Thunder Roads Magazine of Oklahoma/Arkansas December 2014 Issue 5 Volume 13 | Page 32

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of home, but we decided to cap off the weekend
with a trip to see the Statue of Liberty and Ground
Zero. The Statue of Liberty is a pretty amazing
sight looking across the Hudson River, but riding to
Ground Zero was truly a moving experience. After
some more crazy riding through the streets and
Helvey running the Sick Shovel smooth out of gas,
we walked over to the memorials at Ground Zero. It
is difficult to explain, but there is a feeling that comes
over you while there. You can feel that something
has happened there. The monuments for all the lives
that were lost were done tastefully and very well
thought out. The building that NYC is building as
the “replacement” is massive. A number of shops
and building around Ground Zero have pieces of the
buildings that fell. Seeing the thickness of the metals
and the damage that was done to them was aweinspiring. Really it was the perfect ending to what
turned out to be the best weekend of motorcycle

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fun that I have ever had the pleasure to experience.
Do yourself a favor and put the Indian Larry Block
Party, The Brooklyn Invitational, and Ground Zero
visit on your bucket list.