Text and Photos by Frank Colgoni

On Saturday, September 2, 2006, the weather in southern Ontario pretty much sucked. OK, it totally sucked. HOWEVER, the atmosphere at the Roadmates 50th. Anniversary Picnic made up for the inclement weather.

The Roadmates started the celebration last winter at Speedorama and capped it off (at least for us non-Roadmates) at this 50th. edition picnic complete with the requisite corn roast. It rained on and off during the day then it just simply rained as the remnants of hurricane Ernesto rolled in. Spirits weren't dampened in the least.

Once again, our congratulations go out co-founders Duke and Tony Brown and the entire Roadmates club. As the afternoon portion of the event wore down, a number of tributes were made. Duke and Tony accepted on behalf of the Club and paid tribute to each other and the current and former members.

Here are some highlights of the ceremonies followed by a LARGE slideshow. Enjoy. (by the way, if you make it to the end of the slideshow, the last pic is yours truly followed by Moe Loveless, Jim Pearsall and John Edwards - I never get in any pictures so call it Editor's privledge)