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Great work Wayne. Thank you.

There should be a lot more photos out there. Weren't there a bunch of photos at breakfast? And a group photo up at the top of the mountain?

Wayne what priceless drone footage. Combine that with the photos and tribute violin video and you really get a true sense of the emotion of that day.

Photo Dump.

Remembrance Riders at STAX


Clockwise from upper left...Wheaton Jr.(David), FJR Pittsburgh (Jeff), Festus (Steve), BlindSquirrel (Scott), Cav47 (Josh)


Clockwise from lower left...Blueridgerider(Joe), Intech FYB (Robert), Kyle Bridges IYKYK, ElToroJoe (Joseph)


Clockwise from left...Sooze/Susie, Bikergeek (Andy), Zooomm (Jim), Jim's lady slave, Iris



From left...Danh600 (Dan), (hungry patron), Lumberg, Extrememarine (Wayne)


From left...Griff (Carl), Chris, Erica's husband (Maralee's VFR riding son in law), Erica -Maralee's daughter, Maralee


Erica and Maralee



IYKYK

I consider all of the riders great people, many of whom made significant sacrifices to get there for Duane and Maralee. You all did a great work that day.

Maralee and family drove up an hour, early in the morning, to meet us at STAX.


-Mark

Wayne, thank you for that. My son David likes this photo as well.

Thanks, Mark, for the pics and especially for identifying the subjects - very helpful. As a long time "lurker" I recognize the forum names but have not always been able to identify the actual person's name even though I've met a lot of them in the past.
-Glen

Yeah, that one will punch you in the feels...

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:20 am

Wayne, thank you for that. My son David likes this photo as well.

Want to thank everyone for posting photos on this thread.

The videos were/are really nice.

This one speaks volumes.
We have a special community here, kudos to all who attended.

So much happened behind the scenes, Wayne had his hand in so many things. So many out of staters who just came no matter what...what an example. My various wingmen, like griff and Lumberg...just doing stuff to help or encourage this man from Wheaton, now TR.

There is a lot of love in this picture. There's also a lot just outside the viewfinder...

Not sure where to put this, but three couples representing Greenville, SC FJRIDERS had dinner with Maralee tonight. Just to remind her that she is important, and that she has friends nearby. I bought her dinner as my Christmas present to my buddy Duane.

Though our numbers were down because of some illnesses that popped up, we had a great time with those attending:
Maralee
Tommy and Kay
Joe and Jeannie
Mark and Louanne.

Joe took a great photo at the Remembrance Ride in April. He printed it and framed it. What a guy. We gave it to Maralee tonight.



It was a great evening.

Well done, Sir, well done...

Great job, buddy. You are the glue. I was with you in spirit.

That is awesome Mark!

Intech wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:26 pm That is awesome Mark!

You know, just getting together for dinner was the initial thought. But Joe/Blueridgerider took such an awesome shot that has so much symbolism in it of FJR friends being around, that I thought "what if". Joe took it the rest of the way. Kudos to him! Put the gold star on the whole evening.

It was a great evening.

I watched Wayne's drone video again. Once you and I turned the bikes around to park and saw that whole procession of headlights slowly headed up that long driveway, I lost all composure. It took awhile for that to pass. To this day I do not remember what I said at that remembrance. I had a couple jotted down notes, had a toast, played a tune, and Wayne presented the gift.

I will always miss the guffaws from that man when I'd do something "stupid".

Whether you remember what you said or not I am sure everyone that was there remembers a heartfelt remembrance of a dear friend who encompassed the collective feeling of loss and celebration of having known Duane. I know I do.