So here we are, Las Scooteristas. It was a perfect day for a ride, sunny and warm, so first we spent some time dressing up our rides with the requisite rainbow paraphenelia and fun stuff like pinwheels. The scooters ranged from totally old school rides like Maggie's little green Vespa, to the sexy new Vespas, to an old Honda Elite (do they even make those anymore?)
My friend Katherine was a great sport, she graciously offered to ride my girlfriends scooter since she couldn't make it and did an awesome job, especially for just hoppin on a scooter for the first time that morning! She may be smiling but I noticed her knuckles were a little white after the ride down Old Las Vegas getting the scooter to the parade.The parade was fun, but I did have a couple of complaints, first they made us #20 in the lineup and they wouldn't let us get up in front when we asked and even after the only motorcycle person up front asked too! I don't know what that is all about, but I am probably going to have to complain about that next year. Oh, and they stuck us behind a group of stilt-walking kids; oh yea, that's a great idea, put the motorized vehicles right behind the precariously perched people! I think the parade committee
just randomly pulls names without looking to get the parade order, because last year I marched with the Rainbow Families and we were right behind the Leather Dudes. Yeah, pretty wacky fun, indeed, we had to keep pulling our teenage son back from walking too fast so he wouldn't get mistaken for some Leather Daddy's Twink!
The crowd seemed to like our scooter brigade, there were lots of hoots and hollers to match the tooting of our collective horns. And we were honored to have new scooter enthusiast and two wheel advocate, City Councilor Patty Bushee and her beautiful burgundy Vespa, as part of our contingent. For those who haven't heard her in the news lately, she has been prodding the City Council to make designated (free!) cycle parking downtown to encourage alternative transportation options. I think that is super terrific, anything to encourage people to get out of their cars is a great idea in my book.
So a good time was had by all and we all left promising to do this again, real soon, so here I am, making good on my idea about starting a scooter club. I am imagining we can do some fun rides, have mini rallies, share helpful scooter tips, fun pics and create an online community to hopefully get more people on scooters! Like I said, scooters are super fun and I want everyone to join in, I think as the gas prices continue to go up we will be at the forefront of this coming scooter revolution. Viva La Revolucion!!!
Here is the link for more photos from our inaugural run, Pride on the Plaza 2007:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lasscooteristas/LasScooteristas
Keep checking this site for upcoming events or email me at lasscooteristas@gmail.com for the latest happs.
Scoot On!!
Rose
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