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Last year I brought you photos of a 9/11 Memorial I attended in Palm Coast that was sponsored by the Palm Coast Red Knights Chapter 11. It was incredible! 400 bikes, a beautiful service, and a picture perfect day who could ask for more?
Getting to do again!
Over the past year I was fortunate to get to know the people who are from Chapter 11 of the Red Knights through other charity events, I asked if they were doing the 9/11 Memorial Ride again? When I was told yes, I was elated. I told their president Joe Vece that I would like to photograph it for them.
We figured out the best spot along their 87 mile route for me to shoot them as they go by, however I didn't know how they were going to arrive there.
1 week before the Memorial/Ride I emailed them and within minutes I received a map and directions and the next day a phone call with directions. We were all set!
Steve and I arrived at Heroes Memorial Park at about 9:10 AM and there were already double the bikes, and they were arriving at a steady pace, filling the park up quickly.
The service opened with again the presentation of colors, the American Flag being brought to Half Mast.
The Ancient City Pipes & Drums was next, they played Amazing Grace so beautifully, words can't describe to you how it made me feel. Next year I'll do video.
We then had a local minister or pastor (and I do apologize for not getting his title correct) give a short but very meaningful service followed by one of his church members and local National Guard member singing God Bless The USA.
Taps was then played by a member of the Palm Coast Red Knights to finish our 30 minute Memorial Service. We were then briefed by one of the Flagler County Sheriffs Motorcycle and it was bikers to your bikes!
Let me show you what I mean, sit back, relax and enjoy the show!
 Last year I attended the Red Knights 9/11 Memorial Run For The Fallen Hero's and what an experience it was. (Click the link to see the photos and read about it.)
A lot has happened in the past year and I have gotten to know members of the Palm Coast Red Knights while attending charity events around the area, what a super group of people!
These firefighters on bikes, active and retired do so much for folks in our area, you have no idea! They attend charity events for folks with cancer, folks who lost their homes to fires, they were huge supporters of our Annual Bikes And Blues With Mickey Jones benefiting St. Jude Children's Hospital, just to name a few.
Once a year The Red Knights organize a beautiful service for those we lost on 9/11/01 held at Hero's Memorial Park in Palm Coast, FL. The service is like none I've ever attended.
Following the service there is a 85 mile Police Escorted ride through out our beautiful area. It leaves Hero's Memorial Park and heads north to St. John's County, then south back through Flagler County, touches a bit on Volusia County and this year will end at the White Eagle Lounge in Korona.
The ride is going to be this Sunday, 9/7/08.
Sign up begins at 9:00 AM
Hero's Memorial Park on Palm Coast Parkway
The Service will start at 10:00 AM
ALL MOTOR VEHICLES ARE WELCOME!
I'll be there with my camera, doing triple duty this year! Come on out and join us!
The local sheriff was here to arrest my Midori today for GOOD.
She has been arrested for the MDA LOCKUP!
In order for Midori to be released she has to raise bail in the amount of $3,200 and she has so far she has raised $700.
Now, Midori needs our help, she has a long way to go and not a lot of time to raise the rest of that cash.
If you go to her secure site you can donate any amount you want towards her bail.
Midori Miller - MDA's MOST WANTED CITIZEN!
"I'm going behind bars for "GOOD"
PLEASE HELP BAIL ME OUT!
Whether it's $1.00 or $1000
Every dollar counts!
Your donation is my key to freedom but most of all to find a cure for this horrible disease! The disease is not selective..it can hit anyone of any age. A fact that I was not aware of and the worst part..there are many variations of the disease. All which need a cure. Please I urge you to do whatever you can do whether it is a dollar or more to continue this fight so that those that suffer will win.
Be proud of the fact that together we're providing help and hope to kids and adults served by MDA in our community." Midori Miller ~ Centruy 21 Sundance
In fact she is going to start calling her Active Rain friends right for help right now!
Be ready to donate!
Get your credit cards ready or better yet, go to her site and donate now, beat Midori to the punch!
As Midori says, every dollar counts!
Thanks gang!
Midori Miller, Manger of Century 21 Sundance's Pelican Bay office is going to jail!
Yes, you read right! JAIL! 
Ok... not city or county jail but MDA Jail!
Here's the deal:
Midori is giving up her time to go behind bars until her "bail" of $3,200 is met to free her.
How you can help:
The Muscular Dystrophy Association & Midori have a secure site set up where you can donate money towards setting her free!
It doesn't have to be a lot, just a few dollars. The money goes towards fighting MDA and helping Jerry's Kids.
