for this year but for sure I will have one for the 10th Annual rally in 2016.

Looking forward to seeing everyone in August.  Ride safe!

9th Annual update

The 9th Annual Museum rally will be the weekend of August 7-9, 2015.  A block of rooms has been booked at the Quilt Inn.  701-263-6500.
Anyone camping will have to reserve a site for themselves.We will be staying in the North Hill campground again.  Reservations opened on May 1st. Our group has sites 97 to 100 booked already.  Sites 101-103 are still open.  If you want to camp but find all the sites in North Hill are booked, give me a shout because I'm sure we can double up in the sites.
https://apps.nd.gov/pnr/sp/services/public/reserve/mapview.htm


Friday supper to be at the Twin Oaks again unless something strange happens.


Starting to get excited about riding season. I've been out on a few short rides and have plans for a longer ride on Saturday.  Planning to meet some other Wardens on Wheels for pizza.


If you copy the following pledge form and paste it into Word, hopefully you'll be able to print it off.  I'll send an attachment of it to everyone on my mailing list too.

9^th  Annual

WARDENS ON WHEELS

AUGUST 8, 2015

 The North American Game Warden Museum

 International Peace Gardens

On this date, Wildlife, Fisheries and Environmental Officers from across North America will be collecting pledges in support of The Game Warden Museum and riding their motorcycles to the Game Warden Museum site located at the International Peace Gardens located on the Manitoba and North Dakota border.

All proceeds from this event will be donated to the Game Warden Museum in order to support final phase construction at the site.

Full Name of Supporter	Mailing Address (needed if receipt requested)	Amount Pledged	Receipt? (Y/N)

Your donation is considered tax-deductible as defined by Canadian and US charitable contribution guidelines

Pledge Sheet

Full Name of Supporter	Mailing Address (needed if receipt requested)	Amount Pledged	Receipt (Y/N)?

Your donation is considered tax-deductable as defined by Canadian and US charitable contribution guidelines

2015 7th Annual Missouri Rally

Info from Benny and Corie:

The annual Missouri WOW ride will be June 6th and based out of Hannibal, Missouri.  I have created a new email address and will be using this for any WOW information from this point forward.  We will arrive in Hannibal on Friday, June 5th, have the annual ride on June 6th, and head back home on June 7th. 

Benny Pryor, Lynn McClamroch and Greg Rowe will be hosting this year's ride.  

This email is the initial email and more information will follow,\. Benny will be contacting hotels in Hannibal in the next couple of days and I will send out more information once I have the rates.

I would also like for everyone to look over the email addresses and let me know if there is anyone that needs to be included that I have left off or if you no longer have a bike and would like to be deleted, let me know that also.  

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you in June.

Benny & Corie Pryor

 wardensonwheels@gmail.com

8th Annual Video

I was finally able to finish up a short video of the 2014 rally.  Unfortunately the Youtube music copyright Nazi's have nuked the music.  Oh well, play your own!

https://youtu.be/1OGgz0f6J30

The 9th Annual Museum rally will be the weekend of August 7-9, 2015.  A block of rooms has been booked at the Quilt Inn.  701-263-6500.
Anyone camping will have to reserve a site for themselves.We will be staying in the North Hill campground again.  Reservations should open on May 1st.  I'm planning to grab site 97 and would suggest that the next person take 98 etc so we can try to avoid having some one camped between us.

Friday supper to be at the Twin Oaks again.

Looking forward to seeing everyone again and meeting some new riders as well.

Rob