Gold Wing Road Riders Association 
Shoals Wings
Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge
  Chapter AL-K  -  Florence, AL     Alabama District  -  Region-A  -  Gold Wing Road Riders Association  
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Our Group Rides
  • Unless otherwise indicated, all rides will leave from the ride meeting place at the scheduled time.
  • As a courtesy to all members, it is important to be ready to leave at the departure time.
  • All bikes should be fueled and bladders emptied ahead of time.
  • We plan a variety of rides. Time and money might make it hard to make all events. We hope this variety will give you an opportunity to pick and choose, and at least enjoy some of them.
  • If the weather is bad--come in your car.
  • If you have a CB, you will find us on Channel One.
Event / Ride Definitions
  • Ryan's S.Pkwy - Ryan's Family Steakhouse US Highway 231/431 South Memorial Parkway, Huntsville, AL
  • Mullin's Drive In - 607 Andrew Jackson Way NE, Huntsville, AL
Common Starting Points
  • 5000 Kangaroos - 5000 Memorial Pkwy NW & Winchester, Huntsville, AL
  • Favorite Mkt - Conoco station located at Old Railroad Bed Road and Highway 72
  • Mountain-Gap/Kangaroos - Kangaroos Stations across from Mountain-Gap on S. Memorial Pky
  • Hobbs Island/Texaco - Texaco Station located at Hobbs Island Rd & S. Memorial Pky
  • Jeff Rd/BP - BP Station located at Jeff Road and Highway 53
  • Madison CB/Shell - Shell station in front of the Cracker Barrel in Madison, AL
  • Moores Mill/Shell - Shell station located on Highway 72 near Moores Mill Road
  • Gurley/Chevron - Chevron station located in Gurley, AL
  • Gurley/Hardee's - Hardee's located in Gurley, AL
Common Abbreviations
  • DQ - Dairy Queen
  • FBO - First Bike Out
  • LBI - Last Bike In
  • MC - Motorcycle Club
Calendar Key
We use different colors, text-sizes, and fonts to denote different types of events. In general, if something in the calendar is underlined then it is a link.
  • Chapter Rides
  • Alternate Chapter Ride
  • Chapter Activities
  • Chapter Gathering
  • Chapter Gathering (Alternate)
  • Chapter Business Meetings
  • Chapter Business Meetings 2
  • Chapter Meals
  • Chapter Meals 2
  • Chapter Birthday dinner
  • Member Birthdays and Anniversaries
  • Chapter Education / Safety Events
  • Chapter Supported Education / Safety Events
  • Chapter Encouraged Education/Safety Events
  • Education/Safety Event
  • Chapter Sponsored charity event
  • Chapter supported charity event
  • Chapter encouraged charity event
  • Charity Event
  • District Rally
  • District Activity / Event
  • District Activity / Event (Secondary)
  • District Business Meeting
  • GWRRA National Rallies/Events
  • GWRRA Region-A Local Rallies/Events
  • GWRRA Region Neighbor Rallies/Events
  • GWRRA Remote Rallies/Events
  • Neighboring Chapter Gatherings
  • Neighboring Chapter Activities
  • CMA Event
  • National Motorcycle Rallies, etc
  • Local event interesting to Motorcyclists
  • Holidays
  • Calendar/Date trivia
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Ride Meeting
Events / Rides (9 Months)
September - 2010
6,  Mon--T-O-D-A-Y-
 -Labor Holiday
8,  Wed-Killington Classic
 -"Star Trek" premiers
 -New Moon
9,  Thu-GWRRA - Region A Rally (Thru Saturday)
 -California became 31st state
 -Rosh HaShanah
11,  Sat-Patriot Day
 -Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
12,  Sun-Ride for Kids -- Birmingham, AL
 -Grandparent's Day
13,  Mon-AL-E Anderson Meeting
 -Constitution Week
14,  Tue-AL-S Russellville (Cedar Creek Wings) Meeting
16,  Thu-Stepfamily Day
17,  Fri-Citizenship Day
 -POW/MIA Recognition Day
 -Constitution Day
18,  Sat-AL-H Athens (Athens Eagle Wings) Meeting
 -Trail of Tears
 -Yom Kippur
21,  Tue-The Hobbit first published
22,  Wed-See You At The Pole
23,  Thu-GWRRA - NC District Rally - Wings Over the Smokies (Thru Saturday)
 -First Day of Autumn
 -Full Moon
24,  Fri-Native American Day
 -Succoth
26,  Sun-American Gold Star Mother's Day
27,  Mon-Family Day
29,  Wed-Myrtle Beach Fall Motorcycle Rally
30,  Thu-Great Smoky Mountain Fall Rally (Thru Sunday)
October - 2010
2,  Sat-Rider Education Weekend
4,  Mon-Child Health Day
 -Supreme Court's Term Begins
7,  Thu-GWRRA - VA District Rally (Thru Saturday)
 -New Moon
9,  Sat-Chapter-J Motorcycle Rodeo (There will be a $10 per person charge.Take I-59 to Exit 68. Turn Right on Fosters Ferry road. Go 1 mile to Palmore Park. Stay on the main road in the park to the end. For more information call Roy Beall. Proceeds go to Benefit for Eagle's Wing.)
