MOAB TIMES: VETERANS CHARITY RIDE GOES TO STURGIS

CASTLE VALLEY-BASED NONPROFIT USES MOTORCYCLE THERAPY TO REACH WOUNDED VETERANS

A BAGPIPER AND HIS DOG LEAD A GROUP OF MOTORCYCLE-RIDING VETERANS JULY 25 AT SWANNY PARK, WHERE THE ANNUAL VETERANS CHARITY RIDE TO THE STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY STARTED.PHOTO BY DOUG MCMURDO

​By Doug McMurdo

The Veterans Charity Ride to Sturgis began with a ceremony at Swanny Park July 25. The patriotic event featured bagpipes, a color guard from the American Legion in Moab, and the Utah Patriot Guard.
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The guests of honor included 104-year-old Moab resident and World War II veteran Kate Thomson, who gamely rode in the sidecar of an Indian motorcycle, and men and women who were wounded in war. Some of the injuries they suffered were obvious. Amputees are hard to miss. Others were not visible at first glance – but those in attendance honored all of them.

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