The March 2025 edition of the OGRES Motorcycle Club monthly meetings will be this coming Thursday at 6 p.m.
The meeting will be held at GRIT 2C in Caldwell, Idaho. The address is 212 S. Kimball Ave.
The forecast shows 55 degree weather with clear skies so actually riding motorcycles should be good to go.
OGRES MC 15 year pins will be awarded along with a plethora of new OGRES MC paraphernalia.
Contact Prez Grim if you have any questions, complaints or concerns.
OGRES Motorcycle Club members met at the Chris Reeves Knives (CRK) headquarters at the appointed date and time. Members present: Bomber, Smooth, G-Man, Duke, RipCity, Grim and Gundy. Members absent: Rowdy and Slick.
We met up with Luke, Operations Manager, and began a complete tour of the facility. We were able to see the entire process from raw materials to shipping. It is amazing how the CRK crew maintains strict protocols to maintain utmost quality control and beautiful workmanship.
After the tour, we moved the meeting to Rudy's for a well earned dinner.
Overall, it was a great time.
We will be touring the entire facility to observe how the world class Chris Reeve Knives are made.
We will meet at the CRK facility at 2949 S. Victory View Way, Boise Idaho. The facility is very near Victory and Maple Grove in south Boise.
Promptness is paramount.
No guests.
OMC cuts are required.
We will go to dinner after the tour. Location to be announced.
Sayonara, Cochise.
OMC members and spouses met at the Clubhouse at the appointed time for socializing and charcuterie hi-jinks. Members present: Bomber, Gundy, G-Man, RipCity, Smooth, Duke, and Grim. Members absent: Slick and Rowdy.
RipCity was kind enough to bring a nice charcuterie board for the pre-dinner socializing and warmup for the evening. The board was much enjoyed and everyone appeared to be happy to be there and to meet and greet each other. It was nice see everyone and it was a nice time. (Note for next year: Allow less time for this activity as everyone was ready to head for the restaurant much before the allotted time was up.)
We then headed over to the restaurant and found our seats at the tables in the railway car. We had a great server and our meal was served in a timely manner. Everyone seemed to enjoy the company and the food.
It was a pleasant evening and a great OMC event.
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| Sgt At Arms, Vice Prez and Prez |
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| Mrs.B |
The annual OGRES Motorcycle Club Valentines Day Dinner, with spouses, is this coming Friday, February 21st, with the following events:
6 pm - Social Hour at the Fairview Clubhouse with beverages and charcuterie yummies
6:50 pm - Stroll over to the Sockeye Grill Railway Car
7 pm - Dinner
Please contact Vice President RipCity by Sunday evening, February 16th, if you are attending OR if you are not attending.
Chris Reeve Knives are highly regarded as the benchmark of quality in the blade industry. Every part of the Chris Reeve knives are done in house. Their headquarters and such are right here in Boise, Idaho.
For our March meeting, we will be doing a tour of their entire facility. It should be very cool to see how arguably the best knives in the world are made.
The tour will be at 3:30 pm. The early hour is required for us to get the "full meal deal" because day shift ends at 4:30 pm. and we would miss that part of the production.
8 or 9 people is max for the amount to tour and see everything. Hence, no guests are allowed unless slots open up by non-attending OMC members.
This should give everyone enough notice to clear their calendar for this excellent adventure.
"Nuff said.
OGRES MC members met at the appointed place and time. Members present: G-Man, Rowdy, Gundy, Bomber, Grim, Duke and Gundy. Absent: RipCity and Slick.
This was really a great OMC meeting. Chill and informative with a lot of great stories and history.
Dues were collected and new OMC stickers were distributed. This sticker is a replica of the "crown side" of the OMC challenge coin. Another set of stickers is coming that will replicate the "crossed pistons" side of the coin.
We talked first about ride planning and expectations. The final version of the 2025 OMC Events and Meetings was handed out although most everyone had already received a copy via email.
Upcoming rides were discussed and members were encouraged to make all reservations as soon as possible...especially Joseph and Hagerman.
More stories and "lies" were shared but no one was in a big hurry to rush to the restaurant and it was quite nice to have a nice, measured and languid pace.
We finally headed over to the restaurant and found a table. We had the same server as last month and she was great.
Everyone ordered their favorite Sockeye meal and we had more conversation and some business talk even though Duke and G-Man were at opposite ends of the table. Smooth did a great job of steering the conversation back to topics of interest to everyone present but then steered the conversation back ?!?!
Seriously, it was a very nice time. No one was in a hurry to leave as we were enjoying the company and were not in a spot of bother to rush away.
The restaurant staff started cleaning and sweeping so we figured we better scat but we had to pause for a photo opportunity as Grim had been remiss in this duty.
The next event will be on February 13th. Bring your old lady, er, I mean, the missus, er, I mean the bride to this shindig.
Peace In and Out.
The OGRES Motorcycle Club 2025 January meeting will be held this coming Thursday, January 9th, at 6 PM.
The meeting will be held at the Fairview Clubhouse.
Dues must be paid at this meeting for a member to remain in good standing with the OMC.
Nos vemos allí.
It was a fine New Years Day that found the OGRES MC members gathering for the annual breakfast meeting. Members in attendance: Slick!, Gundy, Smooth, Rowdy, Grim, G-Man and RipCity. Absent: Duke and Bomber (woke up sick!).
The morning started out with RipCity, early as usual and "Johnny-On-The-Spot", arriving at the Capri Cafe 30 minutes early. This was fortunate as the Capri Cafe was closed, even though we had this breakfast there on two prior occasions.
This was not problem as RipCity deftly turned the tip of the spear to Terri's Cafe in Meridian. Part of the Members read their texts and rerouted but part showed up at the Capri Cafe and then read their texts. All Members eventually arrived.
It was a very pleasant and delicious breakfast as far as Grim knows. Grim was able to have a conversation with most everyone except RipCity and Slick. They were having their own private meeting so in the future we may have to separate them. Lol.
The next meeting is on January 9th. There will be a special door prize and dues are to be collected.
Bring your fifty bucks to the meeting to ensure your OMC membership status as being in standing.
Sayonara Cochise.
