Successful SS 1000

I Made It!!!

A successful SS 1000 to Mitchell Indiana. It was heavy rains most of the way, and then couple that with the riding all night and I made quite a few stops after midnight.

Total elapsed time ended up being 23 hours, so I used most of my available time. I did pretty good the first 6 hours but as the rain moved in newar Newburg NY, and then stayed with me all the way to Akron Ohio, I started to lose time. It was heavy at times and the truck traffic just put up a spray to blind the rider from seeing the road more that a few feet... I naturally slowed down.

Good ride overall and upon my arrival, I found Barb Smith to sign my witness sheet. Barb had done a SS herself the previous day!

Next up, Labrador and the TLH!

Pat in NH

Ready For SS1000

Hi Everyone... I am way behind in keeping this up and I apologize... I have some updates to do that will be backdated to fit in, specifically related to the "Grasshopper" (My F650GS and upcoming Labrador trip...) Suffice it to say, the bike and gear are all ready for that trip...

Tomorrow, Thursday June 11th, I leave for Indiana. I will be departing at about noon from work and planning to do an Iron Butt Certified, SS 1000. Thats 1000 miles in less than 24 hours.

I will be riding straight through all night and planning to arrive in Mitchell Indiana on Friday late morning.. The event I am attending is the annual Founders Feast for the MTF. I will return home beginning Sunday and take 2 days to make it back.

I have the SPOT tracker set up at http://jasonjonas.org/spot/tripViewer.do?id=1649
You can track me out and back via this link.

I will attempt to update this tomorrow after my arrival!

Pat in NH