Poker run means fun, fundraising

Suzanne Johnson and Monte Gossard stood on 2nd Avenue in downtown Havre Saturday morning in the midst of more than 50 parked motorcycles, chatting with friends.

The street was blocked off so Eagle Riders could organize its annual poker run for the benefit of the Montana Wounded Warrior program. The motorcyclists were headed out to Fort Benton, Chester, Inverness, Hingham and back to Havre for a barbecue and a dance.

Brady residents Johnson and Gossard, who were two of 97 bikers in the poker run, know a lot about such events.

Devoted motorcyclists, they spend most of their summer weekends going...