The First Dinner Ride May 2009

Our first dinner ride of the year was at the Lighthouse Restaurant in Longbeach, WA. It was a nice day and we meet at our usual meeting location in Astoria. The Coffee Shack in the Red lion Parking Lot. We had a pretty good group show up for the ride over.

Vickie, she's looking happy. And that's Don, I wonder what he is trying to say?

That's Doug Vickie on the right standing next to their new HOG. Jim R. is on the left and Gene is in the Red Jacket.

William center with Joy on the left and Mark on the right.

This is the lighthouse Restaurant. It is on the ocean with a great view....Most of the time.

The parking lot shuffle. We got to the Restaurant a little early so we just killed a few minutes kicking tires in the parking lot.

I think we had Seventeen of us show up for dinner. Not a bad turn out.

A better shot of the group. We had some extra guests invited by William and Della.

Jim does not normally look this grumpy but I think he is hungry!

Ah! The view of the ocean from the restaurant?

That's Don giving the big thumbs up and Gene on his left.

Mary and Jerry road down from Seattle.

That's Jerry!

Jim and Anne T. arrived in their motorhome as they were on there way home from a Blue Grass Festival.

We had a great meal at the Lighthouse. They served a large amount of food and the service was not bad either.

The trip home was going to take us along highway 4 on the Washington side of the Columbia River. We would pass though Naselle, Skamokawa and Cathalamet where we catch the ferry for the trip across the river to Hwy 30 and Westport Oregon.

That's me in the front with Don in the background standing behind is Wing.

Vickie does not like the Ferry very much. It makes her dizzy... But it looks like she is having fun.

Joy and Jim R.

This is Vickie and I posing for the camera. The ferry is alot of fun. a 15 minute cruise for just 2 bucks. You can't beat that!

Flying the stars and stripes over the ferry!

That is Jim R. on the left standing next to his almost new Harley Davidson Ultra..

Don is looking pretty cool standing with the great background shot framed by the Ape Hangers of a HOG!

The end of the ride. the ferry arrives in Westport and we ride the rest of the way home. A good first dinner ride. I hope you can make it on the next one. Bye for now.