The annual "Motorcycle Ride for Dad", the largest motorcycle event in Canada in support of prostate cancer research and education, held their Calgary ride Saturday, June 6th. Rides are held across Canada on different weekends during the spring and early summer. At the event in Calgary it was announced that they had raised in excess of $80,000.
I first heard of the ride one week prior to the event on CJay96 and decided to get involved and take part in both the ride and raising money for the cause. Through a generous network or friends, business colleagues and a couple of people I didn't even know personally (Twitter), the group generated 38 pledges amounting to $2,500 for the cause - Awesome. Thanks so much to those that pledged it was truly appreciated.
Unfortunately, Mother nature did not cooperate and we received a freak snow fall the morning of the ride. Although it cleared up somewhat by the planned 10:30 start for the ride, the organizing committee decided for safety reasons to postpone the ride to another weekend. They did go forward with the parade ride, a short police escorted ride in the city up to Mark's Work Wearhouse in Signal Hill.
You'll see the accumulated snow at our place in the pictures below. I didn't take any chances and posed for a few pictures on the bike in the snow and then drove down in the car to take part in the activities held during the day.
