April 24, 1999

The initial meeting of our new (yet unnamed and unchartered chapter) of Women on Wheels was held today, Saturday , April 24 at Keif's Reef in Burton Bridge, IL. The kind proprietor , Randy ,and his gracious bartender , Kim, welcomed us with open arms and has consented to allow us to meet once a month at Keif's Reef located at 3505 S. Wright in Burtons Bridge off of Route 176.
You can join us at 11 am the third Saturday of every month.

Not many showed up at our first meeting , but what we lacked in quantity we made up for in quality. The ladies present were: Betty Bachorek, Sue McDonald , Suzanne Palm and Lynda DiGregor. Char Gordon showed up sometime later and we grabbed an unsuspecting , Kathy Swire out of her car in the parking lot and loaded her down with a bunch of paper work. Besides deciding on a monthly meeting time and place, we discussed upcoming rides and things we would like to do as a chapter.

We had two Women On Wheels members and three soon to be members. We discussed the benefits and the purpose of Women On Wheels .

We were able to find out a little about each other and had a generally good chat. After the meeting broke up Char rode in on her newly aquired Kawasaki. Suzanne and I were able to get to know her a bit before we left. Check out pictures of the women that attended this intial meeting on the photo pages.

Betty , a seasoned rider and long time member of Women On Wheels , is taking charge of rides .
We so far have decided to attend the Woodstock Swap Meet at the Woodstock Fairgrounds and the Blessing of the Bikes at Rushmore Inn located at Rt 14 and Rt 120 in Woodstock, IL. on Sunday , April 25th.

A couple of us will also take part in the Bikers Against Cancer on August 22, 1999 . It is a 100 mile observation run with a poker hand at the end . See the events page for details.

We briefly discussed Americade .