Volume 2, Issue 12

November/December 2019

Travel as much as you can, and go as far as you can

John and Yvette

Moravec

District Directors

Randy and Debbie

Heath

Assistant Directors

Linda and Mike

Huppenbauer

District Treasurer

Greg Hayes

District Educator

Rider Eduction

Roger and Vicky Harris

District Membership

Enhancement

Sue Thompson

District Motorist

Awareness Coordinator

and Newsletter Editor

John and Barb Kilmer

Assistant Motorist

Awareness Coordinators

Roxy Oder and

Roger Munson

District University

Coordinator

Kevin and Cheryle

Miller

Webmaster

Don and June Detwiler

Ride Coordinator

Northwest Territories

Couple of the Year

GWRRA-IA.COM

Jay and Karen

Sylling

2019-2020

Couple of the

Year

Randy

Schildmeyer

2019-2020

Individual of

the Year

A Note from the Editor

A quick note to apologize for the lateness of this newsletter. As some of you know, on October 20th I was

putting my trailer away and in the process I fell, hard, on the concrete driveway. Landed on my right

hip, right side and right shoulder. Ended up with a very sore hip, shoulder and 3 broken ribs. For the

last few weeks I have been going to work and coming home and falling asleep. So, nothing got done on this

edition. I am doing much better now and would like to thank you for your understanding. This edition is a combination

of November and December information. We will get back on a regular schedule in January. Thank you for your

patience, Sue Thompson

A Few Words from our District Director

It's a little scary that they Midwest has gotten at least 4 measurable snowfalls and this might mean we need to hunker

down for a long winter. Let's hope that does not happen.

On to better thoughts, about riding and chapter fun. How are your chapter calendar's filling in for 2020? Please be sure to

add the Officers Conference, Training Event and Crazy Supper on Sat, March 7. Plans are in the works to continue a

Safety Weekend in May to do Range practice and CPR/First Aid Training. Then there will be the District Rally on Friday &

Saturday, Sept 18-19 in Fairfield-rally flyer with registration is attached to this newsletter.

Please check the listing of holiday parties hosted by your local chapters and take note of a couple chapter's Get Together

location changes so you don't miss out on their fun.

Our personal calendar sure is filling up fast as we work to include chapter events, bordering state rally's plus the GWRRA

International Wing Ding Rally to be on July 1-4 in Springfield, MO. This year that rally is less than a day's ride south of us,

30 minutes north of Branson and an hour north from some of the best riding availabile in northern Arkansas.

We are looking forward to lots of fun, riding with and just spending time with our GWRRA family. We hope you take time

to plan to ride with your chapter and on your own. Then share those experiences on the District or your own chapter plus

personal Facebook pages. We love to explore this country with you.

We'll be dreaming of green grass & sunny skies for Christmas.

Yvette & John Moravec

Iowa District Director

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Officer’s Conference, training and Crazy Supper. Detail to come

DISTRICT EVENTS

ILLINOIS: Winter Warm up, Fri-Sat, Jan 24-25 MISSOURI: Spring Fling -Fri-Sat, March 13-14: CALIFORNIA: Fri-Sun, May 22-24, Visalia, CA MISSOURI: Thur-Sat, June 4-6, Branson WISCONSIN: Fri-Sat, June 19-20, Wisconsin Rapids WYOMING: June 25,26 & 27, Buffalo (Northeast Wyoming) MN/ND: Fri-Sat, July 17-18, Worthington, MN WASHINGTON: Fri-Sat, July 17-18, Port Townsend ILLINOIS: Pre rally rides - W-Th, July 29-30, Rally Fri-Sat, July 31-Aug 1 IOWA: Fri-Sat, Sept 18-19, Fairfield, IA

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

Up-Coming Events around the Area

2 Chapter A Get Together-Cozy Café, 8385 Birchwood Ct, Johnston. 8:00 am to 10:00 am

2 Chapter CC Get Together-Carey’s Restaurant, 115 S 2nd St, Cherokee. 9:30 am to 11:30 am

9 Chapter W Get Together-Community Pizza, 2026 5th Ave S, Fort Dodge. Breakfast at 8:30 am, get together at 9:00 am.

9 Chapter O Get Together-Machine Shed, 7250 Northwest Blvd, Davenport. Breakfast at 8:00 am, get together at

9:00 am

10 Chapter E Thanksgiving meal at Skip & Ed’s. 1431 Cambridge Dr, Burlington. Doors open at 11:00, Lunch served at

12:30. There will be no Get together this month or December.

16 Chapter F Get Together-HyVee, 32nd and Oakland Rd, Cedar Rapids. Breakfast at 8:00 am, get together at 8:30am

17 Chapter D Get Together-Donna’s Lounge, 427 1st St, Meservey, 5:30 pm

17 Chapter I Get Together-Junie’s Restaurant, 1800 Plaza Dr, Elk Run Heights. Dinner at 5:00 pm. Get together at 6:00pm

20 Chapter H Get Together—Riverside Restaurant, 1317 E Mary St Suite 2, Ottumwa. Dinner at 5:30 pm, get together at

6:30 pm

26 Chapter S Get Together—Barb’s Corner, 1290 US 18, Everly. Eat at 6:00 pm

1 Chapter H Christmas Party-Jim and Eta Chapman’s home, 6677 201st St, Albia. Potluck, eat at 1:00. There will be a gift

exchange, $15-$20 limit. Men bring men’s gifts, women bring women’s gifts.

