The ride started at 8pm and by that time it was already dark. The police had come out on motorcycles like on all the other rides, but because this ride was in the dark the flashing lights of the police and the white and red flashing lights of the riders turned this into a see of bright lights.
There is Drew, just one of 300 people out for a nice, leisurely evening ride. He was easy to see in his test dummy shirt! :) And speaking of shirts - for every ride, the participants get a T-Shirt. Usually they are bright, ugly colors with gaudy advertisement on shirts that you would not be caught dead in. The shirt for this event is VERY nice! It is a black shirt with the name of the ride in the front and very nice art work. The names of the advertisers on the back are very discreetly written. Whoever came up with the design and layout of the shrit did a really good job!
While waiting for the ride to start I was talking to the lady standing next to me and we decided to go to the bar at the Distillery and get sloshed. We actually didn't get that far, but we had a really good time sitting at the bar, talking and watching the people.
Since this was a very organized ride and was done with all the riders riding together, it took almost two hours before they all came back. At that time we went back to the hotel, because Drew has the big "Savannah Century" ride tomorrow morning.
