By Patric Hedlund, TME

If you heard the rumbling of a long procession of Harley motorcycles roaring along Frazier Mountain Park Road at 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning, it wasn’t a dream.

Despite the new silence of our coronavirus solitude, 150 people decided they had a mission April 19. They donned their helmets, masks and social distancing protocols, met their police…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Joel ‘The Deacon’ Petersen (left) took his last breath Saturday morning, at 81. On Sunday, his son (above, also named Joel Petersen), led a procession from Flying J to Cuddy Valley in his dad’s honor.

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