6:00 PMMidwesterners Ride (and Tavern Hang)
- Location
- Irving Park, 7th and Fremont Ave NEMeet by the bathrooms
- Organizer
- Meg Horst
- Newsflash
- It’s today! 8/13!
- Start Time
- 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Time Details
- Meet for potluck at 6pm, Ride at 6:45pm
- End Location
- Ending at Jerry's Tavern, a Midwest inspired bar
- Length
- 3-8 miles
Join us for the almost 4th annual Midwesterners Ride (I missed hosting last year). Calling all Midwest transplants to Portland. You count even if you lived in Chicago for only 3 months when you were 21, or if you were born in South Dakota but moved before you could walk. Heck, youbetcha count if you're just Midwest curious! Like last time, bring your best potluck contribution (hot dish, beer brats, scotcheroos, New Glarus, Cincinnatti chili, etc) and wear something that shows your Midwest pride. We'll eat, ride (follow the cheeshead!) and stop halfway for some short card games (20 minutes or so). Bring a deck and show off your best euchre, gin rummy, or whatever card game your aunt and uncle played while drinking old fashioned’s. (It's okay if you don't know games- a friendly midwesterner will teach you!) We'll end at the Midwest inspired Jerry’s Tavern (optional) for ongoing hanging. We might argue about the exact boundaries of the Midwest, whether it is "soda" or "pop," and which state is best (obviously Wisconsin) but what we agree on: It's not the heat, it's the humidity. I heard some people made best friends on this ride in past years and I hope it happens again! I better not keep ya. See ya soon, ope!