Gremlins & Finding Aids

Kirsten was 5^th 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.

Spotted on a rally bike at Butt Lite VIII HQ.  See the Rally site for more photos.