BMW Motorcycle Owners of Northeast Florida

Drifter’s Lunch Ride Recap

The second Club ride of the year was a great success.  Steve Wishard planned and lead the ride to Drifter’s Restaurant near Astor, Fl., along the St John’s River.

https://www.driftersriverfront.com/

12 riders departed Weedman’s grocery about 8:30AM.  The first half of the route is familiar to all who have ridden with the Club before.  The route took us down SR 13, and around Palatka then South on US 17.  That’s where it became interesting.

We made several departures from US17, enjoying the scenery and “twisty” only to rejoin US17 further south.

Don’t ever let it be said Florida has no curvy roads!  Just follow Steve through this rabbit warren he created for our ride.

Follow this link to see the route:

https://bmwnef.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=931650&item_id=1896934&event_date_id=255

I’d recommend saving it for future use.  You can intercept any portion of the route.  All paved roads, beautiful oaks and fern nurseries are located along the route.

We arrived at Drifters about 11:30 and enjoyed a well-prepared lunch.  The food was good and served promptly.

If you were unable to join us please look for future ride and events on the Club website events calendar.

https://bmwnef.org/content.aspx?page_id=4001&club_id=931650

2023 BMWNEF Winter Rally

The Winter Rally was a huge success this year.  The agenda was full with a wide variety of events to attend and participate in. 

There were led rides including a trip down to Cedar Key.
Self directed rides that were downloaded to the GPS prior to and/or at Rally Central
Off Road Training conducted by the BMW Training Center from Greer, SC
Seminars on recent travels and also wild adventures with David Woodburn.
Key Note speaker was Long Haul Paul.

Some other hits this year was Charlies Chuck Wagon and the Camp Weed Dinners.
Of course we can't forget the Bonfires each night and authentic German music.

The winner of the Two Day BMW Performance Training Grand Prize was Tom Brown. Door Prize Winners were Mateo Afable, Pedro Afable, Jim Allen, Chris Alley, Dale Austin, Frank Burnetti, Jima Clark, Larry Cochran, Mitch Costock, Joanne DeGregorio, Nino De Los Angeles, Joe Edelson, Michael Feldbauer, Bob Giatanis, Reesha Greunder, Allen Handley, Rob Hiday, Bob Koch, Charlie Lalanne, Marliam Lee, Billy Luper, Al Macnaughton, Greg Schlaf, Phil Sikora, Taylor Paloscio, Michael Stewart, Tulio Suarez, and Ron Torres.

The surveys received to date have been very positive and I believe everyone had a great time.

Can't wait until 2024 !!!

Winter Rally Sponsors,  Vendors and Presenters

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