Three-of-a-kind equals a $300 tattoo

Even with the rain, eight bikers arrived at the Roanoke River Wayside on U.S. 11 near Dixie Caverns Sunday afternoon for a poker ride to benefit Dalmatian Rescue of Southwestern Virginia.

For me, the route looked familiar. Up U.S. 11 to Christiansburg for the first stop at Duncan Honda, on through Christiansburg to Virginia Rte. 8 to Riner Food Market, then on to Floyd to X-Press Mart followed by north on U.S. 221, down Bent Mountain, to Back Creek Rescue Squad and then on to the final stop at Green Hill Park near Salem.

I ended the ride with three 9s and that was good enough to win the grand prize: A $300 tattoo from Asylum Studios in Salem.

Which leaves three questions:

• What design?
• Where to put it?
• And when to have it done.