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Event Description	Location	Date
2nd Annual NEVROC Fall Foliage Run	New England	October
Chicago January Nasty Run	Illinois	January
Fall Highland House Run	Illinois	November
Fall Starved Rock	Illinois	September
Highland House / Cycle Empire ride	Illinois, Wisconsin	August
Houston or Bust	Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas	July
Joker Visits the Midwest	Illinois	November
Midnight Tour & Wolfman's 50th	Illinois	July
Midwest Great River Ride - Boscobel II	Wisconsin	June
Montreal Show n' Shine	Quebec, Canada	July
NEVROC Ride	Maine	August
Pacific Northwest VROC Ride	Washington	April
Rhino visits the Midwest	Illinois	December
Ride for Kids	Illinois	July
SFBA VROC Mt. Hamilton Ride	California	November
Spring Starved Rock Ride	Illinois	April
Sturgis, '99	South Dakota	August
Turkey Day with Wrinkles	Illinois	November

Spring Starved Rock Ride
Ottawa, Illinois
April 24, 1999

(Story by Don "BlckChrome" Soland, VROC #60, photos by Rick "Wolfman" Jakubas, VROC #3)

(Additional photos by Jeff "Rubber Man" Solin, VROC #1436 here)
(Additional photos by J.R. Allas, VROC #1585 here)

A great day welcomed some 20 total bikes to different parts of our monthly Chicagoland VROC run Saturday.

From "Sarge" meeting "Bulldog", Rich and I at 8:00 a.m., only to have him have to leave immediately, to meeting Wolfman and other VROC's at the 9:00 a.m. breakfast point parking lot, to share chrome and finally two more waving, sneaking back in for breakfast likely, as our now 8 bikes and Mustang Sally's pickup rumbled west.

A chilly and windy day warmed as we headed toward Starved Rock. We arrived at the Rock a little early, to find Jeff Saunders and Don Diehls, who came from the South waiting for us.

I gave up trying to get everybody's name as we finally numbered 15 Vulcans, a Harley and a Royal Star, and roared off into town. Parking in a sweet row of shining chrome, with Lee Sido's very tricked out Vulcan looking mighty fine, but Wolfman's new custom paint and sweet pipes winning best of show.

We did the pix and walked to the bar and grill to find an hour wait for a group our size. We decided to trek on over to the leather and "deadhead" store, a mere 5, but what seemed like 50, blocks away. The empty store's owner was pretty surprised as our ragged crowd came walking in and filled his store, his comment "Where are the bikes? I didn't hear you coming" Our own surprise found "Taz" walk into the store about 10 minutes later to be greeted by shouts, he turned to look out at the empty parking lot in amazement.

After doing some serious leather damage, we finally wandered back down the street to our private room in the back of the Pub and Grill, where the noise level increased as our own "Rubber Man" kept us and the waitress entertained. As we finished, we went out to begin the breakdown, as different groups, even one from Iowa, started winding there way back. Our final gas stop found our own Huge trying to smuggle big hairy bugs in his sleeve for a late night snack. One by one we again split off, still smiling as we all ended the day back in our own solo run.

A great run with a great group of VROCers.