N5NTG | 
10 5th, 2009| 
2009 ALAMO RIDE to the RIVER
MY PERSONAL THANKS
The first BikeMS: Ride to the River is over and it was quite the event. As you all know, Saturday started with rain and it continued all day. The weather deteriorated all day forcing a multitude of changes such as the closure of the River Road Century Extension, the move of the Lunch location, the move of Breakpoint 4, and the re-routing of the course into New Braunfels.
All of these major changes were forced after the start of the ride and all of them were made very smoothly. These changes went smoothly in no small part to you, the Amateur Radio operators. You reported to your locations on-time and prepared to provide communications.
The flexibility of the Amateur Radio community is it’s hallmark and you proved that again this weekend. My thanks to the Breakpoint Operators, the Shadows for the officials, the medical team and safety team. By providing essential communications under adverse conditions you helped to make this ride both successful and safe.
As Saturday’s weather continued to worsen with extreme rain, fog and ground lighting strikes, the ride was cut short. The SAG and Motor Marshal Teams were fantastic, getting hundreds of riders off the course in these extreme conditions. Read the rest of this entry »
