The mission was to send off for Sgt Joe Quirarte ! We staged at the Shell station on Fassler and 1. in Pacifica. When I arrived I was talking to Doug about it only taking 30 minutes to get to SFO, and he did a severe blink!!
The rides I've done in Pacifica go to SFO, so that's what I thought, Debbie= SFO!!!. I had the mission printout and sure enough, it was to San Jose, think I took a few days off Doug's life!
Debbie asked us to meet at her place a bit early so we did a short visit at the Shell station and KSU at 1115! I stayed 'til 1130 due to the original post time, but no one showed. We did have 5 bikes at Shell and a family friend joined us at Debbie's.
Here are the 6 bikes and some cars lined up in front of Debbie's house.
Another shot...
Joe's riding a "trick" bike...
Catchin' some air!!
Folks out front standing around the snack table. Debbie had a fruit tray for us, and some cold water, very nice! And as always she passed out free Starbucks coffee cards, my wife likes Debbie and never met her! GBG
Note the flags on one of the escort cars...
About to take off and Joe posed with us!!!
Arriving at SFO, har, at San Jose SJC airport, I'll never live that one down, wrong way Cranky indeed!
Pic of the bikes at SJC. Doug called ahead to security to tell them we were parking so we wouldn't get the royal boot. We had hugs and handshakes and wished Joe the best!We were about to take off and Gary's bike wouldn't start, so got my jumpers out and one of the other bikes had easy access to their battery and we jumped it! Sounds like new battery time!!
God Bless and be safe Joe and all that serve! Thank you for your service!
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