2010/09/26 13:42 Filed in:
Events and RidesCaptain Too High’s Benefit was a rousing success. Captain’s had two strokes and major surgery that sold us on the idea of helping him get back on his feet financially. The Houston chapter worked really hard to ensure that all the details for the benefit came together. We had help from a lot of people we’d like to recognize:
The weather cooperated and friends of Captain Too High and the Houston Gypsys turned out to support the Captain. Registration was very close to what we had planned so we had enough food, soft drinks and water for everyone. Gypsy MC Houston Charter members: Cowboy and Captain Too High did the majority of the auctioneering. Members from Gypsy chapters included Fort Bend, Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Bayou City, League City, Calallen and Cuero. Gypsy black and red rockers also attended. Several clubs showed support for the Captain: Boozefighters, Street Lords, Vietnam Veterans, CMA and a couple more that I may have missed (my apologies).
Read More... 2010/09/16 12:06 Filed in:
Personal & Philosophy[Editor’s Note: I welcome Wango Tango’s first contribution to the “Front of the Pack” Blog. The comments he shares with us have come to him from a nearly fifteen hundred mile ride from Houston to Dallas to NW Arkansas and Oklahoma and then back through Arkansas and home to Texas. Thank you, WT, for sharing your experiences!]
Riding ... riding hard through the Ozarks chasing my Gypsy MC brothers. They are ahead of me ... burning it hard. I'm looking down at them from the ridge I'm on; watching them ride handlebar to handlebar taking curves like Fred and Ginger danced ... doing 70 on a 45 mph turn ... blood is pumping ... what a cool sight too see!
I'm chasing them ... and catching them from time to time ... cars pile up and we have to slow down ... but they can't stand it. They burn it around a stream of cars blindly at a curve ... like adrenalinized surfers shooting the pier. I can't lose them ... I kick the throttle back and feel the rush ... my bike is roaring ... going over a bridge and just making it in behind them before a car closes in on me from the oncoming lane.
Read More... 2010/09/06 10:46 Filed in:
Events and RidesGuys like Webster say “a pilgrimage can be a journey to a holy place, undertaken for religious reasons” or it “can be a trip to a place with special significance”. To me, visiting the Simerly Family Cemetery in Westville, Oklahoma is a trip to a place with special significance … my periodic trips to Westville have become an important part of my Gypsy life. Papa Jack Simerly, the man who established the Gypsy MC in Texas, lived his latter years in Oklahoma and passed from this world in 1998. His wife, Jaynie, joined him in the Gypsy MC Forever Chapter three years later, in 2001. It was Jack’s wish that he and Jaynie would be buried on their farm. Gravestones mark the final resting place of Jack, Jaynie, their infant son, Lee, and Jack’s dog, Pistol Pete. Papa Jack and Jaynie’s farm is located off of Highway 62, about a quarter of a mile south on Thomas Road, just west of the Highway 62 and 59 intersection.
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