Practice Ride Two - Rider Comments

Never before have I been with survivors of such grace and strength. We have been through slash, burn and poison- we are sisters of the soul. Once again I found myself crying during the ride. I am finally feeling at ease and for the first time I do not feel like an outsider. I called my husband tonight and couldn’t stop crying because I was so happy to find such great friends. –Linnea (Pippi)

I love and miss my family, but I am having the time of my life! These women are AWESOME! Such courage and strength, along with being my new breast friends. I know that when we leave tomorrow to start our journey, we will become even closer and hopefully bring inspiration to the women we meet along the way.. Lori Trier

A horror story, a fairy tale? You decide! First breast cancer at the age of 27, now riding motorcycles up Pacific Coast Highway! Well, the LA traffic fits into the first category! The HD dealer(California HD) that hosted us today had as much fun as we did!! We met the reporter from KCAL 9 LA News that did a story on us today—his wife passed away from breast cancer—we will ride in honor of her (Nancy) as well as others. ~Gayla (Baby)

The laughter and the tears….. What women we are! LADIES START YOUR ENGINES….. This ride is coming to a South Africa leg for 2006 for sure. – Diane (Miss May, the calendar is coming).

Day 2. oh my agosh, I made it.. The wind was kicking my butt on the 101 or 405 but I did it. I rode in L.A. traffic and lived to tell about it. I’m gonna do this ride and the ladies are awesome. Its love at first sight. I am finally home… Just Jan

Getting to know the ladies and finding out all are great. The ride was fantastic, CA Harley was great, the food was excellent and the news coverage was a wonderful surprise. Found out I can ride on CA freeways and that was definitely a challenge. After the ride we congregated at the pool, talked about our cancer experiences and some even showed “the girls”! We met at the hotel bar to watch the TV news coverage and chat before we headed to bed to rest! We have nicknamed most: Dianne –Miss May (see 2 blogs up); Linnea-ET (because she can’t phone home but wants to); Chrissie – Senior; Tia-Flash; CC – CC; Jan-JJ; Meredith-Plain; Meghan-Peanut; Cathy-Fearless; Drea-Tears; Lorrie-Sleeping Beauty; Doreen-Folley; Maria-Stitch; Gayla-Baby, GiGi-GG, Ola-SO sister; Donna-Sugar. More to come!!!


Everyone is getting comfortable with each other and all the girls are having a great time! We got a bit of news coverage today, fearless FINALLY got some love!! Looking forward to the kick off at Laidlaw HD tomorrow. BIG thanks to California Harley Davidson who hosted an awesome lunch for us for the second year in a row. Well, tomorrow we hit the road and the real fun begins!!

Cassara, if you’re reading this your psycho biker Granny misses you!!!
Stay tuned!!Stacy (Sweeeeeeeeeep)

HOLY HELL!!! This trip is gonna ROCK!! These chicks are as crazy as me and I’m super excited to spend time with them, as well as getting some well deserved alone time. Right on Changing Gears!! Thanks for this FANTASTIC journey!!! Tia XOOX p.s. check out all the pix!!

We are really coming together as a team on just our second short ride together. To see us riding in formation along 405 in LA and then to expertly pull our bikes into a tight row in front of the hotel is a thing of beauty. California Harley was a wonderful host today for lunch – most of us took the opportunity to do a little shopping and accessorizing (and several of us picked out our next bikes (mines definitely the Night Rod). Paula T. (“gadget”).