Gophers and Cheese

Wrapping up this year's coverage of Chariots of the Gods ...

Chariots of the Gods 2026 coverage continues with this father/daughter pair of Dodge vans: 

Chariots of the Gods  was held for the 13th time in the "triangle of tranquility" in Northeast Minneapolis on August 8th, 2026.  I missed the event last year due to a family road trip which was a good time.  Summers are always busy.  I drove my 1978 Dodge van (of course), brought my Harley-DavidSchwinn (Stingray chopper bicycle), and it was the 3rd event that week where I had my Full Tilt Boogie 3D book for sale .

Wrapping up coverage from Full Tilt Boogie 2026...

Coverage of Full Tilt Boogie 2026 continues...

I headed to Full Tilt Boogie on Saturday and met up with friends and members of Twin City Vans  at Point Douglas Park across the river from Prescott, WI.

Continuing coverage from Twin City Vans 49th Annual Good Times Truck-in.  We now rejoin the show-and-shine... already in progress... :)

Twin City Vans hosted our 49th Annual Good Times Truck-In in Albert Lea, MN in June 2026.  It was my 5th time attending and 4th as a member of TCV.  This is a closeup photo of the souvenir T-shirt I bought (artwork by Aurora).

The weather was beautiful and the resulting turnout was huge for June's bike night at Forgotten Star , hosted by The Litas Twin Cities .

The first bike night of the year was on Cinco de Mayo at Forgotten Star , hosted by The Litas Twin Cities .  Sadly, there were no tacos to be found but it was the big release of their beer, Margalitas, and there was live music and lots of bikes so I suppose I'll forgive them.  I brought my Harley-DavidSchwinn chopper bicycle and parked it right up front.

Here are the rest of the photos I took Saturday at Vintage Torque Fest 2026.  I managed to get a few shots of my 1978 Harley-DavidSchwinn chopper bicycle on the dirt track while Torque Fest was in between racing events.  I did ride it around the track a bit, but didn't do the full oval as half was still muddy and tore up from the demolition derby.

Last month, I packed up my 1978 Dodge van with my freshly-complete 1978 Harley-DavidSchwinn chopper bicycle and headed to Dubuque, IA to Vintage Torque Fest for the first time since 2022.