1998 Calendar of Events

Last updated Sat Nov 28 15:46:12 1998
Send updates and/or corrections to: marcl@micapeak.com
1997 — 1998 — 1999

The dates herein which refer to specific WetLeather functions are generally listed in green. You can go directly to the Great Pacific Northwest Dryside Gather listing, or to the Abbreviations used here.

or visit the 1998 Calendars from:
Cycle News	Oregon Motorcycle Riders Association	Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association	Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Association	US Rides List

March 21: Spring Equinox party at Jack & KD's in Seattle, WA. 6pm to ???. Munchies (chicken wings, meatballs, veggies & dip and possibly KD will make some of the chocolate truffles.) BBQ — so if you are so inclined, you can bring something to grill as well as non-grillables. Homebrew, some crash space available.

April 18: "The Louisiana Food Fest and Fish Fry" — a traditional and annual WetLeather gathering at Martin & Carol's in Vancouver, WA.
April 18: OMRRA Open Practice, Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/
April 19: OMRRA Sprints, Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/

May 16: OMRRA Open Practice and New Riders School (track portion), Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/
May 16,17: The 1st ever Timberbutt Rally. Albany, OR. A 1,000 miles in 24 hours or less rally, with optional bonus points. Bring your mapping software and/or maps of the entire Pacific Northwest — you'll need 'em. Details from Keith Underdahl ( kcunderdahl@proaxis.com) or Jeff Earls (jearls@mdhost.cse.tek.com).
May 16,17: The First Wetleather CREST (Corvallis Ride, Eat, Sleep & Tour). A WL house warming and garage christening for Paul "SS#2" Ritter. Corvallis, OR — Hosted by Luenth the Lewd, Ed Walsh, Dustin Kassman and SSPaul. 5pm Dinner (bring-your-own BBQ) on Saturday night at Paul's place. Join in the traditional Garage Door Signing (tm). Over 20 available beds/couches/ floor spaces. Rides both Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
May 17: OMRRA Sprints, Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/
May 17: "Ride A Wish for Starlight" The Starlight Children's Foundation Washington State grants wishes and provides hospital entertainment for seriously ill children. Proceeds from this ride will be used to bring a little magic into the lives of these children and their families!
Registration Fee: $18.00 flat fee or donations totaling $18 or more
Location: Remlinger Farms, Carnation, WA
Phone: Starlight office at (425) 861-7827
Email: brendapo@microsoft.com

June 5-7: The Ninth Annual DENIZENS OF DOOM Iron Horse Ride and Joust. Live Oak South group camp, Lake Isabella. You MUST pre-register via email if you want dinner on Saturday night. $30 for Saturday only, $35 for Friday and Saturday. Friday food is not provided; you're on your own.
Contacts: Jim Franklin and the Lake Isabella Ranger District (760) 379-5646. Checks (made out to Jim Franklin) must be received by Friday, May 29th. (Received, not postmarked!).

The Joust
c/o Jim Franklin
594 Borregas Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
USA
(408) 736-8265
June 6: Come on Over to Pullman, June 6th, and CHASE THE SNAKE, Ride the Palouse and the some of the Crossings of the Lower Snake and/or Clearwater rivers... The diversity of scenery punctuated by some great motorcycling roads! For more info, contact Hosts: Randall Mietzner mietzner@mail.wsu.edu or John Thompson thompson@mail.wsu.edu.
June 6: CASTLES IN THE SAND — Lesser Feast of Bill and Steve, Stinson Beach, California. Sand, tools, sand tools, caution tape, food and grand company. 9am 'till they throw us (bodily) out. Steve Peltier
June 13: Kathryn & John's housewarming and hot tub testing.
June 27: "The Summer Sacrifice and Goat Roast" — a traditional and annual WetLeather gathering at Martin & Carol's in Vancouver, WA. This is the 5th year, and the festivities start at 5pm.
June 28: OMRRA Sprints, Harley Day, Burnout Contest, Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/

July 8: SIR (Seattle International Raceway) Track Day — contact John Jennings for details.
July 10-12: World Superbikes at Laguna-Seca. Various WetLeatherites generally make the pilgrimage... Ticket info at: http://www.laguna-seca.com/98wsb-tkt.htm
July 17-19: Formula USA Series OMRRA roadrace, Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/
July 17-19: COW CHIP BOOGIE — Put on by Cowlitz County ABATE 11th Annual $15.00 ABATE members $20.00 non members. Silver Lake WA. by Mt. St. Helens Door prizes,Games,Vendors,Camping,Trophies,Run Shirts, Bike Show,Tattoo Show, LIve Music No one under the age of 21, No discharging of Firearms, No Pyrotechnics, No Private Kegs, No Animals
Information via ingram@cport.com Phone +1 (503) 556-8109
July 17: Marc's birthday

August 8: Between B-day party (Zoli on July 19, Dorthea on August 20) Practice run for gather (plenty of space for tents), bike washing, ice-cream making, general first WetLeather party at our place. . Dave Uebele.
August 14-16: The 7th annual Great Northwest Dryside Gather ( GPNDG ), the 'premier' WetLeather gathering (campout) of the year. The Gather'98 Boss ( Bob Taylor) has picked the same site we used in 1997, the Simax Group Camp at Crescent Lake, Oregon in the Deschutes National Forest. The campground is located on the NE shore of Crescent Lake just south of Highway 58, and roughly 50 miles north of Crater Lake, OR.
August 22: OMRRA Open Practice, Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/
August 22: A WetLeather house re-warming, BBQ, hot tub, RaceCam and other videos on a big screen. A fair bit of floor space & lots of space for tents. Info: Lee Hart 9012 132nd Ave. NE, Redmond, WA — (425) 827-2631.
August 23: OMRRA Sprints and Italian Day, Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/
August 29: "Welding Day" — Jim & Keri get married in Spokane...