7 Chapter F Christmas Party, Murder at the Ugly Sweater Party. 11:00 - 3:00. Please bring a dish to share, your own

drinks and table service. There will be a raffle, so feel free to bring something for the raffle, but it is not

required. St Isidor Church, Fellowship Hall, 603 6th Ave, Springville.

No Get-together this month

14 Chapter A Get Together-Cozy Café, 8385 Birchwood Ct, Johnston. 8:00 am to 10:00 am

14 Chapter W Christmas Party. Tim & Diane Cook home, 1320 Maple St, Sac City. Noon

No Get-together this month

14 Chapter O Christmas Party. Hickory Gardens. 3311 Hickory Grove Road, Davenport. 1:00

No Get-together this month

14 Chapter I Christmas Party. La Porte City Senior Center, 300 1st St, LaPorte City. Social time at 11:00, lunch at noon. Please bring a dish to share, drinks and table service. There will be a raffle, feel free to bring something for the raffle, but it’s not required.

No Get-together this month

15 Chapter E Christmas Party-Dirty Santa exchange. Skip & Ed’s, 1431 Cambridge Dr, Burlington. 11:30 – 2:30

No Get-together this month

15 Chapter D Get Together-Donna’s Lounge, 427 1st St, Meservey, 5:30 pm

22 Chapter S Get Together—TBA. Contact Doug & Dorothy Brons for info. Dinner at 6:00 pm

4 Chapter A Holiday Party—Walnut Woods State Park Lodge. Doors open at 5:00 pm, dinner at 6:00 pm. Meat and plate

service provided. See attached flyer for more details.

No Get-together this month

4 Chapter CC Get Together-Carey’s Restaurant, 115 S 2nd St, Cherokee. 9:30 am to 11:30 am

11 Chapter W Get Together-Community Pizza, 2026 5th Ave S, Fort Dodge. Breakfast at 8:30 am, get together at 9:00 am.

11 Chapter O Get Together-Machine Shed, 7250 Northwest Blvd, Davenport. Breakfast at 8:00 am, get together at

9:00 am

11 Chapter E Fort Colony Family Diner, 2102 Ave O, Fort Madison. Dinner at 5:30 pm, gathering at 6:30 pm

15 Chapter H Get Together—Riverside Restaurant, 1317 E Mary St Suite 2, Ottumwa. Dinner at 5:30 pm, get together at

6:30 pm

18 Chapter F Get Together-HyVee, 32nd and Oakland Rd, Cedar Rapids. Breakfast at 8:00 am, get together at 8:30am

19 Chapter D Get Together-Donna’s Lounge, 427 1st St, Meservey, 5:30 pm

26 Chapter I Get Together-Junie’s Restaurant, 1800 Plaza Dr, Elk Run Heights. Dinner at 5:00 pm. Get together at 6:00pm

28 Chapter S Get Together—Contact Doug and Dorothy Brons for information and destination. Eat at 6:00 pm

FROM YOUR DISTRICT EDUCATOR

With the gift giving season arriving I wanted to throw out a few ideas for

motorcycle related gifts. My guess is that you have some ideas of your own as

well.

Gloves – I always ride wearing gloves. They protect my hands in sunny weather

from getting burnt, in cold weather from getting cold, from bugs, rain, hail, etc.

If I were to fall while on my motorcycle, I am sure my instinct will be to put my

hand out to lessen the impact. I also like how leather gloves improve my grip on

the handlebars so that I don’t have to grip as hard, thereby reducing hand

fatigue. However, no one pair of gloves seems to work for all weather situations. So, a person needs a pair for warm

weather, rainy weather and cold weather, at least. Does someone you know need a new pair of gloves?

Pants – Sure, we probably all wear pants when we ride. However, I know I am guilty of wear regular jeans too often

when riding. They really are not going to last very long if I ended up sliding down the street. We are talking about jeans

not lasting even a second of sliding. So, I have been working on purchasing options. I have had some textile motorcycle

pants, which are still my favorite option. These have some mesh and are light colored so I can stay cool in hot weather.

They can be worn just as regular pants, or overpants so I could wear shorts that I can peel down to when I get off the

bike. I also bought some motorcycle jeans. They cost more than regular jeans but I expect them to last many years. The

ones I bought are a single layer material but have a Kevlar like material built into the denim. Some have a Kevlar liner or

have Kevlar reinforcing added to the denim. There are a lot of options on motorcycle jeans, but I would recommend

getting something that can have armored pads added in the knees and hip areas. I also bought some Bohn pant liners

but have not ridden with them yet. You must be careful when putting them on to not damage them. But they provide a

lot of good padding and can be worn under ordinary pants. Then, there are the leather options. I’ve had leather riding

pants, but they weren’t the most comfortable. I also have worn leather chaps. They will protect your legs but leave an

important area unprotected. Again, there are downsides to anything you wear so I like having options.

