I'm in Colorado Springs at the Hotel Elegante for the Motorcycle Sport Touring Association's STAR rally. STAR is MSTA's big national get-together and this is the first one that has been close enough for me to get to at a time when I could make it.
I'd guess that there are 250-300 people here and it seems like a good group. Not as good as our group, but not too bad.
I rode 145 miles down to the Springs and that's the longest I've been on the bike without getting off since last August when i was on my way to Tombstone for the Three-Flags classic. I rode 525 miles that day and 345 of it was with my shattered hand. This was more fun -- even the 20 miles I rode south of Castle Rock in stop-and-go traffic because of wreck up ahead of me.
When I got here I was pooped, so I'm going to do 230 miles tomorrow and about that Tuesday. I may just rest on Wednesday. On Thursday, I ride back to Greeley and do a quick turnaround so I can get back to the south part of Denver for three days of our Annual Conference (United Methodists go to Annual Conference and belong to an Annual Conference. I'll go home from that on Saturday afternoon and them I'm preaching three times on Sunday at the church I go to in Greeley. Then I may sleep until I leave for Spearfish on July 4th.
I'd guess that there are 250-300 people here and it seems like a good group. Not as good as our group, but not too bad.
I rode 145 miles down to the Springs and that's the longest I've been on the bike without getting off since last August when i was on my way to Tombstone for the Three-Flags classic. I rode 525 miles that day and 345 of it was with my shattered hand. This was more fun -- even the 20 miles I rode south of Castle Rock in stop-and-go traffic because of wreck up ahead of me.
When I got here I was pooped, so I'm going to do 230 miles tomorrow and about that Tuesday. I may just rest on Wednesday. On Thursday, I ride back to Greeley and do a quick turnaround so I can get back to the south part of Denver for three days of our Annual Conference (United Methodists go to Annual Conference and belong to an Annual Conference. I'll go home from that on Saturday afternoon and them I'm preaching three times on Sunday at the church I go to in Greeley. Then I may sleep until I leave for Spearfish on July 4th.