September 2: Oyster Run. This annual event will start from Marysville, Washington at 11:00 and progress north to Clear Lake. From there the party goes west to Anacortes for an afternoon of cycle influenced fun. Events in Anacortes include: all of downtown blocked off for motorcycle only access, cycle drill teams, food booths and merchandise booths. 1997 attendance was 5,000-7,000 cycles. This is mainly a Harley event, but all makes/models are welcome.
September 6: Garage christening Sunday night at Tim Keane's: 1401 Front Ave, Coeur d'Alene, ID, following the races in Spokane. Martin will be cooking a pig in the back yard. Dark and not-dark beers will be on tap. RSVPs would be nice as Tim's house is not large...
September 18: OMRRA Open Practice and New Riders School (track) Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/
September 19: OMRRA Vintage Day and Endurance Race, Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/
September 19: Housewarming party and general get-together 6-ish to whenever. Contact Karyn Vicker for more information
September 20: OMRRA Sprints, Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/
September 26: Garlic Gathering and Housewarming party, at Ricky's house in Corvallis, OR. Details and a map are available on the Web...
September 26: Honda SABRE MAGNA V4 RIDERS -BC SABMAG Pacific Northwest 1998 - ride Saturday September 26th Leaving Surrey, BC at 7:00 AM ( leaving Vancouver from Horseshoe Bay at 7:45 AM) stops include Squamish, Whistler, Lillooet, Lyton, Boston Bar, Yale, Albion Ferry returning before 7:00 PM the same day. E Mail Jack at jce-rak@email.msn.com for more information. Gathering of SABMAG riders on Saturday night.

October 4: OMRRA Sprints, Portland International Raceway (PIR), Portland, Oregon (Team WetLeather generally makes an appearance here) Web site at: http://www.omrra.com/
October 24: "The CookOff" — a traditional and annual WetLeather gathering at Martin & Carol's in Vancouver, WA. The 1998 WetLeather CookOff Ingredient Categories are: Figs, Pine Nuts, and Ginger. The Alternative Food-like Category is: Ramen. This year, to save wear and tear on the judges and increase the fervor of the competition, there will be only _one_ dessert category: Dessert
October 31: Large mostly Japanese Swap Meet, October 31st,November 1st Belleville, IL Belle-Clair Fairgrounds, Contact: clmartin@ppcusd8.org

November 7th: The 3rd Annual "Roost Party" and XL Challange — a traditional WetLeather gathering at Jim & Keri's in Redmond / Fall City, WA. Bring your dirt bikes! The track will be open at 2pm, beer will be tapped at 12pm. J&K will be providing a huge batch of chili, beer and misc other such stuff. Be prepared to get DIRTY! RSVP's and contributions are always appreciated, lodging is available for overnighters -- first come, first served.

December 5: Saturday, December 5th, 5PM until... The Official Opening of the Christmas Season Celebration -- a party at Phil and Debb Kopp's house. 12035 25th Ave NE, Seattle (206) 365-8323. Potluck and/or a beverage of your choice. There will be a keg of Christmas brew along with hot dogs and chili to get things started. A fine cigar is certainly welcome and a nice Port is always appreciated. The Smoking Lamp will be lit. As our very own Miss Manners reminds, an RSVP is always appreciated, but not required.
December 19: 2nd annual Winter Solstice and Pagan Ritual Saturday December 19th, beginning around 6PM, at the abode of Jack Tavares and Kaddee Lawrence. A "winter celebration" uncontaminated with the frantic commercial and religious fervor that seems to attend this time of year. Homemade dark and filling beer plus "other beers", wine, munchies and other food, but not a "real meal". Donations of food or beverage are appreciated, but not required. Location: 1831 26th ave, Seattle. (206) 329-8618. RSVP is not necessary.
December 26: Day after Christmas party & late December Birthday party at Lee Hart's house. Any bowl games will be on the BIG screen whenever they are on. The party should step into high gear later in the evening (beginning around 6 or so). A large hot tub, interesting foods, good beer, diverse drinks. Feel free to bring an interesting side dish, salads or dessert (but come anyway even if you just bring yourself). I will deliver an interesting main course that you probably have not had recently (i.e. no turkey and cranberry sauce). Address: 9012 132nd Ave, Redmond, WA 98052. Phone: (425) 827-2631.

Abbreviations:

AMA = American Motorcyclist Association

GWRRA = Goldwing Road Riders Association

GWTA = Grossly Wide w/Trailers Attached (it's a joke, okay?)

MSF = Motorcycle Safety Foundation

OMRRA = Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association

P.I.R. = Portland International Raceway

S.I.R. = Seattle International Raceway

S.R.P. = Spokane Raceway Park

WMRRA = Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Association

WMSP = Washington State Motorcycle Safety Program

AMA	= American Motorcyclist Association
GWRRA	= Goldwing Road Riders Association
GWTA	= Grossly Wide w/Trailers Attached (it's a joke, okay?)
MSF	= Motorcycle Safety Foundation
OMRRA	= Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association
P.I.R.	= Portland International Raceway
S.I.R.	= Seattle International Raceway
S.R.P.	= Spokane Raceway Park
WMRRA	= Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Association
WMSP	= Washington State Motorcycle Safety Program

Updates/corrections to H. Marc Lewis: marcl@micapeak.com