The next morning a number of us saddled up
our dirt bikes and enjoyed a casual trail ride in
the beautiful Colorado Rockies. There is some-
thing magical about riding with friends!
Erik arranged for us to use the Woodland Park
Civic Center and catered in a lovely Saturday
evening dinner. Erik also brought ISDT/E memo-
rabilia and vintage Cycle News issues with Six
Days coverage in them. Matt Tabor, from KTM
North America, donated some nice KTM swag
and we had fun giving that out to the 45 vets and
family in attendance.
The evening's program began with each vet-
eran sharing a story of their Six Day experience.
Buck Walsworth, at 84 years young, recounted
some of his Ossa history. Soon to follow was
our youngest veteran, Rachel Rush, who is 18.
When I asked her what she did at the Six Days,
she responded, "I learned to walk." She was
one year old. Rachel's father, Bill Rush, later told
ISDE REUNION
P100
Feature
over the years. Larry Maiers would MC an
evening event, where the vets shared stories,
renewed old friendships and started new
ones. The reunions continued even after Leroy
passed, and about 10 years ago, Larry handed
the MC duties over to me and my partner, Jeff
DeBell. Jeff and I decided that on the 20th an-
niversary of the Leroy Winters Memorial ISDT
Reunion Ride, it was time to retire the event
and the awards associated with Leroy and the
1960s generation.
This spring, Erik Nijkamp contacted me with
the idea of holding an ISDT/E reunion in Colo-
rado, and I was very excited to be involved with
a new group of veterans.
The weekend started Friday evening when
many of the vets met for a casual bite to eat
and drinks in downtown Woodland Park,
Colorado. It was so good to see old friends we
hadn't seen in a lot of years.
(L-R) Kevin Lavoie, Bill and Lucy Berroth, and Jeff and Sue Slavens enjoyed
their time hanging out in Colorado and talking dirt bikes.
