We did it! In the two weeks since my last post we have travelled more than 8500 miles (13,600 kms), crossing the continental USA from east to west and back again, including a sojourn into Canada and had some great experiences along the way. We managed to collect enough bonuses and get to both the…
Month: June 2019
Last Chance Saloon
It's been a big week but we're here at Rally HQ in Greenville, SC. As I write, the bulk of the batshit crazy participants signed up for IBR 2019 are somewhere in the local area, with a few of the (mostly big dogs) still on their way in. The last leg of our ride into…
In London Town
We're staying in London tonight! No, not that London, London, KY! It's the end of day 2 on the road to Greenville and I'm feeling like a lightweight! Admittedly we haven't been pushing hard, but they've felt like long-ish days in the saddle and yet we've only covered around 800kms (500mi) a day! We left…
Minnesota nice
We've arrived! After a 14.5 hour flight that apparently only took 15 minutes (we took off at 12.35pm on Thursday from Sydney and arrived at 12.50pm on Thursday in Dallas) we changed planes, had to repack our bags, and made it to sunny Minnesota around 7.30pm. After a delicious dinner catching up with our American…
Leaving on a jet plane…
T minus 50 minutes! We've waved farewell to the fur child and had brekkie with my parents and we're on our way. We're about to board QF7 to Dallas and I thought I'd share one more post before we depart. While we were in Mansfield a few months ago, Kiwi and I shared some of…
SOooo close!
It's less than 2 days now until we board our flight to Dallas and it's been a busy week and a half. As some of you will know by now, we'll be riding a new and different bike on the IBR than we thought! Towards the end of BLIX last year, there was a funny…