 -Leif Erikson Day
10,  Sun-National Children's Day
 -National School Lunch Week
 -Clergy Appreciation Day
11,  Mon-AL-E Anderson Meeting
 -Columbus Holiday (Observed)
12,  Tue-AL-S Russellville (Cedar Creek Wings) Meeting
 -Columbus Day (Actual)
14,  Thu-GWRRA - Mississippi District Rally (Thru Saturday)
15,  Fri-Boss's Day
 -White Cane Safety Day
16,  Sat-AL-H Athens (Athens Eagle Wings) Meeting
 -Sweetest Day
17,  Sun-National Forest Products Week
21,  Thu-Biketoberfest (Thru Sunday)
23,  Sat-Full Moon
24,  Sun-Mother-in-law's Day
27,  Wed-Navy Day
28,  Thu-GWRRA - Region N Rally (Thru Saturday)
30,  Sat-Halloween
31,  Sun-Missouri secedes from the Union
 -Nevada became 36th state
 -The Reformation
 -All Saints' Sunday
November - 2010
1,  Mon-All Saints' Day
2,  Tue-Election Day
 -North Dakota became 39th state
 -South Dakota became 40th state
 -All Souls' Day
6,  Sat-Chapter A Charity and Fall Festival Day
 -New Moon
7,  Sun-Standard Time Resumes
8,  Mon-AL-E Anderson Meeting
 -Montana became 41st state
9,  Tue-AL-S Russellville (Cedar Creek Wings) Meeting
10,  Wed-Marine Corps Day
11,  Thu-Birmingham Veterans' Day Parade
 -Veterans' Day (Armistice Day)
 -Washington became 42nd state
13,  Sat-Sadie Hawkins Day
16,  Tue-Oklahoma became 46th state
18,  Thu-Great American Smokeout
20,  Sat-AL-H Athens (Athens Eagle Wings) Meeting
 -Kentucky secedes from the Union
21,  Sun-North Carolina became 12th state
 -Bible Week
 -America's Christian Heritage Week
 -Full Moon
25,  Thu-Thanksgiving Day
26,  Fri-Thanksgiving Holiday
 -Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts cartoonist) Birthday
28,  Sun-Advent
30,  Tue-Computer Security Day
 -St. Andrew's Feast Day
December - 2010
1,  Wed-Stan Thompson's Birthday
 -Doyle Jenkins' Birthday
2,  Thu-Ronnie & Janet Faust's Anniversary
 -Chanuka
3,  Fri-Illinois became 21st state
4,  Sat-Doug Head's Birthday
5,  Sun-Sinterklaas Day
 -New Moon
6,  Mon-St. Nicholas Day
7,  Tue-Pearl Harbor 69th Anniversary
 -Delaware became 1st state
10,  Fri-Mississippi became 20th state
11,  Sat-Indiana became 19th state
12,  Sun-Pennsylvania became 2nd state
13,  Mon-Jim McInish's Birthday
 -AL-E Anderson Meeting
 -St. Lucia Day
14,  Tue-AL-S Russellville (Cedar Creek Wings) Meeting
 -Alabama became 22nd state
 -NASCAR founded
15,  Wed-Bill of Rights Day
16,  Thu-Boston Tea Party
17,  Fri-AL-H Athens (Athens Eagle Wings) Meeting
18,  Sat-New Jersey became 3rd state
20,  Mon-Barbara Gann's Birthday
 -South Carolina secedes from the Union
21,  Tue-Forefathers' Day
 -First Day of Winter
 -Full Moon
22,  Wed-Larry & Marilyn Walker's Anniversary
23,  Thu-Jerry & Jo McCollister's Anniversary
24,  Fri-Rose Carbine's Birthday
 -Christmas Holiday
25,  Sat-Betty McInish's Birthday
 -Christmas
26,  Sun-St. Stephen's Day
28,  Tue-Iowa became 29th state
29,  Wed-Texas became 28th state
30,  Thu-James Wiley's Birthday
January - 2011
1,  Sat-Chapter-A Annual New Years Day Ride
 -New Year's Day
2,  Sun-Science Fiction Day
 -Georgia became 4th state
3,  Mon-New Year's Holiday
 -J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday
 -Alaska becomes 49th state
4,  Tue-Utah became 45th state
 -New Moon
