Biker Weddings and Sink Water: Mule Woody and Maggie in Pink, Oklahoma

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

I went from a mansion to a biker ranch in a day. Maggie went from drinking water from a trough to a sink. None of us minded it one bit. In fact, we loved it. Al and Lisa Stillwell make a mule man feel that way.

After all, what do you expect from a couple in a place called Pink, OK?

Certainly not Harleys.

Two Nudes on a Straw Hat

Al and Lisa run Winding Creek, a gathering point for biker concerts, biker weddings, and all things motorcycle and leather related.

I met Al down at the convenience store just after wonder-where-we’re-going-to-sleep-tonight-o’clock.

Al walked up to me wearing a sawed-off t-shirt and black straw hat with the silhouette of two nudes sitting back to back. Like the ones you see on eighteen-wheeler mud flaps.

“Hey, come on out to our place” he said and then told me about the hot showers.

I rode on out to Winding Creek, Al’s farm, and learned about bike runs.

Al hosts them twice a year. It’s just a big biker get together with music and road trips and lots of beer and probably more nudity than I’ve been exposed to since I sailed naked from Africa.

After I squared Woody and Maggie for the night, Al showed me his ride and a Bud.

Al wants to “make it more a family thing” by adding some cabins. While we stood down at the music stage drinking beer, he waved his arm across the field turning gold under the falling sun.

“Man it’s a sight when you can’t see the grass for the people”.

Then his arm follows down the slope of the hill. “Next, I want to build some cabins. I’m just going to use old building materials. I’m going to call it “Nothing New””.

“I just want to use old stuff. 12 volt stuff I can get off old RV’s. I can run them with solar panels. “Make it a nice place for a family to come hang out for a weekend.”

The showers are already there. As are the two sinks. So far, Al’s kept his promise about nothing being new.

The next morning Maggie, in a bout of domestic confusion, mistook the sink for a watering trough.

Out here in Pink, they come on steel hogs and sink drinking is forgiven.

(Al and Lisa, good luck with “Nothing New”. Oh, and thanks for that black “Winding Creek” t-shirt! Bernie)

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