Episode 67 – Rain on Amerivespa 2008, but it was a good time
SHOW NOTES: Scooter Club of the Golden Triangle and Christina Chen report that the big shots of Amerivespa decided to hold next year’s event in sunny San Jose, California. The rally will coincide with the 20th Anniversary of Vespa Club Los Gatos who will play host to the event. So there you go, no excuses that you didn’t have enough warning and had a scheduling conflict, like a wedding to attend. I’m planning on going, hope to see you there.
There are already pictures posted and blogs being written Lets start with Scootin for a Cure. This is someone who really knows how to enjoy scooting. Her first post came early in her ride last Tuesday. They came down through WV to Middletown, VA and proceed to ride through the great smoky mountains. Bobo, the famous long distance Vespa rider had come down from Maryland and was joined them for the ride into Chattanooga. If you haven’t heard of him, Mark Bobotec is a famous long distance scooterist who has ridden his Vespa on Cannon Ball Runs. He regularly to events all over the US. Last time I spoke with him he was trying to decide how much of the Cannonball Run he is going to do this year.
From what I can tell rain was an nuisance at this year’s event, especially during the organized rides, like to visit Coker Tires. But as usual, the pictures seem to bear out that the rain didn’t dampen the spirit of the event. There was plenty of hobnobbing, eating and drinking. I haven’t been able to locate any scooter fan produced video on the web yet, although there are several local media videos. I understand that Steve Guzman is working on something, so I’ll keep and eye out for that, but in the mean time scoot.net and flicker have plenty of rally pictures to enjoy.
Music for this show is from Enri at the Podsafe music network. ENRI is a project built around the Italian Hammond organ player Enrico Zavalloni. The line-up includes members of Vip200. In 2000, together with Montefiori Cocktail, Vip200 were Italy’s premier 60s lounge scene band.
“I LIKE RAINY SEASON”