点评:This is now the premier motorcycle rally in Canada. If not North America. It gets bigger and more exciting every year. This is Canada's Sturgis Rally! The international biker community has embraced Hogs as a go to for summer events. I hope this event grows even more. It's amazing how the community of Leamington and Essex county have welcomed this event with open arms. I have been to Hogs since day one. It is a gem to this community and an exciting charity for the local hospice. Keep up the great work.
CAMPING not associated with H4H: I hate putting a bad light on any local business. However, for the sake of future campers at the next H4H. I feel compelled to highlight my camping experience. A "know before you go" assistance. The camping experience was a zero star. It was a shady money grab BY THE ROMA CLUB from the moment we made the reservation. Sad given this is a charity weekend. The ad for camping clearly states $75 a night for a tent site. But once you pay for your campsite, it is now $100 a night per campsite. We were also told there would be showers provided. Let's just say the showers provided were pretty much a garden hose attached to a shower head fixed to a refurbished porta john with cold water only inside. WITH LOCAL HOMELESS ALSO USING IT! Could they put the tents in shaded, blocked off corner protected from vehicle traffic and drunks. Nope, they stuck them in the most dangerous area possible. Each night there is an afterparty near the tenting area which goes till 2:30am. Most drunk patrons don't leave the area till 4am. Try sleeping in a tent a hundred feet away from giant speakers blaring dance music with a DJ screaming out the words of the song. Then try sleeping while drunkin 20 year olds fight, scream and fall on to your tent. While cars and pickups drive on the grass inches away from your tent. Cutting through the site to get to the grocery store parking lot beside, so the police can't ding them for drinking and driving leaving the Roma Club. Driving close enough to my tent to shear the tent strings. Sound safe? It's definitely not. There's no fencing to stop them, not even a temporary snow fence. No security over night. Do you need to use the washroom while you're camping on a 3-day weekend?? Well you won't be using it after Saturday morning as all three porta johns in the campground were out of toilet paper. Leaving us to use the washrooms at Burger King and local restaurants and stores. Remember we paid $100 a night. I have been going to Hogs for hospice since 2016. Since the original year it started. I've been riding motorcycles my whole life. I'm not 80 years old. I like to party. I like to get drunk and I like to have a good time with my bike. I've been to Sturgis, Daytona, Dover and more. This isn't poor planning. This is a scam. THIS PUTS an extremely negative light on the H4H hemisphere. While an amazing charity is trying to do amazing things. This place is literally scamming patrons for a quick buck. Unless it somehow gets fixed next year. DO NOT CAMP AT THE ROMA CLUB. Sure, being a block away from Hogs for Hospice is convenient. But at what cost?? Your sanity? Your sleep? Your safety? The fact that most of us get up early in the morning on Saturday, to go to the charity ride, actually makes this camping dangerous. 2 hours sleep each night. Do better Roma Club. You have people coming from all over the province to go to this event. Most of those people assume the Roma Club H4H camping is part of Hogs for Hospice. It is not. It's a money grab, that they use to leach off a charity. An extremely sad situation. If I were Hogs, I would talk to a local farmer, the town or whoever and see if they could set up a field for camping at Hogs. I would still definitely pay a premium price per night and so would most people knowing that money is going to the charity. I don't even believe the Roma Club gives the camping money to the charity. Hogs for Hospice...YOU ARE AMAZING!!! I WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT YOU. Please remove yourselves from this money grab.
