The Run was a great time as always, had a lot of fun. A lot of work went into the old Tusker site to bring it back up to it's past glory. A lot of thanks go out to all that helped rebuild the site; Sean, Marty, Kelly, Traci, Jimmy, Sarah, Mugsy, Jonesy, Mo, Dave, Tony, Gloria, Lonnie, Jeff, George, Brian, Darryl, Pete, Whitey, Albert, and of course Vinny, as well as many more that should be mentioned, but my memory is a little fuzzy, you know who you are. Even now that it is known as the Run for Charity site, you still get a feeling of being at a Tusker. The 3rd annual Southern Cycles Run for Charity should be even bigger and better.

So much for thinking we had it easy this year, with the buildings all done, the new grass planted, and everything in place. 2 weeks before the run it started to rain, and rain, and rain. We had river watch out for the week before the run, and to take precautions we moved what we could to higher ground. Sure enough 4 days before the run the river came flowing through the site. At first it was a lot of nasty words and why again this year, but we buckled down and went to work. We rented a stage from the South Country Fair, a kitchen unit from The Keg, found a temporary site and started again. It was a lot of work relocating the fire wood, sound shack, fire pit, pig pit, etc. A whole lot of thanks goes out to Tony, Gloria, Wes, Card Mark Card, Mugsy, Jeff, Marty, the crew from Wilson Drilling (We had that stage put up in record time!). Thanks as usual to the regular staff members and others that I can't remember right now, you know who you are. I hope to have some pictures up soon. Looking forward to the 4th annual because it's been an adventure so far!

Run for Charity Pictures

2001

Starting the flood damage clean-up

The Site was a disaster area

 

Starting the Kitchen

Hanging the welcome sign

 

The Bar is open early

Pete starting on the Pig Pit

 

Mo & Brandi working on the old Tusker sign

Lonnie taking a break

 

The finished Bar with the tribute sign to Denny

The finished Stage

 

The Kitchen

Show & Shine

 

Pete & Dave flippin' the pigs

Dave, Scotty, Pete servin' chow

 

Vinny getting his share of the pig

Fancy post caps

 

The drags, which spawned many grudge matches

Deb coolin'off the cook

2002

Our Site 4 days before the run

The Log Jam at the stage

Looking  towards the camping area

The temporary stage

Potato in the Hay

Balloon Toss

Vinny and Armand in the drags

Show & Shine

More Show & Shine

2003

Our work is already cut out for us in 2003

But we will be ready for June

More pictures to come