PGR July 2, 2006

On July 2 PGR the escorted a soldier, Spec. 4 Devin Lemco, 22, from Chula Vista to the San Diego Airport as he prepares to return to Iraq.

We met at "Kohl's" located at 2325 Otay Lakes Rd. in Chula Vista at 0900 and kickstands up at 0930. Eastlake lower Church is located across the street from Kohl's. We waited for our hero's arrival in the church parking lot to the left.

Sixty PGR's showed up and met Devin and his family, we then ecorted him to the San Diego Airport.



Devin and his mom, not a dry eye in the house.... boy Bikers are tough :)



Devin with his mom, little sister and Dad.. everyone was moved by the support from PGR.



Here we are at SD Airport... the crowd was amazing



Bev and I did 450 miles round trip for this mission, and it was worth every mile.

Good Luck Devin... see you when you return!

On July 3rd, we received this letter from Devin's Mom:

 Hello Dear PGR,

Words cannot express the amazing send off you did for Devin yesterday. I went on line to find some words that would help me to express our appreciation. One word stuck out to me; 'revealing'. The meaning of the word is 'to bring to view'. Which is what you all did in a real way for Devin. You showed our Amazing military men and women that they are not alone, that people do love and support them, and you revealed the true heart of an American, and you did it in such a big way! It's hard for Devin to believe that you did this for him. He knows it's for THEM. Devin will take this all back to Iraq, and tell them about it. What you have done will be spread to the hearts and minds of Troops.

Do you know how important those little words of wisdom you gave Devin are to him? To us? It's something that we couldn't give him; it could only come from someone who's been there.

I have a favorite line in the Bible when it comes to my children, its LUKE 2:19 "But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart." Yesterday was one of those days. I will always treasure it.

From the airport, we met Barbaralee Monday and Jamie and their entourage at the McClousky (ship) spent time with them as well as getting to know some of the PGR. To top it off, they also went to the USO at the San Diego Airport last night. They walked in with Flags flying and took time to visit with some of our Awesome military who where waiting to to fly out or get to their base.~ it was wonderful to see~

Thank you for sharing our day, and making it truly memorable for our whole family. We were blessed to meet you all.Thank you for your prayers and we'll keep in touch, you are family. If you're a Vietnam Vet, Welcome home. We love you, you are our sons and daughters.

Here is a poem that Devins dad Ron wrote, who was in awe over your outpouring of support:

Patriot Riders

They get on their Iron Horse and ride
They do it with grace, they do it with pride.
They show our boys support, 'cause they've been there
These true Americans, they really care.
They can see reflection in our your boys eyes
Of the guys they knew that paid the price.
And 'forgotten' is something that will never happen again
These boys are all hero's the Patriots will forever defend.
From my heart I want to thank you, for what you do
To know the real meaning of the Red, White and Blue.
And for every soldier that ever died
stay on your Iron horse and ride.