I attended my first Rolling Thunder ride this Memorial Day weekend. Rolling Thunder is an annual motorcycle rally that is held in Washington, DC during the Memorial Day weekend to call for the government's recognition and protection of Prisoners of War (POWs) and those Missing in Action (MIAs). It was estimated that well over 500,000 bikers made their way to Washington DC this year to attend the festivities.We started off Sunday's ride at a HD dealership bright and early. Along with 2000 or so other riders, we got a police escort into the Pentagon parking lot to meet up with the rest of the riders. This was the rally and starting point for the ride. The parking lot was packed when we pulled up. With this many people staged, it took about 3 hours to get everyone out of the parking lot. The actual ride was just a loop through downtown DC and only last about 20 mins.
It was a long and hot day, but in the end I am very glad I did it. It was for a really good cause and was really neat to see all the patriotic pride. It was great people watching and I got to take a lot of pictures. While I was riding my bike, my girlfriend Alicia, manned the camera on the back of my bike, she got some good pictures as well.
To see the 150+ pictures we took, click the link: http://www.framehousephotography.com/rollingthunder09
For more info on Rolling Thunder click here: http://www.rollingthunder1.com/
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