PGR - MSgt. Patrick D. Magnani, 38, Walnut Creek, Ca

We had a GREAT group of folks!!! MANY thanks to the Mt Diablo Hog - Walnut Creek Branch for their attendance!!! They were the majority of the group and it was greatly appreciated by the family and PGR!!!

Doug Gary did a great job in taking some pics and he made an online slide show that is quite nice. Please view it and make sure it is in full screen mode so the pics are full size. Go to http://photoshow.comcast.net/watch/wf5Hr4tU and view!! Thanks Doug!!

My blog, just a few pics, the mission was busy and many movements and miles. Pics are top to bottom, text for a pic is under the pic, click on a pic for a larger pic!

Three of us met at the staging point and the two I met said Google was was misleading on directions. We saw some bikes go by but they never came back, so I thought it was just us three, and I've been on missions with less.

We left for Hulls Mortuary at 9:15, pulled in and there were sixteen bikes waiting!!! It was fantastic!!! The Mt Diablo Hog - Walnut Creek Chapter found out about the mission and were there in force!!!

Our Long Rider award goes to Dave and Linda (I hope I got it right!) from Tahoe City, 200 miles one way, many thanks for their spirit! The bikes eventually totaled twenty!

Mom and family met us in the parking lot and thanked us for being there. We escorted MSgt. Patrick D. Magnani, plus the family to Christ the King Church. We took back streets, did some intersection handling and it was flawless. Some of the HOG Chapter folks were from the area and led the procession.

After the service it was on to Dixon National Cemetery, thirteen bikes made the forty mile trip, and we got to ride over the new bridge section. The escort was larger than expected and we had a bit of fragmentation, but that's to be expected.

The service at Dixon was handled by the Air Force in a very crisp and professional manner. After the service we went to the bikes as the family wanted a private final ceremony.





The bikes lined up behind Hulls Funeral Home.


Flag line behind the hearse waiting for MSgt. Patrick D. Magnani to be taken inside the church.

After the service heading back to the bikes for the ride home. A few of us went the back way, down 113, 12, 160... back home. The winds were... well what you expect when the fog is rushing in, it was whipping us around quite a bit.

Thanks again for all that attended. For first time riders, I think you understand that our being there to show honor for those that serve really does make a difference!

God Bless family and friends of MSgt. Patrick D. Magnani, Healing Prayers for those left behind.