Dear and Beloved: Provophenia 9: The Hills Have Y's

Dave and I have been to a lot of scooter rallies over the last ten years since Brigham's Bees Scooter Club was formed. I think the first rally we attended was in Las Vegas and the excitement of it and the love of riding caused a group of us to want to throw our own rally. My favorite rally is Provophenia. The Scooter Lounge has sponsored all nine of them.

You might be asking yourself "What is a rally?". Dave would describe a typical rally as a bunch a people who share a love of scooters and get together for rides, music, contests, raffles, and gymkhana (an obstacle course). I would add a bunch of people talking about scooters, admiring scooters, doing crazy stunts, seeing the town, entertainment and eating. Oh- and I would also add that a lot of people like to bar hop- which I think is incredibly stupid when you are operating a moving vehicle. In fact, many people look forward to going to a rally just so they can get hammered. But that is not our rally.

This year, Provophenia 9 was all about one thing - riding our scooters. We went on rides we've never done before. One of my pet peeves about rallies is how much people stand around talking, inhaling 2T oil fumes, instead of actually riding. There is too much stop and starting. We changed all that this year. Dave (an excellent guide) led us both days all over the place and we did more riding than anything. The weather was absolutely perfect and the leaves were changing. Keeping with the theme "The Hills Have Y's" we took to the hills of this beautiful valley. We saw forests, mountains, rivers, red rock, lakes, and hills. The glow of the ride still hasn't worn off. We didn't indulge in any of the usual frills of scooter rallies- we just rode and I think it was the best rally we've had in nine years.

four Vespas

BYU football game traffic on the way out of town

Deer Creek look-out just above Cascade Springs

the two of us

all of us on the first day of Provophenia 9

a demonstration of what wind does to a beard

Laura and Jim

Vespa flair

my LH rear view mirror

in the tall tall grass

Cascade Springs (Jen's photos)

water spilling out of the mountain

lined up Saturday morning of Provophenia 9 in front of Crest

Marty and Jen

Tyler

Jeremy's 4T Stella

Dave and I - Dave brought 2 scooters to the rally - he rode the older one and put his more reliable one in the back of the support truck just in case he needed it...which he eventually did

"mi amigo mejor Boo Crandall"

I believe there were 17 scooters for the Saturday 100 mile ride

good formation

temporarily separated by a nasty diesel truck

we are many

Jeremy posing for the shot

Boo- infamous Boo

Joel and Becca

Tru and little sis

stopping along the Nebo loop - Dave's GS was flooding

packing up the GS, switching it for the Stella

Joel, Becca, Jeremy, Jim, Zach and others

affectionately mine

looking out over Utah Lake

snacks for the road

seafoam- does it really do all it says it does?

Dave's boot &

my view

the other side of the mountain

my name is John and I am not a terrorist

the end of Nebo loop- unfortunately, we rode so steadily that no one took pictures of the stunning scenery and changing leaves that we saw on the way up and down- if you don't believe me, go see for yourself

burgers and fries in Mona- they make good food here

Burraston Pond rope swings

Dave taking a dive

Let go Laura!

Nick- braving the cold water

Marty taking a plunge

David B. and Shena

peaceful September day

perfect September day

Dave fixing his flat tire

hey Tyler- why are you the only one without a helmet?

we ended up at The Trolley in Springville after riding through Goshen Canyon and around West Mountain - none of us took pictures of that long stretch (which is sad because it was so scenic)- we were all enjoying the long stretches of country roads lined by sunflowers, orchards and the lake shoreline