Monday! I had a fun Saturday :)
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Monday:
BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
Friday:
FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Most Awesome Nana
Sunday:
loggersbrat
When I was at Buckskin's Saloon last week, several bikers in "Combat Veteran" colors on their leather vests showed up and passed out flyers for the Freedom Fest, which benefited veterans. All of them had their tours embroidered on their vests. "Desert Storm," was one that I remember now, although I was aware of all them. One man had three, the rest had two or three. Thankfully, they were all whole.
Freedom Fest flyer
I will always support veterans. My father was a huge supporter of Wounded Warriors and left them money in his will. He was a full bird colonel in the USAR. He also had a VFW license plate, and previously had a DOD plate. We don't know why, because Daddy was very circumspect.
Anyway, Freedom Fest was held at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. I suspected that it was going to be a fun crowd, and I was right. Jim and I may have been the only two adults who were not tattooed :)
There were gun raffles, elk dogs, bouncy houses, gelato, and rubber-burning and wheelie demos. The wheelies were fun, but I totally don't get the point of burning rubber, although the crowd went nuts.
And MUSIC!
First we saw Mini Kiss :) I had NO idea what to expect. I thought that they were awesome, although Jim (a guitarist) had a few comments :)
Here they are playing in Daytona Beach:
Here is Cattus Minor with them yesterday in Castle Rock :)
Cattus Minor with Mini Kiss
Up next was Kip Winger. Sadly, having misspent my youth in roller discos and clubs, I had no idea who he was, but Jim did. He was amazing.
Kip Winger at Freedom Fest
Unfortunately, I didn't like any of the videos on Youtube. That may be because I have a headache.
Have a good Monday, everyone!