6,  Thu-New Mexico became 47th state
 -Epiphany (Twelfth Night)
7,  Fri-Eastern Orthodox Christmas
8,  Sat-Alabama Snowball & District Couple Selection
 -Elvis Presley's Birthday
9,  Sun-Mississippi secedes from the Union
 -Connecticut became 5th state
 -Holy Family Day
10,  Mon-AL-E Anderson Meeting
 -Clean Off Your Desk Day
 -Florida secedes from the Union
 -Plough Monday
11,  Tue-AL-S Russellville (Cedar Creek Wings) Meeting
 -Alabama secedes from the Union
13,  Thu-Stephen Foster Memorial Day
 -St. Knut's Day (Little Christmas, Twentieth Day)
14,  Fri-Fran Michael's Birthday
15,  Sat-AL-H Athens (Athens Eagle Wings) Meeting
 -Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday
16,  Sun-Religious Freedom Day
17,  Mon-Jack Weaver's Birthday
 -Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
18,  Tue-Winnie the Pooh Day
19,  Wed-Deborah McDougal's Birthday
 -Robert E. Lee's Birthday
 -Georgia secedes from the Union
 -Full Moon
21,  Fri-Janine Davis' Birthday
22,  Sat-Terry & Sandra Littrell's 22nd Anniversary
25,  Tue-Joyce Tatum's Birthday
 -Dwight Morgan's Birthday
26,  Wed-Louisiana secedes from the Union
 -Michigan became 26th state
27,  Thu-Vietnam Day
29,  Sat-TN Winter Event
 -Kansas became 34th state
30,  Sun-Bill Tate's Birthday
February - 2011
1,  Tue-Debbie Wiley's Birthday
 -National Freedom Day
2,  Wed-Linda Mitchell's Birthday
 -Ground Hog Day
 -Candlemas Day
3,  Thu-New Moon
4,  Fri-Marilyn Walker's Birthday
5,  Sat-Bill Hendrix's Birthday
6,  Sun-Super Bowl Sunday
 -Boy Scout Sunday
 -Massachusetts became 6th state
8,  Tue-AL-S Russellville (Cedar Creek Wings) Meeting
 -Boy Scout Day
9,  Wed-Confederacy elects Jefferson Davis president
11,  Fri-Inventor's Day
13,  Sun-Race Relations Sunday
14,  Mon-AL-E Anderson Meeting
 -Valentine's Day
 -Oregon became 33rd state
 -Arizona became 48th state
16,  Wed-Barb Hills' Birthday
17,  Thu-Stan & Mylene Thompson's Anniversary
 -Wyndole & Rose Carbine's Anniversary
18,  Fri-Full Moon
19,  Sat-AL-H Athens (Athens Eagle Wings) Meeting
20,  Sun-Septuagesima
21,  Mon-Harold Weeks' Birthday
 -President's Day
23,  Wed-David & Sheila Owen's Anniversary
 -Iwo Jima Day
 -Texas secedes from the Union
24,  Thu-Larry Walker's Birthday
26,  Sat-World Trade Center bombing
March - 2011
1,  Tue-Ohio became 17th state
 -Nebraska became 37th state
2,  Wed-Dr. Seuss' Birthday
3,  Thu-Terry Littrell's Birthday
 -Florida became 27th state
4,  Fri-Daytona Bike Week (Thru 13th)
 -Vermont became 14th state
 -New Moon
6,  Sun-Mildred Richardson's Birthday
 -Deborah Hendrix's Birthday
 -Save your vision week
 -Quinquagesima
8,  Tue-AL-S Russellville (Cedar Creek Wings) Meeting
 -Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday)
9,  Wed-Donna Jenkins' Birthday
 -Ash Wednesday
10,  Thu-GWRRA - Florida District Rally (Thru Saturday)
12,  Sat-Girl Scout Day
13,  Sun-Glen Weeks' Birthday
 -Daylight Savings Time Begins
 -First Sunday in Lent
14,  Mon-AL-E Anderson Meeting
 -PI Day
15,  Tue-DA Johnson's Birthday
 -Maine became 23rd state
16,  Wed-Ronnie Faust's Birthday
17,  Thu-Jerry Blankinship's Birthday
 -St. Patrick's Day
18,  Fri-Camp Fire Boys and Girls established
