Cowboy Keith Poker Run

Josh and I were stoked to be a part of the benefit for Cowboy Keith this past Sunday. Keith is a local Nashville scooterist who was hit by a car and will not be able to work for 3-4 months. So the community got together to raise some money to help him out.

My morning did not start out that great because I flooded my scoot and spent an hour trying to fix my noob mistake. Ha ha. I made it to the meet-up in east Nashville just in time to put gas in my tank and sign my name to the sheet. So, unfortunately I did not get the briefing or any other info. Just enough time to fire it up and ride!

This was my very first group ride. It was a lot of fun and I was able to actually go through some neighborhoods I have never been to. For those who don’t know how a Poker Run works (I didn’t), you basically pick up a card at each stop and at the end the person with the best hand wins. And no, I did not win. But the very cool gentleman who did donated his portion of the pot to Cowboy Keith. Nice!

There was 21 of us on the run. A great group! Our first stop was Mitchell Deli, a great local sandwich shop. After that we popped over to East Side Scooters. Then we cruised over memorial bridge, up demonbreun and down 12th south to Katy K Designs. I took my favorite picture of the day at this location; a bunch of scooters with the word “Believe” (on a local Church) above them. Our final stop was the back parking lot at Grimey’s / The Basement. I actually later discovered that I dropped my house keys in this parking lot and a very nice girl at Grimey’s held them for me at the front counter. Thanks! Our final stop was back at the original starting point at 5 Points in East Nashville where hula hooping, burgers and BBQ, coffee and banana bread were abundant. A great post-run hang time was had by all.

Other than one close encounter with a speeding police car at railroad tracks there wasn’t any riding drama involving cars, at least that I saw. Every one returned safe and sound!

The run was a great time and very well organized (way to go Oliver, Kerry and Shaun). Thanks to everybody who pitched in money and participated in this event. It was great to meet some of you for the first time and we’re all looking forward to the next ride!

For more on Cowboy Keith and how you can help out, go to – savecowboykeith.com. Seven pics from the run that I took are posted here – full set of 40 photos here. There is a slideshow by KymcoJones at the ESS website Fun page.