RatNewsJAN-MARCH2016

T.R.A.P. PACKLEADERS REPORT
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The end of 2015 and the start of 2016 are here. My hope is that everyone has had a better motorcycle
year in 2015 than they did in 2014 and will have an even better year in 2016!
The TRAP calendar for 2016 is pretty much firmed up. We have some exciting events going on
over the next couple months while we wait for the rain and cold to subside and riding becomes
enjoyable again.
On January 16th at 5:30 PM, we have our Annual TRAP Night at the Movies as we watch the motorcycle
adventure of John Doe and Adam Horovitz as they run across a whole bunch of other characters in Roadside Prophets.
I know you can ride motorcycles, but how well and how fast can you navigate a tight and twisty quarter mile track on four
small wheels with speeds up to 40mph? February 21st at 11:00 AM, you’ll get a chance to find out at Sykart Indoor Racing
Center in Tigard, Oregon. The cost per race is $15 per person. Plan on racing three times. Not only will we be
having fun racing against each other, but we will also have a few awards to give out.
Keep an eye on our Facebook group page, the Cascade Moto Classics, Inc. Facebook page and Rat-Pack.com for more
details on upcoming events. Speaking of Rat-Pack.com, when was the last time you updated your profile? Now is a good
time to do that. If you have forgotten your password, there is a link on the sign-in page to reset your password. Wait, what?,
you don’t have a Rat-Pack.com profile page? Well, you should. It’s simple and easy. Just go to Rat-Pack.com and click on
the link that says “Join”.
Over the next 10 months, while you are out and about on your Triumph, take pictures! We will be putting together a TRAP
calendar for 2017. In October we will decide on the best photos to include in the calendar. The rules are simple; it needs to
be a photo that features your Triumph motorcycle and be a photo taken in 2016. Stay tuned for details on how to submit your
photos.
As we enter into the 2016 calendar year, let me leave you with this from J.R.R. Tolkien.
Happy New Year,
Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.
Roads go ever ever on,
Under cloud and under star.
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen,
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green,
And trees and hills they long have known.
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
The Road goes ever on and on
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone.
Let others follow, if they can!
Let them a journey new begin.
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet.
Still 'round the corner there may wait
A new road or secret gate;
And though I oft have passed them by,
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.