May 2009

Iron Butt Route

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I haven’t had a good ride in a couple of weeks now.   I really want one.   I ride everday to work and back, and went to caliente for a few hundred miles but it’s not the same as a really, REALLY long and good ride.   The iron butt ride to calgary will be that.

I planned out my route.   I leave May 22nd.   [googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=st+George+Utah&daddr=High+River+AB+CAnada&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=37.074208,-113.584615&sspn=0.254199,0.617981&ie=UTF8&ll=43.827645,-112.608035&spn=13.50687,2.53085&output=embed&w=425&h=350]

1152 miles.  I’ll leave at 3 AM, and hopefully get to High River by 9 or 10 that night.   God, I can’t wait.

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Caliente Nevada

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H took the beer holster, ready to drrrrrrink
H took the beer holster, ready to drrrrrrink

My 2 closest friends of 25 years went riding this weekend.   Not a long way, but 120 miles away out in the middle of nowhere in a small canyon town of Caliente Nevada.      I like to ride longer distances, but when old friends want to ride at all I’ll take what I can get.  the company was great, the weather was perfect and the beer flowed.

On the Road to Caliente
On the Road to Caliente

Harrison and Justin are just great friends.    We went to high school together, and have seen our share of shit in 25 years.   We rode out, played pool, drank beer and enjoyed each others company.    It was a great weekend.

Caliente is a small railroad town out in the middle of nowhere in Nevada.    The population is about 1,000 people.    The Knotty pine is an outstanding bar, and the beer and food are cheap, so it’s become a bit of an easy overnighter for my friends and I.

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