Kirsten was 5th
in line for tech inspection yesterday and done 30 minutes later. That gave her plenty of time to head to the
US Forest Service office to pick up the America the Beautiful Pass. (This is becoming an annual ironic
tradition, parks pass at the Forest Service office – but they always have the
stickers!) Apparently when she walked in
the door, the Vietnam vet- Volunteer said, “Are you here to pick up your Golden
Age pass?” Hah! I know she has a big round number birthday in
a few months, but not THAT one! Guess
the silver is showing.
Gremlins
have shown up at Rally HQ Denver. FB posts
today report riders having electrical issues as they do the last minute prep to
receive the rally packs and bonus locations tonight. Brian Walters’ computer was fine before tech
inspection, but then fritzed out this afternoon. He posted a pic of a brand new boxed Dell computer
that he will now have to load up – last check- Basecamp (the rally routing software)
is happy. Kirsten was not immune to the
gremlins. She lost another Garmin, but
she said she’s working on restoring it.
We’ll see.
For those of
you who would like some finding aids for the adventure to come, here are some
helpful guides: First- a shout out to our friend Bob Rippy (who took our KT’sRidin blog cover photo of Kirsten at the 2015 IBR)!
The rally blog
for Butt Lite VIII is at: http://buttliteviii.blogspot.com/ and check out the Butt Lite archives for previous rallies.
For those of
you who are just tuning in (or needing a new binge since you’ve already watched
the entire Season 4 of Orange is the New
Black), read last year’s daily logs for the Iron Butt Rally ~ you’ll see
many of the same names riding in this year’s Butt Lite!
You can click to the left here on KT’sRidin to peruse the 2015 IBR rally blogs. And if you have
a copy of the Fall/Winter Issue 2015 issue of the Iron Butt Magazine laying
around, flip to page 21 to read, “Confessions of a Rally Spouse: If You Know
Where Your Significant Other is Because of a Blinking Digital Tracker- You Just
Might be a Rally Spouse.” This is an article that I had been forming for awhile, and which, hopefully, gave some reassurance to brand new rally spouses. I know if you're a first time rally spouse, tonight, you might be a little panicky. Just keep breathing and reading. :)
The launch is
tomorrow morning – July 3 at 7:00 a.m. Denver time. Here’s hoping the gremlins will be too sleepy
to ride along.
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| Spotted on a rally bike at Butt Lite VIII HQ. See the Rally site for more photos. |
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