How old are your helmets? Is it time to replace them? It is recommended that helmets should be replaced after about 5

years. Maybe the helmet is okay, but do you need to replace a face shield? No one wants to be looking through a face

shield covered with scratches. A new face shield can be a low cost gift.

One more idea for a gift would be to get a first aid kit to carry on a motorcycle, whether it is your first kit of a

replacement for an old kit.

The list of ideas for what to get a motorcyclist is long and I want to keep this article relatively short. These were just a

few ideas to consider.

Happy holidays! May it be also a safe one.

Greg Hayes

John and Yvette received this email concerning our infamous 2018-2019 Couple

of the Year and their travels

Subject: Congrats to your COY Couple I hope you will do me a favor and share this with your Iowa GWRRA members and family. I am writing to you to let you know that Don & June Detwiler came to the 2019 Mississippi Rally this past weekend and represented your district very well. I myself met them for the first time at our rally and started picking on her about her driving skills on her scooter after she ran over me while backing up. I was not hurt too bad and I will be out of the hospital within a few days, but the doctors tell me it may take me a very long time to get over the trauma shock, maybe even a lifetime. I did happen to meet them later when they came to our lighted bike show and she kept saying she wanted to enter our show with her small motorcycle. I tried to explain to this big mean woman she could not because we did not have a class for her to enter. She got really mean at this point and parked her ride and said she was going to stay there until she was allowed to enter. This is when I got scared and decided to talk to my judges and so we let her enter. I looked at Don and knew trying to talk to him about her was not going to help because he was too scared to tell her to calm down. Well I even tried to talk to her but she looked very determined and I didn't want to get hurt, remember she already ran over me once and never said she was sorry but that I should watch where I was going. Then to make things worse as the judges started looking at the lights on her scooter I told them that I wanted them to treat her special and look at everything on her ride and they did. They even turned it upside down and she started being her quiet self and calling me some mean and nasty names. I then asked her to turn her lights off and she had to get Don to do it as she didn't know how. That is when I asked her to show me her registration papers as I thought she may have stolen the scooter and I was going to have to call the police. Do you think she got mad? Well, just a little. I then calmed her down when I started announcing the winners, but when I finished, I started hearing her sweet young voice calling me by some names I don't care to repeat and then when turned around I heard she was complaining I had forgot something. I went over to her with my judges as bodyguards to protect me and told her very nicely to "BE QUIET" and let me finish my job. I was waiting for the last trophy to arrive and I then was forced to say that even though she could not drive her ride, did not know how to operate her lights, could not prove it was hers, I had to announced for fear of my life the she had won first place in our special class called "OTHER". I then gave her the trophy and started to run as fast as I could because she had started to chase after me trying to run over me again. Now she may try to tell you that it didn't happen this way but this the way I remember it. We really enjoyed having Don and June at our rally and hope they will come again next year and bring some friends with you. Maybe I will be recovered by then. I also remember June's famous words when she said I was her newest BEST FRIEND. Make sure she shows everyone her trophy. We really do love you, Don and June and good luck with your journey as COY. Sincerely, Phillip and Elaine Williams MS Lighted Bike Show Coordin

McGrath Powersports

4645 Center Point Rd NE

Cedar Rapids IA 52402

319-393-1205

www.mcgrathpowersports.com

Storm Lake Honda

3040 Expansion Blvd

Storm Lake IA 50588

712-732-2460

Mason City Honda

152 5th St SW

Mason City, IA 50401

641-422-0000

Hicklin Powersports

3160 SE Grimes Blvd

Ste 700

Grimes IA 50111

Vern’s Bikes and Trikes

Blooming Prairie MN

Ames Powersports

2312 E Lincoln Way

Ames IA 50010

515-232-8181

Waukon Powersports

208 Highway 9 Anx SW

Waukon IA 52172

563-568-4025

Sindt Motor Sales, Inc

4460 Dodge St

Dubuque IA 52003

563-582-8146

Don’t forget to patronize and thank

our District Sponsors and Supporters

GWRRA

FRIENDS FOR FUN, SAFETY AND KNOWLEDGE

Van Wall Powersports

301 S Jefferson Way

Indianola IA 50125

515-961-6288

Deb and Tim Lentsch

Elaine Lathrop

Lisa and Roger Fleming

Randy Scott

Don and June Detwiler

Roxy Oder and Roger Munson

Melissa Catron and Mark Smidt

Donna Bainter-McCullough

Sue Thompson

Frank and Sharon Jackson – WI DD

Travis, Trevor Beitz and Jenny Tuetken

Margie Platts

Bev Lloyd

Alan and Bev Rohwedder

Karen & Jay Sylling

Dorothy and Doug Brons

Colleen Deal

Roger and Vicki Harris

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