Saturday, May 31, 2008

Audio blog entry

My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

Audio blog entry

My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

Friday, May 30, 2008

Audio blog entry

My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Audio blog entry

My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

Audio blog entry

My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Say the WORD!

Tomorrow night I'm heading out for my first rally of the year - the WORD! It's based in Ely, NV, and being hosted by the Cognoscente Group. Basically I think that's just Warchild and a couple of his LD buddies. It should be a lot of fun (we're bringing condoms and dollar bills), and pretty difficult too (we're bringing detailed topo maps of five states.) I have zero expectations from this rally, other than to ride hard, do my best and enjoy it. This year's rallies have dual meanings for me now that I'm in next year's IBR. Practice, practice, practice.

Logistics: On Thursday I'm leaving home around 8PM, after coming home from International Night at Claire's school. I'll ride over the Sierras, and sleep somewhere in western Nevada. On Friday morning I'll ride the rest of the way on US-50 to Ely, where Rally HQ is open between 10AM and 4:30 PM. It's always best to get there early. The rest of the day and night will be spent hanging out, and then being enfolded in Warchild's evil web of treachery. The rally runs from 0500 Saturday morning until 1300 Sunday afternoon. Then the banquet, then I'll start for home. I don't expect to make it all the way home, but will hole up somewhere Sunday night. Be back home Monday.

The new big deal for me is AUDIO BLOGGING! I'll be trying out my new toy that allows me to leave messages from my cell phone that people can listen to on the Web. (Proper credit goes to Paul Peloquin who pioneered this last summer.) Audio blog entries should appear on my blog page as I leave them. I have no idea how many messages I'll leave, or even how much cell phone service I'll have during the weekend. We'll see how it works out. The old faithful Star-Traxx satellite tracking is also available. I've made a link at the top of the blog page. See the Where Am I link on the right side of the page. See you Monday!