IA Rally

Meeting Erving Merlin

On June 10th 2004, my turn to meet the infamous Erv arrived.
I have been waiting a while for this day and was worried it might
never happen. Rode out to meet with ( Emu) and his
Kawaski Nomad, who picked up Erv in Hell. I knew the
rumours of Erv being a trouble maker, but how did he end up
in Hell. I thought that only happened after you were dead.
Fuzzy was kind enough to escort Erv to a meeting with MJ
in Michigan. MJ & friends were heading
for the Annual Blessing
Of The Bikes In Hell. Once the Blessing took place MJ entrusted
Erv with our friend who promptly ran into troubles at
the border with Canada Customs has detailed that
situation on the Cafe , so I won't retell the adventure here.

So today arrives cool and overcast for the much anticipated hookup.
I arrive about 5 minutes ahead of time and await . We then
spend a few minutes admiring each others ride
It's easy to see that regrets selling the Babester, but that new
Kaw of his is a mighty fine substitute
Next thing you know we are mounted up and heading for downtown
Toronto and the Air Canada Centre. Home of the famous
Toronto Maple Leafs to snap a few
which you can see below
& I then ventured forth for a and spent a couple hours
swapping before finally saying knowing we'll be
meeting again on Saturday for a BBQ @ Racso's place with
some IA members, so they too can meet Erv.

Ferris Wheel In Motion

BBQ With Erv

Nancy & Erv
Psyco Threatening
Emu & Jos
Emu
Canuck
Jos
Sue & Jos
RJ & Sue
Samantha & Canuck
Racso BBQ
Bikes
It'll Look Great
Watching Is Hard
Installing Shield
Swapping Lies
More Lies
Cool Now
Listening
Oscar
Oscar

The sounthern Ontario members decided to get together to celebrate the arrival of Erv. Racso and Samantha graciously offered up the use of their house to host a gathering & put on a fine spread, with steaks cooked to perfection by Racso(Neil), baked potatoes and assorted salads and munchies. Some of us had met at previous times, while for others it was a first time meeting of like minded individuals RJ was kind enough to bring some spare parts with him, including a windshield which Psyco decided he just had to have so he could impress Eddie D Of course RJ didn't like the photographic evidence I was collecting Erv lived up to his rep as a Bad Boy & quickly decided that since Barbie's were scarce around here he would take a go at Nancy. Psyco quickly jumped to her rescue with his handy Bic lighter and Erv headed for safer ground & decided to meet everyone else in attendance including Oscar the dog. Everyone had a chance to sign the T-Shirt in the Lazy Rider bag and sign the log book that has been accompaning Erv for the last year and a half. It was great sitting around and chatting with everyone and renewing acquaintances. Emu was kind enough to take Racso on a ride on the new Kaw, as he hadn't been on a bike in well over a year . The night ended much too quickly as RJ & Sue had a long ride ahead of them, getting back to Sarnia and I had to be up early for teaching the next day. Thanks to all who attended and especailly to Neil & Samantha for hosting our little gathering. Rumour is there will be a late summer gathering in the Sarnia area, that I'm very much looking forward to. Until then keep the rubber side down.

Type @ ya'll later
Night_Wolf

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