Festive biker ladies

I was invited to judge the photography entries at a student art contest on Saturday. My boyfriend Pat, who is a news photog at a local TV station, was invited to judge the film/video entries, and my good friend Angie, a gifted artist, judged the visual arts (i.e., paintings and drawings). This is an annual contest held by the PTA for students from first through twelfth grade. The judging took place at a large church across town. When we drove up and parked our car, for some reason there was a group of biker ladies with some very impressive looking Harleys in the parking lot. Upon closer inspection I could see that their bikes were decorated to the hilt for Christmas, and the ladies themselves looked very cool in their leathers, ready to ride. I immediately asked them if I could take their picture! They were happy to oblige and struck this pose for me. Thanks ladies!

ETA: On January 7th one of the ladies in the above photo e-mailed me to say that later that afternoon, as they were enjoying their ride, they got into a terrible accident! Apparently the lady in the lead bike decided to pull over and put on some gloves; the rider behind her didn't notice and accidentally plowed into her. The first lady broke her neck, the second lady broke her back, and the lady who wrote to me (Roxana) suffered from emotional harm from witnessing such a terrible accident. She attached a few photos of the accident, the rescue, and her friends in the hospital. It looked horrible and scary. But it could have been much worse -- I'm glad they all survived to tell the tale.