19,  Sat-AL-H Athens (Athens Eagle Wings) Meeting
 -Full Moon
20,  Sun-National Poison Prevention Week
 -First Day of Spring
24,  Thu-Jerry McCollister's Birthday
31,  Thu-District Rally (Thru Saturday)
 -GWRRA - Alabama District Rally (Thru Saturday)
April - 2011
1,  Fri-All Fool's Day
3,  Sun-New Moon
6,  Wed-Chuck Bermele's Birthday
7,  Thu-Joyce Williams' Birthday
8,  Fri-Hunter Faidley's Birthday
9,  Sat-Appomattox Day
10,  Sun-National Library Week
 -RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st & last voyage
 -Passion Sunday
11,  Mon-AL-E Anderson Meeting
12,  Tue-AL-S Russellville (Cedar Creek Wings) Meeting
 -Attack on Fort Sumter
14,  Thu-GWRRA - LA District Rally - Wings Over the Bayou (Thru Saturday)
15,  Fri-Income Taxes Due
16,  Sat-AL-H Athens (Athens Eagle Wings) Meeting
17,  Sun-Palm Sunday
18,  Mon-Patriot's Day
 -Full Moon
19,  Tue-Blanche Weeks' Birthday
 -Edwin Fretwell's Birthday
 -Passover
21,  Thu-John Muir Day
 -Maunday Thursday
22,  Fri-Leesburg Bikefest (Thru Sunday)
 -Good Friday
23,  Sat-National Cornbread Festival
 -St. George's Day
24,  Sun-Easter
 -Easter Sunday
25,  Mon-Sue Bermele's Birthday
 -Day of Truth
 -Easter Monday
26,  Tue-Confederate Memorial Day
27,  Wed-Administrative Professionals Day
28,  Thu-GWRRA - TN District's Spring Fling (Thru Saturday)
 -Maryland became 7th state
29,  Fri-Jimmie & Barb Hills' Anniversary
 -National Arbor Day
30,  Sat-Joyce & Lowell Williams' Anniversary
 -Louisiana became 18th state
May - 2011
1,  Sun-Motorcycle Awareness Month
 -U.S. Loyalty Day
 -Law Day
 -Holocaust Remembrance Day
3,  Tue-(National) Teacher's Day
 -New Moon
5,  Thu-GWRRA - South Carolina District Rally (Thru Saturday)
 -GWRRA - MO District Rally (Thru Saturday)
 -Great Smoky Mountain Bike Week (Thru Sunday)
 -Cinco de Mayo
 -National Prayer Day
6,  Fri-Myrtle Beach Bike Week (Thru 15th)
 -Nurses Day
 -Arkansas secedes from the Union
8,  Sun-Charlotte Kelley's Birthday
 -Bill Hendrix, II's Birthday
 -Mother's Day
9,  Mon-AL-E Anderson Meeting
10,  Tue-AL-S Russellville (Cedar Creek Wings) Meeting
11,  Wed-Branson Motorcycle Rally (Thru Saturday)
 -Minnesota became 32nd state
12,  Thu-GWRRA - TX District Rally (Thru Saturday)
13,  Fri-Niehaus Goldwing Appreciation Days
15,  Sun-Police Memorial Day
 -National Transportation Week
 -Police Week
17,  Tue-Full Moon
18,  Wed-Vickey Reeves' Birthday
20,  Fri-National Defense Transportation Day
 -Bike to Work Day
 -Emancipation Day 148th Anniversary
 -North Carolina secedes from the Union
21,  Sat-AL-H Athens (Athens Eagle Wings) Meeting
 -Armed Forces Day
22,  Sun-National Safe Boating Week
 -National Maritime Day
23,  Mon-Virginia secedes from the Union
 -South Carolina became 8th state
26,  Thu-GWRRA - AR District Rally (Thru Saturday)
27,  Fri-GWRRA - IN District Spring Wing Warmup
28,  Sat-David Johnson's Birthday
 -Jody Weeks' Birthday
29,  Sun-Rolling Thunder Ride
 -Rhode Island became 13th state
 -Wisconsin became 30th state
 -Rogation Sunday
30,  Mon-Leroy McCollister's Birthday
 -Memorial Holiday
 -Memorial Day (Actual)
31,  Tue-Rodney & Janice Springer's Anniversary

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