Another fantastic day of riding with some totally awesome friends!! We travelled around Kitsap and Port Orchard. Plans were changed , we decided to hit a couple more HD'S.. We needed more donations as we are almost at the 10Grand.
The first one we went to to was a no go.. It was one of the nicer dealerships I had been in all across the USA . They even had a food bar. The selection of bikes and clothes was great. We had one of the girls call the owner and he declined.. Said he has already donated to BC. We all decided to spend our money else where. I have to say there was a couple of girls working in the clothing department were very nice to talk to and felt bad. That was Desination in Tacoma.
We called the next dealership right from there, and talked to the owner and told our story. We didn't want to ride all the way across town to get turned down. Steve from Northwest HD INC. He was unbelievable. He said come down of course and he was so looking forward to hearing the story and donating. He was very friendly showed us around. He gave us a good discount on anything we bought, donated some items and wished us well. We had some nice group shots taken and he took pics of us also. Don't forget to check out vanisladyriders@live.ca on facebook to get pics of everyday. Just add me and I will add you back. We were at the dealership about 2 hours mingling around eating burgers listening to music as they had a bad there. I highly recomend you go see Steve and Northwest HD in Tacoma.
We then went to a Honda dealership.. South Bound Honda in Tacoma also. Tanya needed some oil for her bike. We talked to this lovely Lady who works there who is 28 years old. We showed her the paper where we hit the new yesterday and she started to cry.. It hit home.. She had just had a double masectomy herself.. To hear more on the story watch the video clip on Facebook. Make sure you have kleenex ready!
We all had tears she thanked us so much. I just can not believe how many and how often we are running into this situation on the ride. It makes me feels so much better that we chose BC as the fund. It has been very emotional not just for me but everyone riding.
Anyway she directed us to the owner and we told our story and she so generously gave us $100.00 South Bound honda.. A great dealership with a great owner and staff. Thanks so much everyone,
thank you soo much for stopping into our dealership. You touched my life soo much and as I sit here again thinking about all that you are doing I am crying again. I am blessed to have witness such wonderful people and to hopefully keep in touch with you and all your new found family.
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