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DISCOVER! | AUGUST 13, 2016<br />
Community | 11<br />
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER<br />
Bring Out the Bikes<br />
The sound is unmistakable. A kind<br />
of roar as motorcycles cruise past<br />
on a sunny summer afternoon.<br />
The Iowa Great Lakes will hear plenty<br />
of that sound and much more during<br />
the second annual Boji Bike Rally<br />
Weekend set <strong>for</strong> Aug. 19-21.<br />
It is the second year that the bike<br />
rally has been a chamber event after<br />
Polaris began touring its rally around<br />
the country.<br />
`The three-day event will feature a<br />
variety of concerts, numerous vendors<br />
and demo rides on Preservation Plaza,<br />
as well as tours of the Spirit Lake<br />
Polaris plant and a Rally4Veterans<br />
Benefit Ride.<br />
“I’m excited to see it all come together,”<br />
said Kara Matheson, the Iowa<br />
Great Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s<br />
new event coordinator. It is her first<br />
major event after starting her new job<br />
about a month ago.<br />
“The event is in its second year and<br />
will be really fun. I’m looking <strong>for</strong>ward<br />
to seeing how many people we get<br />
out and then growing <strong>for</strong> year three,”<br />
Matheson said.<br />
Preservation Plaza will be home<br />
to a vendor fair and demo rides all<br />
day both Friday and Saturday. The 22<br />
vendors will include all sorts of motorcycle<br />
gear and accessories as well<br />
as food and beverages. Matheson may<br />
take advantage of a demo ride herself.<br />
“I rode on the back of motorcycle<br />
once <strong>for</strong> about three blocks, that’s<br />
all of my experience on a bike, so I<br />
might just have to do one of the demo<br />
rides,” Matheson said with a laugh.<br />
Music will be a major part of the<br />
weekend with the Jackyl and Head<br />
East concert at Boji Bay Legacy Park<br />
on Friday evening and the Badlands<br />
House Band at Preservation Plaza on<br />
Saturday in Arnolds Park.<br />
That’s a lot of rock’n and roll’n to go<br />
along with the motorcycle ride’n.<br />
And it all comes at a perfect time<br />
according to Matheson.<br />
“With Sturgis being a week or so<br />
be<strong>for</strong>e we’ll be bringing people back<br />
from that who are looking <strong>for</strong> more to<br />
do,” Matheson said. “We get to show<br />
off the lakes to the biker crowd with a<br />
Boji Bike Rally<br />
packs a weekend<br />
full of events<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: Boji Bike Rally Weekend<br />
WHERE: Various locations<br />
WHEN: Friday-Sunday, Aug. 19-21<br />
COST: Varies<br />
CONTACT: 712-332-2107<br />
ONLINE: www.bojibikerally.com<br />
lots of fun stuff to do throughout the<br />
weekend and maybe we get them to<br />
come back <strong>for</strong> some other weekends,<br />
too.”<br />
All told it should be a fun-filled<br />
weekend <strong>for</strong> bikers and really anyone<br />
enjoying some time in the Iowa Great<br />
Lakes.<br />
“We have a really good group of<br />
vendors and will be a really fun weekend<br />
with a full schedule. We just hope<br />
<strong>for</strong> good weather and look <strong>for</strong>ward to<br />
expanding offerings even further next<br />
year,” Matheson said.<br />
Board your bike and motor your<br />
way to the Lakes <strong>for</strong> Boji Bike Rally<br />
Weekend. F<br />
Regional | Iowa<br />
Schedule<br />
Friday, Aug. 19<br />
9 a.m.-2 p.m. - Polaris Plant Tours<br />
10 a.m.-7 p.m. - Vendor Fair and<br />
Demo Rides on Preservation Plaza<br />
5:15-6:30 p.m. - Siesta Cruise<br />
from Okoboji Boatworks: Hop on<br />
board Okoboji Boatworks’ Caribbean<br />
Cruiser, Okoboji<br />
6-10 p.m. - Okoboji Harley-Davidson<br />
presents Jackyl with special<br />
guest Head East. Boji Bay Legacy<br />
Park, Mil<strong>for</strong>d<br />
6-8 p.m. - Live Music at The Inn of<br />
Okoboji: Glenn Henriksen<br />
7 p.m. - Mighty Nish Band, Barefoot<br />
Bar, Okoboji<br />
8-11:55 p.m. - Join Beer Can Alley<br />
<strong>for</strong> Royce Johns’ fourth appearance<br />
of a summer full of live country<br />
music, Arnolds Park<br />
8:30-10 p.m. - Movie in the Park:<br />
Free family-friendly movie at dusk<br />
Memorial Park, Spirit Lake<br />
9 p.m. - Fish Heads, The Gardens<br />
Saturday Aug. 20<br />
7-11 a.m. - Knights of Columbus<br />
Pankcake Breakfast, Arnolds Park<br />
9 a.m.-2 p.m. - Polaris Plant Tours,<br />
Spirit Lake<br />
9 a.m.-5 p.m. - Black Knights<br />
Classic Car Show Spectacular Car<br />
Weekend Okoboji Classic Cars<br />
10 a.m.-7 p.m. - Vendor Fair and<br />
Demo Rides on Preservation Plaza<br />
10 a.m. - Rally4Veterans Benefit<br />
Ride, Okoboji Harley-Davidson<br />
2 p.m. - Christopher John, Barefoot<br />
Bar, Okoboji<br />
2-5 p.m. - Barefoot Bar Dock Hop:<br />
Stops include Bracco, The Ritz,<br />
and returning to the Barefoot Bar.<br />
3-6 p.m. - Okoboji Boatworks<br />
Dock Hop: Stops include Pirate<br />
Jacks, The Gardens, and the famous<br />
Barefoot Bar.<br />
6:30-9:30 p.m. - Sunset Cruise<br />
on the Diamond Lady with Charlie<br />
Leissler, Okoboji Boatworks<br />
7:30 p.m. - Badlands House Band,<br />
sponsored by Okoboji Indian Motorcycle,<br />
Preservation Plaza<br />
9 p.m. - Fish Heads, The Gardens<br />
Sunday August 21, 2016<br />
Noon - Black Knights Classic Car<br />
Cruise Okoboji Classic Cars<br />
2-5 p.m. - Tim Horsman, Barefoot<br />
Bar, Okoboji<br />
5:15-6:30 p.m. - Siesta Cruise<br />
from Okoboji Boatworks: Hop on<br />
board Okoboji Boatworks’ Caribbean<br />
Cruiser, Okoboji
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