Homes For Our Troops Escort Ryde

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Please join us as we welcome home  Army SGT Chad Rozanski in Orlando, FL. (click link to view SGT Rozanski’s profile.

We will meet up at Sweet Mama’s Restaurant for Breakfast for anyone interesting at 7:30am. Anyone not looking to join us for Breakfast would meet in the restaurant parking lot at 8:30am. From there we will depart at 8:45am for a quick 10 minute ride to the escort staging location, where we will group up with other escort groups to ryde to the event location, about a 1.5 mile escort.

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• Breakfast and our Staging location:
  Sweet Mama’s Restaurant
  10743 Narcoossee Rd, Orlando, FL 32832

• STAGING LOCATION:  Parking lot of Bomberos Field Park- 11485 Moss Park Rd, Orlando, FL 32832

• ARRIVAL TIME: No later than 9:20AM

• DEPARTURE TIME: Directive will be given at the staging site.

• EVENT LOCATION: SGT Rozanski’s new home @ 12232 Treetop Court, Orlando, FL 32832

After the event we will determine what our direction will be

Let’s get a large turn out to support SGT Rozanski’s WELCOME HOME Sign up in the comments below. Hope to see you there.

2022 Beat the Heat #2 County Ryde

Join us on Saturday, July 23 for our 2nd Beat The Heat ryde. This ryde will be a county ryde as we head to Inverness for Breakfast at Dillon's Cinnamon Sticks.  Meet up at the Circle K in Oakland (located at 17503 W Colonial Dr, Oakland, FL 34787) at 7:00 am.  Depart at 7:30 for a 61 mile ryde over to Inverness, arriving at approximately 9:00 am. Our return trip back to Minneola will be about 58 mile.

Menu and Website - https://www.cinnamonsticksrestaurant.com/

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Beat the Heat Independace Breakfast Ryde - Funky Pelican

Okay who is up for a Beat the Heat Independence Breakfast Ryde?  This should allow us to beat the heat and rain here in Central Florida.  We will leave the Sanford Area with a meet up at the Racetrac located at the intersection of RT 46 and Lake Mary Blvd. (4115 E. State Rd. 46, Sanford).  Meet up @ 7am with a feet-up at 7:30am sharp.  

We will then head up to the Funky Pelican @ the Flagler Beach Pier for Breakfast (Arrive around 9:30. The route into Flagler Beach will cover the fun part of the Ormond Loop.  We will leave Flagler and had back to Deland via Country Roads. We should be back in Deland around 12:30ish.  Who's up for this RYDE?

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Gator Joe's, Ocklawaha, FL

Saturday, June 18, 2022

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Join this ryde for a fun time and lunch at Gator Joe's in Ocklawaha, FL on beautiful Lake Weir.

Departure is from the Wawa in Winter Garden located at 13501 W Colonial Dr, Winter Garden, FL 34787.

Meet up at 8:30 am to leave at 9:00 am. Travel time will about 2 hr. 30 min. including a bio break mid way in the ryde. We should arrive at Gator Joe's around noon.

This looks to be a great ryde through back roads .

Post a comment below if you plan to go on this ryde.

We will return to Eustis to get folks back to the Central Florida Area.

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Central Florida Twisties with a Twist

Join us Saturday for a twist on the Central Florida Twisties. We will meet up at Central Florida PowerSports starting at 9am with a departure at 9:30am. Our journey will take us over to Winter Haven to the Twisted Prop via some great Central Florida curves.

Total route time is about 3 hrs for about 82 miles.

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2022 International Female Ryde Day to Cowpokes, Sebring, FL

Saturday, May 7, 2022

Meet up is at Wawa, 2449 N Orange Blossom Trail, Kissimmee, FL at 8:00 am
Ryde departs promptly at 8:30 am

Join in to celebrate our Female Ryders on a scenic ryde in the Central Florida countryside through Frost Proof before we have a rest stop in Lake Wales to meet up with the Florida West Coast Chapter. From there it’s more scenic roads on the way to meet up for a multi-chapter International Female Ride Day get-together at Cowpokes Watering Hole, 6813 US-27, Sebring, FL.

Female Ryders RULE !!! Find more information about the goals of IFRD here.

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Everyone is welcome to ryde. Sign up by posting a comment below.

Elbin's Ryde to Tantrums Lakeside Grill, Auburndale

Sunday, April 3, 2022

Meet up at 9:00 am at Wawa, 2499 N Orange Blossom Trail, Kissimmee, FL. Depart at 9:30 am.

Ryding some nice curvy backroads to Tantrums Lakeside Grill. Tantrums is a one of a kind, waterfront, casual dining experience where you can enjoy well-prepared food, water sports in action and a beautiful sunset, though we won’t be there for the sunset.

This is about a 5 hour 15 minute ryde including time for our lunch. Total miles is around 118.

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Krystal's Ryde to Lake Hamilton

Saturday, March 26, 2020

Meet up is at 8:00 am at Wawa at 13501 W Colonial Dr, Winter Garden, FL. Depart promptly at 8:30 am.

The ryde takes us on secondary roads south to Lake Hamilton on some nice curvy roads where we will enjoy lunch at Floridino's Italian Kitchen with great food and amazing views of the lake. After lunch, we head north on some back country roads ending up at Central Florida Power Sports in Kissimmee.

Total estimated time is just under 5 1/2 hours that includes one rest/gas stop and our time for lunch. Mileage for the ryde is about 137 miles.

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Please post a comment if you plan to join. This should be a fun ryde with Krystal leading

Annual Meeting

Our Annual Meeting will be March 5, 2022.

We will meet up at Central Florida Powersports at 9am with a departure around 9:30.

Our ryde will be a 70 mile ryde to Vincent’s in Mt. Dora were we will hold our annual Meeting.

Agenda for the annual meeting to include:

1. Review of 2021 Charitable Contributions

2. Membership vote on 2022 Charitable Contributions

3. Discussion around 2022 RWF Support

4. Open Discussion from Membership

5. Nomination and Election of Officers (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer/Member Admin, Webmaster)

   1. Request for Volunteers to be consider for Charity and Social Coordinators, Road Captains, etc.

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Krystal's Ryde to Pearl Country Store & Barbecue

Rescheduled to February, 5, 2022

Saturday, February 5, 2022

Meet up is at 8:00 am at Wawa at 4660 W State Rd 46, Sanford, FL. We depart promptly at 8:30 am. Krystal’s ryde takes us on secondary roads north to Palatka, FL then west to Micanopy, FL where we will enjoy lunch at Pearl Country Store and Barbecue, 106 NE US Hwy 441 A, Micanopy, FL.

After lunch, we return south and skirt the west side of Ocala National Forrest before we return to the Racetrac at 20005 US Hwy. 441, Mt Dora, FL. Total estimated time is just over 6 hours that includes two rest stops and our time for lunch. Mileage for the ryde is about 194 miles.

Please post a comment if you plan to join. This should be a fun ryde with Krystal leading.

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