Trip to the Lynard Skynard memorial

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My oldest son and I joined up this Saturday with the Laurel Freedom Riders chapter of the CMA (Christian Motorcyclist Association). I was on my FJR1300 and Dustin was on his Harley Pan America.

It was a fellowship ride to the Lynard Skynard memorial near McComb.

The weather was clear and 50° but got up over 80° that afternoon.
We rode miles of boring slab, but this is a great group of people, the destination was cool, and lunch itself was not the usual.





The memorial stands along a rural road about a thousand yards from the actual crash site where the band's charter plane went down on October 20th, 1977.




I was blessed with the opportunity to meet two men who were there on that fateful day.
Mark Howard, one of the survivors of the crash, was the lighting contractor for the band. He stepped by on his way back to Texas.
That's him on the left. I'm on the right.


Bobby McDaniel is a local who was among the people who made their way through the woods to the wreckage to rescue survivors.
That him on the right.


We ate lunch at The Dinner Bell. Southern cooking served on a lazy Susan table. It was perfect for our group.

Then we rode a ton more slab to get back home.


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