We’re here, and the next few nights…

Mt. Rushmore…we made it to our turnaround point!  The guys are enjoying the ride enormously!

A few hours ago, I asked my Chinese riding buddies to pose for a photo in front of Mt. Rushmore.   Kyle suddenly started talking in Chinese at about 100 mph and at first I didn’t understand what was happening.  It took me a minute until I realized Kyle was creating a Chinese version of Mt. Rushmore with Kong, Lester, Hugo, and Zuo.   Very clever, if you ask me…

I sure like the photo.   To me, it is maybe the best one of the trip.

Let’s switch gears and talk about the joining us for the ride.

The best way to hook up with us and get a test ride is to meet us at the hotels.   We’ve had some people meet us during the ride, but we really don’t know when we’ll be passing through a specific area and we are making changes to the route as we go.    You’d save yourself a lot of time and have a much better chance of seeing us if you meet us at the hotel when we arrive each evening.

If you want to ride with us for a portion of the ride, the best way is to similarly meet us at the hotel before we start.   We’ve got 12 people here speaking three or four different languages and struggling with having crossed several time zones, so getting everybody moving in the same direction at the same time is a dicey affair.  That’s a nice way of saying I have no idea when we’ll be passing through a certain area, or even if we’ll be taking a specific road.  And, as I said above, we are making changes to the route on the fly.   You’d have a much better chance of finding us at the hotel in the evening or in the morning if you want to ride with us.

Having said that, here’s where we’ll be staying for the next three nights:

• Wednesday (22 July):  Budget Inn Express, 2011 Rodgers Drive, Gillette, WY 82716
• Thursday (23 July):  Green Gables Inn, 1636 Central Avenue, Cody, WY 82414
• Friday (24 July):  La Quinta Inns & Suites, 2501 South 25th East, Idaho Falls, ID 83404

Mt. Rushmore is our turnaround point.   We’ll ride some of the more interesting areas in South Dakota’s Black Hills tomorrow, and then we’re pointing the bikes west and rolling back into Wyoming.

As always, more to follow…