Hi-Line Living: Freedom, community and the ride

As the morning sun hung three-quarters up in the sky Saturday, downtown Havre was filled with the sound of motorcycles as the Seventh Annual Spring Opener Poker Run for Montana Wounded Warriors got underway.

"We all like to ride," Kindred Spirits President Randy Iverson of Shelby said. "It's fun to ride in a group, amazing how many people you get to know every year."

Montana Wounded Warriors uses funds raised, such as by the Eagle Riders Poker Run, to send Montana veterans wounded in combat on trips to hunt and fish in Montana.

The ride, which was hosted by the Havre Eagle Riders Club, began a...