FALL PHOTO CONTEST

Fall Photo Contest

Submit your Pics to RtR – maybe see them in the magazine, maybe win some cool prizes! Reasons To Ride (RtR) is inviting everyone to submit photos for consideration as part of our 2022 Fall Photo Contest. This is a fun, informal contest for amateur photographers and anyone with a camera phone that is interested in possibly seeing their pictures in the magazines or shared with our readers. If you have a great shot of you and your bike by a landmark, maybe a cool shot of your riding group having a great time, or maybe just a cool shot while you were out riding around – go ahead and submit it. Photos can be from any ride or event from 2022 – they do NOT have to be “Fall / Autumn” themed. To submit a photo, please email the photo (JPEG) to Info@ReasonsToRide.com – with PHOTO CONTEST in the subject line. You can submit up to 3 photos. Please include the names and email addresses of anyone included in the photo. Please include where the photo was taken. We will select photos to feature in the magazine and all entries will be submitted for random prize selection – using the RtR Event Prize Wheel! $100, $50, and $20 Gift Certificates are all available – as well as other partner prizes. All submissions must be original work, taken by the entrants. No third party may own or control any materials the photo contains, and the photo must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person.

• The photo must be in its original state and cannot be altered in any way, including but not limited to removing, adding, reversing, or distorting subjects within the frame. Do not submit photos with “filters” or vignette shading. • Violators will be removed from the contest, stripped of any prize(s), and banned from entering future contests. • Entries will not be accepted unless submitted via the official contest channel.

Entries not submitted through the proper channel may not be accepted and can simply be deleted. • Entries will be judged by Reasons To Ride and all decisions are final. RtR reserves the right to disqualify any entry that is deemed inappropriate or does not conform to stated contest rules. • By entering the contest, entrants agree that photos submitted can be used by Reasons To Ride within the magazine, online, and for advertising purposes. Reasons

To Ride • Submissions will be accepted ongoing for consideration, but may miss the contest and prize deadlines if submitted after November 15th . • All prizes must be collected by the person winning and is nontransferable. • The feature and grand prize winners will be contacted via the email address provided during entry. If no response is received after business days, a new winner will be selected and the previous winner will forfeit all rights to the prize. • The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. Not all submissions will be printed or awarded prizes.

2022 RTR Fall Color Ride w/ Brendan Farren, RTR

There’s a Reason for it…

Have you ever been putting something together that has a bunch of small parts to it and when you get all finished, there always seems to be this one screw or bolt laying there that’s just hanging out. Doesn’t seem to fit anywhere. It’s just there. What do we typically do with it? Well, Mr. G puts it in his mega can of leftover screws and bolts. I look at it and wonder what did I miss? It’s there for a reason. I must find out. That is somewhat of a contrast to our own lives, isn’t it? Sometimes we can tend to feel like the leftover part of the machine. Unused, forgotten, maybe not talented enough or worthy enough to be useful for anything. At least that is what we have come to believe about ourselves. Maybe we have been told that by someone close to us as we grew up. You know, “Are you going to amount to anything, kid?” or “Hey stupid, didn’t I teach you better than that?” or “Better cross the street now because ugly is about to take over the block!” All of these things said in a meaningless spout off of the tongue, cut deep into a person, especially when they are young and as you get older, it sticks, and you become what you were told you were. Stupid, lazy, worthless, and even ugly…at least to yourself when you look in the mirror. So, you begin to feel like the screw that doesn’t fit anywhere. Well, I have some news for you…I found out something about the screws and bolts that don’t seem to fit. There is a reason for them and us! We are called the anchor screw. We are the final piece of the machine that holds everything together so that when things start running, they stay together when running! So, we have a purpose… Want to know who else is an anchor screw? Of course, you do! His name is Wonderful, Counselor, Friend, yes…Jesus. He gave us purpose. He made it possible to be everything he created us to be and more because He wanted and still wants us to know that it doesn’t matter what anyone says about us, He believes in us because He, as the Father and Creator, made us in His image and likeness and therefore we are not just an old worthless screw, we are His children….His handiwork. And no matter how young or old we are, He loves us all just the same! So, the bottom line today is this: There’s a reason for you and me. We have a purpose and a place to fill. Sometimes it takes a moment to find the exact place we fit, but if we listen to the right voice, and allow His leading, we will find that place sooner rather than later and we won’t end up in a mega jar in a dark place with a bunch of other screws that didn’t find their place. Jesus’n’ME are keeping it together for you… Catch you in the Wind…. Mary G.

P.S. A Special Salute and THANK YOU to all Veterans and their families. Our memories never fade for all the freedoms made, without your sacrifice, we couldn’t share His.

COME RIDE WITH US! CMA is a servant minded interdenominational motorcycle ministry with a nondenominational message of hope and love through Jesus Christ. Enjoy the family atmosphere, make life-long friends, and join an army of people dedicated to changing the world, one heart at a time in the highways and byways.

Visit us at www.cmausa.org for more information.

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