What's going on here?

So, what's going on here?

The IU Rugby Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary on September 8. The Mayan calendar "runs out of time" a couple months later, and some believe that this may portend the end of the World. Whether that's the case or not, we intend to make this a celebration for the ages, and have branded this event as the EOTW Celebration.

Being rugby guys, we've got some crazy plans for the weekend. Like a golf tournament, a parade, an "old boys" match against our arch-rival Purdue alumni, and a banquet at the IU Memorial Union, from which the rugby club was once banned. Just a guess, but I think that a couple of our favorite college bars might also see a spike in business.

I've always wanted to do another cross-country ride on my Harley, and just in case the World really does end, I figure I can kill two birds with one rock by riding my bike to the EOTW Celebration from Newport Beach, CA. The round-trip distance of my intended route looks to be just over 5,000 miles, and I'll be travelling through 13 states. So I'll give myself +/- 3 weeks to get'er done.

I plan on making some fun stops along the way, including 6 national parks, and will try and invoke my usual biker travel-habits as much as I can; like taking smaller roads when possible, staying away from chain restaurants, and starting a conversation with a local at each stop. I always learn some interesting stuff this way.

A lot of friends like to follow my travels when I do something crazy like this, and I've found these blogs to be a pretty fun way of sharing a story. If you follow this one, I hope that you enjoy the ride! If you'd like to read about some of my other adventures, just click on one of the links at the bottom right.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Moving Day

Today is Moving Day! It's over 800 miles to Indy, and I've got to make some serious distance today so that I don't have to kill myself getting home for my Thursday evening dinner with Mom and brother Steve.

Seems like I'm always getting a late start because I keep waking up in a new time zone, and it's always an hour later than I think.  Anyway, I was on the road at 11:00.  I've decided to just slab-it across on I-70 (meaning highway travel) because it will save some time.  Nothing to really see here anyway.

I'd been making some good time, and around Abilene, I figured that I could probably squeeze in one tourist event.  So, it was going to be either the Eisenhower Library or the Budweiser Brewery.  I could do the Library today, but if I got close to St. Louis tonight, I could do the brewery tour first thing on Thursday morning.

Well, this is a rugby tour, so I decided to go for St. Louis.  Ended up doing just short of 600 miles today, and stopped 30 miles west of St. Louis.
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