River Valley Ridge Riders hold another successful poker run

96 year old Marjorie Spaulding ready for a ride with Ken Hathaway on his new Indian motorcycle during one of the stops Saturday on the Over the Hill Poker Run, sponsored by the River Valley Ridge Riders.

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2017-05-23 / Local River Valley Ridge Riders hold another successful poker run Pictured is Marjorie Spaulding, 96, given a ride by Ken Hathaway on his new Indian motorcycle during one of the stops Saturday on the Over the Hill Poker Run, sponsored by the River Valley Ridge Riders. Pictured is Marjorie Spaulding, 96, given a ride by Ken Hathaway on his new Indian motorcycle during one of the stops Saturday on the Over the Hill Poker Run, sponsored by the River Valley Ridge Riders. The River Valley Ridge Riders held their 10th Annual Over the Hill Poker Run on Saturday, May 21. The ride gets its name, “Over the Hill,” because it is a ride that the elderly residents of local nursing homes have come to look forward to each year. The ride is organized by Ed Foster and Gail Benton. They say it couldn’t happen without help from the staff of the residential homes and the volunteers who help run things. The poker run begins at Springfield Health and Rehab and travels to the Gill Odd Fellows Home in Ludlow, then to Elm Wood Center in Claremont and ends at Cedar Hill Health Care in Windsor. Pictured is Marjorie Spaulding, 96, given a ride by Ken Hathaway on his new Indian motorcycle. Spaulding has been riding motorcycles since the early 1960s. She says life is to be lived and she still tries to get a ride “at least” once a year. That sums up why the bikers take this ride every year. The people, the stories and the spirit of the often forgotten.