Day 1 Ride to Iowa

Our "posse" of 6 met this morning outside of Columbus and had a largely uneventful 550 mile ride to Davenport, IA. Our group consists of myself, the lovely Mrs. Mace, our dear friend and neighbor, Jeff Mathias, his good friend, Danny "Buford" Whittier, and two gentlemen from Mansfield who've made this Sturgis trip many times, Bill Campbell and Frank Namath. (L to R in photo: Frank, Danny, JD, Jeff, and Bill)



The weather was pretty hot, so everytime we stopped (about every 130 miles for gas, getting about 30 - 35 miles per gallon . . . not bad considering how fast - 80+ MPH - we were riding) we each downed several bottles of water, Diet Coke, etc. There was no rain although it looked like it a few times, but we'd round a curve in the highway and, voila, it was gone!



I'm particularly proud of Cheryl (seen in photo to left) who rode hard and fast with the boys and never once complained but only smiled and had fun. Like the Four Tops sang, "Ain't No Woman Like the One I Got", proven again today.


Tomorrow is a long ride - about 650 miles - to Murdo, SD which will leave us about 180 miles short of our goal - Deadwood, SD - where we're staying for our the time we're there. We'll finish that last portion off on Sunday a.m. after riding through the Black Hills. for what we're told are some pretty glorious perspectives on the United States. Stay tuned for more on our adventure!