翻译:如今,这已是加拿大最负盛名的摩托车集会——甚至可以说是整个北美地区最盛大的摩托车盛会。每年,它的规模都不断扩大,气氛也愈发热烈。这就是加拿大的“斯特吉斯摩托车集会”!国际摩托车爱好者群体早已将Hogs视为夏季活动的首选之地。我希望这项活动能发展得更好。令人欣慰的是,利明顿及埃塞克斯县的当地社区都以热情的态度接纳了这项活动。从首届开始,我就一直参加Hogs活动。它不仅是当地社区的宝贵财富,也为当地的临终关怀机构带来了可观的慈善捐助。继续保持出色的工作吧。
与H4H无关的露营经历:我不愿意给任何本地商家贴上负面标签。不过,为了今后参加H4H活动的露营者们着想,我觉得有必要分享一下我的露营经历。这算是一种“出行前须知”的信息吧。我的露营体验简直糟糕透顶,只能打零分。从我们预订的那一刻起,罗玛俱乐部就在想方设法赚我们的钱。考虑到这原本是个慈善活动周,实在令人遗憾。露营广告上明明写着搭帐篷的场地费用是每晚75美元啊。不过,一旦你付费使用露营地,费用就变成了每个露营位每晚100美元。我们还被告知那里会提供淋浴设施。实际情况是,所谓的“淋浴设施”不过是一根接在淋浴头上的花园水管,而那个淋浴头则被安装在一个经过翻新的移动厕所上,里面只有冷水。而且当地的无家可归者也在使用这些设施!他们能不能把帐篷安置在有遮挡、远离车辆和醉汉的阴凉角落里呢?不行,他们反而把帐篷安置在了最危险的位置。每晚在帐篷区附近都会举办后派对,一直持续到凌晨2点半。大多数喝醉的宾客直到凌晨4点才离开。试着在离那些大声播放着舞曲、DJ还在嘶吼着歌词的巨型音响仅一百英尺远的帐篷里入睡吧。然后再试着在20岁左右、喝醉了酒的年轻人互相打斗、尖叫,甚至摔倒在你的帐篷上时入睡。与此同时,汽车和皮卡就在离你的帐篷仅几英寸远的草地上穿行。还有人为了去旁边的杂货店停车场而横穿整个营地。这样警察就没法以“酒后驾车”为由处罚那些离开罗姆人俱乐部的人了。他们的车开得离我的帐篷很近,差点把帐篷的绳子给扯断。听起来安全吗?其实绝对不安全。那里没有任何围栏来阻止他们,甚至连临时的防雪围栏都没有。夜间也没有保安巡逻。在为期三天的周末露营时,你需要上厕所吗?那么在周六早上之后你就用不上了——因为露营地里的三间移动厕所都没了卫生纸。我们只能使用汉堡王以及当地餐馆和商店的洗手间。请记住,我们每晚支付了100美元。自2016年起,也就是Hogs Hospice项目创立的那一年起,我就一直参与其中。我一生都在骑摩托车。我还没到80岁呢。我喜欢派对,喜欢喝醉,也喜欢骑着我的摩托车尽情享受。我去过斯特吉斯、代托纳、多佛等地。这绝不是规划不周,这就是一场骗局。这种行为给H4H项目带来了极其负面的影响。虽然有一家很棒的慈善机构正在努力做善事,但这个地方简直就是在骗游客的钱以谋取暴利。除非明年情况能有所改善。千万别在罗马俱乐部露营!诚然,那里离“Hogs for Hospice”活动地点只有一个街区之遥,挺方便的。但代价是什么呢?你的理智?你的睡眠?你的安全?我们大多数人都会在周六一大早起床去参加慈善骑行活动,这种情况下在此露营其实相当危险——每晚只能睡两个小时而已。罗马俱乐部,请做得更好吧。有来自全省各地的人来参加这个活动。大多数人以为罗姆人俱乐部举办的H4H露营活动是“Hogs for Hospice”慈善活动的一部分。其实并非如此。这纯粹就是一种敛财手段,他们借此来榨取慈善活动的资金。真是可悲至极的情况。如果我是Hogs组织的一员,我会联系当地农民、镇政府或其他相关方,看看能否在Hogs场地上设置露营区。即便如此,我仍会毫不犹豫地支付高于常规的每晚露营费用,绝大多数人也会这样做,因为他们知道这些钱会用于慈善事业。我甚至怀疑罗马人俱乐部是否真的把露营活动的经费捐给了慈善机构。Hogs for Hospice……你们太棒了!!我会永远支持你们。请务必远离这种敛财行为吧。