Did you know:
There are over FORTY different types of Muscular Dystrophy?
Some diseases begin in infancy, some early childhood, others early to mature adulthood.
ALS Or Lou Gehrig's Disease is also a form of Muscular Dystrophy.
What was that link again?
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Help me help Midori raise some money for a good cause and maybe one day we won't need The Muscular Dystrophy Association anymore...
"Your 100% tax-deductible donation will help MDA continue research into the cause and the possible cure of the 43 neuromuscular diseases they cover. Your support of the MDA Lock-Up will also help MDA provide medical equipment, clinic visits, support groups and a magical week of MDA Summer Camp for the families served by the Association in our local area! " Midori Miller, Century 21 Sundance
Last Saturday I awoke at 5am. Unable to go back to sleep, at 7 I decided to get dressed and head back out to the protected area of beach where the Black Skimmers had decided to hatch their babies and see if I could get you some better photos.
Much to my delight the birds had moved to the eastern most point of the protected area and were ready for their close ups!
After taking some 200 photos I wondered what would be the best way to show them all to those of you who wanted to see them. I was really quite proud of a couple.
Then I remembered a post I recently helped Midori do, and thought to myself HEY! I can run with that idea too!
Here is a short slide show of my photos from Saturday, July 26 with the Black Skimmer Famly.
A year ago, August of 2007 I told you about how these 3 rare birds had captured the hearts of people around Daytona Beach and managed to block off the beach to cars in my post: Rare Birds Put The Breaks On Beach Driving In Daytona
That post remained on the first page of Florida Information, Volusia County Information and Daytona Beach, FL Information until just recently. You all loved it that much!
Just recently Mom and Dad returned to Daytona Beach, they must love our hospitality! My hairdresser spotted them in the exact same spot they were at last year and we began to wait for the arrival of the baby.
Sunday evening I received a email that the first baby hatched on Friday and a second hatched on Sunday, however the Mom and Dad were not at the same spot, they were further south! I headed out early Monday morning in search of them.
My problem being I have a foot injury right now and am supposed to stay off my foot as much as possible. My friend told me he hiked 2 miles north to find the birds after parking near the Dunlawton Bridge. I can't afford to do that with the foot injury, so I stopped at two beach approaches and asked the gate person what they knew, and both knew nothing! Giving up I went to work and pulled up the newspaper onlineto see what I could find there.
BINGO! The newspaper told me exactly where I could find the happy couple and their new arrivals! Once again on a beach frequented by cars, they have blocked traffic in the area where the birds have nested (YAY!). Midori suggested I look on the internet and find the closest beach walkover and to my delight the walkover is right at the birds location. Now, to just find parking...
I left my house early this morning, found the address easily, parked at a store which warns anyone parking over 30 minutes will be towed. No problem there, I won't be that long! I then found the walkway to the beach and it is a narrow sidewalk between two tall condos, if you don't know it is there, you'd walk or drive right by it.
As I got to the beach, there they were... the proud parents... one baby was out running around with them, all were inside the area blocked off to keep them protected. It is so funny how they know that the area is just for them.
I took almost 200 photos in the 15 minutes I was there, of course I won't bore you with all 200, I picked out the best and will let you browse through them. The baby you do see I think is the one that was hatched on Friday. I am going to try to go back early on Saturday and see if the other baby is out walking around yet.
Hover your mouse pointer over the photos and you'll see a short description on each.
You're probably wondering how I know which bird is which? I really don't, I am going by what I read in the newspaper yesterday. It said that the male bird is smaller then the female.
I'm so excited I got to see this happy little couple again. This is the 2nd pair of birds (different species) that have returned back to Daytona from last year, that is something I've never been able experience before!
To help RE/MAX Property Centre raise money for Rose Roberts, one of their Realtors®, who is currently undergoing chemo in her fight against breast cancer.
I met "Team Rose" at the Volusia Home Builders Association Saturday Morning bright and early to get set up for a Poker Run.
By "Team Rose" I mean pretty much anyone from RE/MAX Property Centre that wasn't out showing property on Saturday and AC Coluccio from Professional Title's Port Orange Office.
Sue Morrison was in charge of getting things ready and she had bagels, donuts & coffee awaiting our bikers. The bagels needed to be cut, tickets to be tended too and we had young volunteers visiting who were ready to handle the job!
Big Lots had donated cases of Campbell's Chicken Noodle and Tomato Soups with special Breast Cancer packaging and Sue used those for the center pieces on the tables...
About 10AM our riders began to pull in ready to go..
