Thunder Roads Magazine of Oklahoma/Arkansas September 2015 | Page 12

FEATURES

PARTYING OL’
SCHOOL BIKER
STYLE
ARTICLE AND PICS
BY DUSTE CRAIG

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Thunder Roads Magazine of OK/AR

It’s mid-July and this biker’s fancy turns to thoughts of....parties!
Good ones. Big ones. Old school biker camping, river swimming,
beer drinking, moonlight dancing Biker Parties! The Mulberry River
Run, also affectionately known by its attendees as Party Nekkid, fits
that bill to a tee!
The event, held at Byrds Adventure Camp, on Hwy 215 in Ozark,
AR, is a 4 day event sponsored by the Boozefighters MC. It is a charity
event that benefits local childrens’ charities in the Northwest Arkansas
area. One of the largest beneficiaries is The Peace at Home Family
Shelter. The Mulberry River Run has raised over $200,000 for various
charities since its inception.
This is most definitely one of those events that ranks high in the
pantheon of cool things to do on a summer weekend. It starts on
Thursday with a BFMC private party which is invitation only. Friday
begins the public portion of the event and it is a hoot! Live music,
raffles, a very well stocked beer garden and vendors are some of the
things to do. Saturday the party continues with plenty of things to do
at the event location. It was very hot that weekend and many people
spent the day swimming and floating on the river, enjoying the cool
water and all the ‘sights’. The food vendors did a brisk business and
the ladies of the BFMC did a fantastic job of slinging beers as fast as
they could get them open!
Since I am employed in the motorcycle business, I work on Saturdays
so I had Thunderhorse II packed with camping gear planning to depart
immediately afterwards to head south for the party. This year I wanted
to get an early start and the bosses were kind enough to let me roll
at 4:00pm.