About the ride and who we are....

The trip is now complete. Total mileage for the 14 day trip was 3400 miles. On this trip we crossed into 7 different states, visited 3 National Parks, 3 National Monuments, and numerous State parks. We departed Las Vegas, NV at 0530 on August 24th, 2009 and returned into Las Vegas, NV at 1605 on September 6th, 2009. We rode thru the states of Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, and Idaho. Main stopping points of interest were the Black Hills of South Dakota, Custer State Park, Mt Rushmore National Monument, Crazy Horse Memorial, cities of Sturgis, Deadwood, Hill and Custer, SD, as well as Devil's Tower National Monument, Yellowstone National Park, and Grand Teton National Park.

Partipants on the ride were Ron Doig, Tom Donaldson, and Walt "Butkus" Willetts. Initially we had hoped for more and at one point probably had at least 8 riders expressing interest but life happens and it was down to this fearsome threesome.

Ron and Tom met up with Walt in Custer, South Dakota on August 25th, a day earlier than planned. Walt rode with us for 3 days before having to leave us but it was a fun filled couple of days.

We updated fotos and route maps every night except when inside Yellowstone National Park due to lack of any internet capability. We hope all who followed us along our journey enjoyed the site. Please feel free to post comments.

Ron Doig / Tom Donaldson


Thursday, August 20, 2009

4 days to go....

Fly back home tonight to Clovis, CA. Bike is in the garage here in Las Vegas packed and ready to go. Will fly back into Las Vegas on Sunday night. Very excited about this trip but am a little sad to leave the family behind for 14 days. Mary has been great about letting me take this trip and I DID try to get her to go along. Heather is busy in college so she couldn't go either. JW has disappeared into the CHP Academy for 6 months as well...I will miss them greatly.
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