Missing Posts & Update

I have a bunch of posts to this blog sitting around in draft form and a few groups of photos for Picasa.  The riding season is nearly half over and I need to get them posted.  So this is kind of a catch up post.

I got an email a couple weeks ago that my employer has added another week of vacation for all employees with 10+ years, retro to Jan 1, 2012.  I can't express how much I appreciate this and how excited I am about it.  I'm going to be able to do a couple more trips or get some down time which I hadn't planned on.

Coming to the GLMC Buffalo Run this year?  Once again I'm the Rally Master along with my side-click and co-rally master Shooter and his helpful wife Jean.   We are trying to make some minor adjustments.  We are dropping the Expert and Experienced classes and going with a Street and a Dual Sport class instead.  Riders will have to select a class before they leave in the morning.  There will be three types of bonus locations: Everyone, Street Only, and Dual Sport Only.  Bonus locations will be emailed out or posted before the rally.  The other classes Novice and 2-Up will be open to pursue all bonus locations.  The Dual Sport class will mostly be dirt and gravel roads, but I'm working on coming up with some other challenges as well.  I'm hoping we can also have GPS locations on the bonus listing.  Saturday morning we will be handing out some additional bonus information to stir things up just a little.  We have a better starting location this year, the North Sioux City SD.  We will not be using mileage limits this year, but request that riders ride safely and follow all traffic laws.  http://www.glmc.org/buffalo.html

Plans this summer?  I have to continue scouting bonus locations for the Buffalo Run.  I'm thinking about the BMW National Rally in Sedalia, MO, Corn Husker Rally in Franklin, NE, GLMC Barn Bike Build Off in Moorehead, MN and hopefully the Baxter Open House in Marne, IA.

So far since April I have been to the BSR Campout (Fort Randall, SD), GLMC Bonzai Rally (Mineral Point, WI), and the Pure Stodge Iowa Rally (Amana, IA).