Once at the Home Builders Association the riders were greeted by Christy Cagle from Bank of America & Ann Dalton, RE/MAX Associate who signed them up and directed them to the coffee, bagels, donuts, the prize table and raffle tickets along with 50/50 tickets ..
About 11AM some friends of mine showed up, the Palm Coast Red Knights. This is the third run in the last 6 months I've worked with them on and am proud to be able to call them friends. They are a group of active or retired firefighters that love to ride.
From the Home Builders Association the riders headed north to Hooligans, then to Hijackers in Flagler County, then south to Hanky Panky's in Ormond By The Sea and from there to the stop I was working, the Main Street Station, formally owned by Bill France the founder of NASCAR. After they left me they went to the Wing House, then back to the HBA.
The Chrome Angels, who rode out from Orlando also met me at Main Street Station. I had already met Becky, but had yet to meet Jessi, AKA Sundancer, their President. We had exchanged a couple emails last year when I did a post for their Pink Ribbons For Life ride.
My biggest thrill of the day was introducing Jessi to Joe Vece, the President of the Palm Coast Red Knights. I think you'll be reading about them riding together in the months to come
Neither Jessi or Joe have ever met Rose, yet here they were riding in a poker run for her. That's what it is all about, isn't it?
Once back at the Home Builders Association a free BBQ put on by Tom O'Quinn from Allstate Insurance, O'Quinn Agency and the raffles...
Radio Bob was there to spin music and call the raffle numbers. If you look real hard, you can see him in the corner of the top photo.
Three Chrome Angels that rode out from Orlando. What a great group of ladies!
Rock Hartley standing with Sundancer who is the President of the Chrome Angels.
We had a total of 91 folks sign up for the event and it raised $2,500 for Rose!
The poker run was actually the 4th event that Rose's friends put on to help raise money for her.
The grand total from all 4 events is just shy of $10,000 to help Rose.
I know Rose will be forever grateful to all the strangers that have come together to help her when she needed it most.
I felt proud to meet all the wonderful people on Saturday that worked so hard to put this together. I also felt proud to be a part of this event too. (Yes, I bought my 50/50 tickets and raffle tickets, even won a couple shirts!)
There is no better feeling in the world then doing just a little something extra for someone else.
If you would like to donate, please visit Helpushelprose.com. They have some beautiful Breast Cancer themed bracelets for purchase, with the proceeds going to Rose.
Hopefully one day we won't have to do these poker runs and benefits anymore...
Until that day you can bet there will be a few from the Biker Community & Real Estate Community pitching in to help.
It isn't often my 9-5 life and my weekend life blend in together, in fact this will be the first time ever and I will be hanging out in the Real Estate World while wearing my Leathers!  We are getting together to help this beautiful woman pictured to the left.
Her name is Rose Roberts, a licensed Florida Real Estate Agent who hangs her license with RE/MAX Property Centre of Ormond Beach.
Rose was diagnosed with Breast Cancer earlier this year. She went in for a lumpectomy, but ended up having a complete mastectomy. Like many Real Estate agents, Rose does not have health insurance to cover the surgery, chemo and every day bills. Rose is a very successful agent, however one just doesn't jump right back into work after having a surgery like the one she's had. There is a lot of healing involved. I didn't hear about this through my office. I got an email in February from someone I had never met who was referred to me by the editor of Florida Bikers Digest asking for my help. I explained that I was getting ready for Bike Week and then the St. Jude event, as soon as that was done I would assist in any way I could. The first thing I did was ask around about Rose. Everyone gushed about her, telling me what a special person  Rose is. I wondered why no one had told me about this sooner. They had a huge garage sale to raise money for her and were working two other possible events. A week after receiving the email I was at the Broken Spoke hoping to preregister some riders for our Bikes and Blues for St. Jude event when I ran into a Chrome Angel. The Chrome Angels are a group of woman who raise money specifically to help woman with cancer. I mentioned to her about Rose, she told me that she would talk to the C.A. President and have her contact me, if not I was to contact her. Come to find out Rose was already on their agenda of women who needed assistance with bills. To give you an idea of Rose's bills could be, Karen George did a post where she included the cost of her chemo on 9/26/2007. She mentions that chemo treatments range between $5,000 and $20,000 per treatment. Enter the Bikers! A lot of members of the Daytona Board of Realtors®, folks in the mortgage business and new home sales ride so what better way to raise money in our area then a Poker Run for Rose? Sign Up At: The Home Builders Association, 33520 W. ISB, Daytona Beach Registration begins at 9AM @ $15 Poker Hand First Bike Out 10:30am • Last Bike In 4pm 50/50 • Raffle • Free Food • MusicBest Hand Grand Prize $500 Sponsored by Angie Shull, Remax Property Centre 2nd Place $250 • 3rd Place $100 1st Stop: Houligans, Destination Daytona US1, Ormond Beach 2nd Stop: High Jackers, SR100, Palm Coast, (by the Flagler Airport) 3rd Stop: Hanky Panky's, 1088 Ocean Shore, Ormond Beach 4th Stop: Main Street Station, 316 Main Street, Daytona Beach 5th Stop: Wing House, on ISB, Daytona Beach Back to Home Builders Association FOR A FREE BBQ Sponsored by Allstate Insurance, O'Quinn Agency For Questions Please contact Sue Morrison, 386 290-6737 If you can't attend the Poker Run, there are other ways you can donate, (but you're going to miss a good time and some good food!). The first way is buy visiting Helpushelprose.com. There is a Paypal account set up on the home page, or you can go to Fundraiser page and purchase a pink ribbon bracelet. The other way you can help Rose is buy sending your donations to:
“Rose Roberts Fund” Floridian Bank, 1696 N Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32117 But, wouldn't you rather come out on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and play while helping a fellow Real Estate agent? Yeah, that's what I thought! I'll see you there on May 10th!
