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Friday
the 13th
Once again the 30th Friday The 13th in Port Dover was a
great success.
This event only happens once or twice a year, when the
13th falls on a Friday. This year it just happened to fall in this month
of August, but we will not see another until next May, 2011.
With over a hundred thousand showing up for the event,
and beautiful weather, some of the town’s entrepreneurial residents
and merchants were in heaven.
This day, has to be one of the biggest Canadian
Motorcycle events by far, attracting riders not just from all over
Canada, but the US as well.
When one considers that Port Dover has only a population of 5527, the
Ontario Provincial Police had to close off the town for the exception of
motorcycles, local traffic and the media.
If you are a coffee addict, and you ever wish to
attend this event, be prepared to wait a good hour or more in line for
one.
It seemed that many of the town’s residents were
getting in on the act as well. Some have even been preparing for it all
year, and were selling everything from lemonade, to photographing you
and your ride, to renting out their front lawns from $20 to $100 dollars
for the overnight stay from Thursday - depending on the location.
Even the Angels were in on it with a motor home parked on
the edge of town - I am not sure exactly to what capacity because I am
going on rumor - but it was said that they were there to sell some of
their wares, but mostly to maintain public relations.
Ride safe, be safe
Doc
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