I've got the webpage and video completed from our Smokeout weekend in Mocksville, NC. Whew! I never saw so many homebuilt bobbers and choppers in one
place! I was prepared for a wild weekend, and surprisingly, it was actually pretty mellow. Thank God, I'm too old for wild biker parties - been there, done
that, and I'm over it! The wildest part of the trip was riding the crosstown expressway in Winston-Salem and trying to get off on the exit I needed when
some guy was oblivious to me and was crawling up my bike's butt. 
Wait, the wildest thing we SAW was a topless chick doing burnouts on a huge chopper in the Days Inn parking lot Saturday night!! 
The locals were so afraid that there was going to be a problem with so many bikers in their town that there were cops at just about every intersection on
the way out to the Farmington dragstrip, and lots of cops on the grounds. You would have thought they were expecting WWIII to break out at the event, but the
cops said that they have more issues in the WalMart parking lot on Saturday nights than they had at the Smokeout!
The ingenuity of the builders, and the tenacity of some of these riders is amazing. Some of them rode these bikes all the way from the Smokeout West in CA to
attend this event - hardtails, no saddlebags, no fairings, no windshields. My arse hurts just thinking about it.
We really enjoyed talking to the other builders and painters and regular folk who shared their love of building, chopping, and tweaking bikes. What else can
I say other than it was a wonderful weekend of hanging around with like-minded folks!
My $6 camera mount that I made for the bike worked out great, too. I hid the PVC piping with my little beanbag Patrick (Spongebob's buddy), and he was a
hit with the bikers - more than once, someone broke out into the Spongebob theme song! Nothing funnier than seeing a big biker sing that tune!
Here's just a few thumbnails to give you a glimpse of what's on my Smokeout webpage
I would go to this event over Daytona in a heartbeat. This was the real deal. The Horse Backstreet Choppers magazine is to be commended for a well-organized
event, especially since this was the first time in a new venue. There was something for everybody - besides the bikes, there were rat rods, roller derby girls,
anvil tossing contests, lots of food, live music, the obligatory wet t-shirt contests, informal drag races, and stunt riders...and I know I'm missing half
of what they packed into the weekend!
I'm worn out from the weekend, but I'm soooo glad we went!
See you on the road,
Dawn
EDIT: I just added 53 more pics to the website. Three of the photos show bare breasts, so if that offends you, please do not go to the page.