 Bubba Baker is an artist in many ways... He did his first tattoo in 1976 but he didn't really get into that art until 1982. He bought himself a motor home and started hitting bike events and such around the country tattooing on the road. That quickly grew old for him though and he came back home to Florida. Bubba once told me if he had to do one more Harley Davidson shield he was going to go nuts. It got to the point where he could do a shield without a stencil he had done so many. Bubba had an urge to work in film behind the camera and went to film school, graduating in 1989. Instead of being behind the lens though, Bubba ended up in front of it working with people such as Charlize Theron in the Academy Award winning film Monster, Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura, Pet Detective and Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys 2. Of course there is Running Cool about two bikers riding across country. He also made small screen appearances in shows like Walker Texas Ranger, In The Heat of The Night and Renegade. 
Bubba is now doing a local T.V. show opposite Gonzo, Crazy Dave & Wide Open Brain called Real American Biker TV which can been seen on Bright House channel 21 in the Orlando area. (Hopefully we will be able to see in Volusia County real soon) Photo Courtesy of REAL AMERICAN BIKER TV 
In 1994 he opened Bubba Baker's TATTOO THIS! at Flea World in Sanford, FL. His studio is the longest standing studio at Flea World, and the first studio to ever have a live web cam, although some would like to argue that with him. 
One day this huge man walked by, about 6ft 7in and 460lbs, sporting a tattoo on his arm. Bubba yelled at him, "Hey man, I can fix that tatoo for you!" The big man very slowly turned around, (Bubba said he got a tad nervous about that point) looked at Bubba and just said "Really, how much?" Turns out the big guy was WWF Wrestler Big John Tenta, AKA Earthquake/The Shark/Avalanche and Golga. Bubba and Big John became fast friends until Big John lost his fight to bladder cancer in June of 2006. Bubba has remained good friends with Big John's son who still lives in the area. While visiting with Bubba on Saturday, Big John's son showed up with his father-in-law Bill to get a new tattoo. Bill gave me permission to photograph the process of getting inked by Bubba. 
Bill had decided on a Patriotic Bald Eagle tattoo on his forearm. 
The outline.. 
Adding the blue to the flag. 
Now the red in the flag, the yellow and orange to the eagles beak & talons. 
The finished product! If you want to get a portrait done, Bubba asks that you bring the photo of the portrait in to him a week in advance so he can get the portrait ready for the tattoo process. He also asks for a $50.00 deposit from you at that time. Portraits begin at $250.00 a head depending on the size of the tattoo and where you will be putting it. All other tattoos vary in price but Bubba will be more then happy to quote you one if you stop by and see him. I met Bubba thru Bikes and Blues with Mickey Jones for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital last April. He has been a part of Bikes and Blues since its inception and donates gift certificates for our auction at our bike event with the proceeds going to St. Jude. 
Come on out on April 5th for our Bikes & Blues event, meet Bubba at the Iron Horse, and now that you've seen his work, bid on his gift certificates and help the kids of St. Jude! (We will have a gal there wearing some of his work too)
Bubba's images and logos © 2008 Bubba Productions/TATTOO THIS! and used with his permission.
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Lysa Napolitano, Call Coordinator ~ Century 21 Sundance
Daytona Beach,
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