It was a non-event yesterday in Port Dover for the Friday the 13th motorcycle "rally". The Norfolk County Mayor had declared it to be a "non-event." I could see that they prepared for the crowds with portable sanitation booths, and lots of OPP directing traffic. But there were to be no vendors and other services. How many people ignored the declaration? Up to 35,000 bikers came to town. The town's businesses stayed open, too.
Pre-pandemic participation numbers in the summer top 100,000 people (and bikes). From the pictures, it looked like there was lots of entertainment on the streets, so a lively time despite the circumstances.
The articles don't have much to say in words - the point of the event is captured in pictures of bikes and bikers.
Here's an example: Gary Baker is a regular at Friday the 13th bike rallies in Port Dover. Baker, 72, of Corunna said he comes every year to the get-togethers. Now driving a Harley with a sidecar, Baker said he’s been to 48 Daytona Bike Weeks and 16 motorcycle festivals in Sturgis, South Dakota. “I’ve been across the country (on my bike),” Baker said. Photograph taken on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press).
And this one: Michael Buchkovsky of Toronto cannot believe his eyes as he asks in delight, “What is it?” as Giuseppe Agrippa of Vaughan rolls up in his custom-built three-cylinder diesel chopper and enthralled the crowd at Port Dover on Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press).
Here are combinations of the abstract Aga Khan sculpture images with Flexifly manipulations. It seems to me to look like views of the earth from space.
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