Synopysis of Milledgeville Thunder Rally

Well, I was SUPPOSED to submit a blog last night, but I had zero Internet access, so for those of you who thought I blew you off, I didn't. The Milledgeville Thunder Rally ended today and even though we had a blast, I am glad this motorcycle rally is now under out belt. Quite honestly, the only negative to this whole rally was the weather, which could not be controlled.

Everything else about the Milledgeville Thunder Rally was great. We were set up next to some seriously fun vendors, the people that came to visit us in our booth were great and, again, the promoter was fantastic. Please do not think that I would be saying this if it was not true. This is the second rally in as many weeks that we actually had a lot of fun at. Usually, the motorcycle rallies are fun, but more work and a lot more stress. Also, setting up at the other rallies can be a serious test of patience. Milledgeville Thunder Rally was one of those rallies where the vendor set up was great, and the promoter really knew what was going on. You have no idea how refreshing it is to be at an event where things occurred like they were supposed to.

So, as you can most likely assume, it was HOT and HUMID at the Milledgville Thunder Rally this weekend. It was so humid that many people looked like they were swimming through the rally. As I noted on an earlier post, there were times that the weather reported 100% humidity and temps in the 90's. I had never experienced humidity that high without rain, so this was a first for me. Even through the heat and humidity, the participants of the rally kept a really great attitude. Granted, they moved slowly, who wouldn't? But all the people we met were just having a fun time at the rally. When you feel that hot and sticky, it is unusual to have people in a jovial mood, but that occurred here.

Throughout the rally, our neighbor, Carmen of Unique Glass Etching, and I continued to sing Christmas songs. I believe we actually had people coming up to our booths to see if we were really that crazy. Unfortunately, we were unable to get anyone else to sing along with us, but hey, perhaps next year we will have an official sing-a-long....

The rally had bike games that were a blast to watch. The games were held in the middle of the vendor set-up, and due to the arrangement of the vendors, there was no problem whatsoever regarding the bike games interfering with business. Actually, it allowed all of us vendors for a change to be able to watch the events without leaving our respective booths. That also made this rally fun, we usually don't get to watch all the fun stuff that goes on for the riders. The organizers did have some events at the band stand which was near the campers, they had a hooter bounce (use your imagination...), some mud wrestling, and what looked like a pillow fight. Since the band stand was quite a distance from our booth, I couldn't really see what was happening, just hear it and laugh. There was also a burn-out competition that happened on the other end of the campground, we could only hear the motorcycles and see the smoke. I don't know who won that event...

Prior to the bike games, there was a bike show (See Pic of Steve & his first place trophy) that again was set up in the middle of the vendor area. Both of these were great not only because we could see what was going on, but also because it drew people up to the vendor area. The motorcycles in the bike show were a sight to behold. The setup for this event was that there was a lower field for the campers and the band, and then an upper field for the vendors. The only issue was that in this heat, many people didn't want to wander too far from their campsites, so when events were arranged closer to the vendors, the people did follow. We are already planning on next year's rally here and trying to figure out if we can squeeze the October event into our travel schedule too. We will keep you posted, just check out the Schedule of Events on our website.

The pictures of the rally are taken from our booth. It looks hazy out there, but it was actually pretty sunny most of the time. The haze was that 100% humidity I was talking about. This is a motorcycle rally that everyone should attend if you are in the area, it was a lot of fun.

Now that the Milledgeville Thunder Rally is finished for this month, we are cooling off in the motor home enjoying the dry air-conditioning. Tomorrow we start preparing for our next rally, hopefully it won't be as humid, but no matter what, we will have fun.

Until tomorrow...