Bunny Run

Here in Ft. Myers and in other cities, bikers get together to have a "Bunny Run" at Easter. It's like the Christmas Toys for Tots runs for kids that are so popular. Everyone brings a toy and we drop them in a bin at the local hospital.

There were about 300 bikes starting out from the Harley dealership this morning on a 21 mile ride to Lee Memorial's Health Park hospital. We were escorted by the county sheriff's deputies and jammed up traffic all over town at the height of tourist season.

I rode in with a group of friends from the Special Forces Motorcycle Club. We were told that stuffed animals could not be given to the kids but the evening before I had run into the Katz family, whose son and daughter are Kenpo students and they gave me this big, stuffed Easter Bunny to get to the kids. I had to bungee him to my back as you see in the photos and we were a bit of a hit. A reporter came by to ask me both my and the rabbit's name. Had to name her Anna, after the Katz young'in. I took "Anna" upstairs to the Pediatric unit for the nurses. The nurse who took custody with a laugh said "She needs resuscitation, she's blue." I replied we had to ride in the rain a bit but she'd be Ok. She thanked me and all the hundreds of bikers that participated. I have to thank nurses, they're incredible.

The next event here in Ft. Myers is for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation on 11-12 April to raise money for their scholarship fund. You can see an article titled "The Warrior Foundation" about it elsewhere in this blog.

Happy Easter from "Anna" and all of us here in Ft. Myers.