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July 29 — August 1, 2004

In beautiful downtown Niobrara, Nebraska!

1) Go (south)west, young man…and ladies.
Because we don’t know any better, (and they’re crazy enough to welcome us back) TeamStrange is thrilled beyond words to announce their “Return to Niobrara”. This Nebraska event—already considered the favorite event of many multi-time TS event attendees--returns with all the madness and mayhem of the 2002 event, but with many new twists and turns thrown in along the way. The rally format will include all the TeamStrange Niobrara things you loved last time, along with new rides and the return of the bar-b-que dinner with special guest speaker Arlene Liska. For those not in the know, Arlene accompanied her husband Danny on his travels that were later written into the book “2 Wheels to Adventure”. This is the book most-oftencited as the motivation for thousands of modern day world travelers and endurance riders, and I can’t tell you how excited we are to hear Arlene tell of adventures that never made it into any books. The rally will include multiple meals, multiple rides, typical TeamStrange treats & trinkets, and still more. I guess we know where you need to be July 30-August 1st.

2) Will there be a “Minnesota 1000” riding event again this year? ….Yes…..and No…...
The TeamStrange gang of idiots wouldn’t disappoint you by not having such a ride in the event, but in an devilshly new twist this year, the MN1K is so named as it will be about 1000 kilometers long. That’s right, this years event works out to ….let’s see, divide by 0.536255, …carry the 1, no, wait, multiply by 0.623-that’s it…and it works out to around 630 miles…. Piece of cake you say—until we point out that you’ll only have 14 hours to run the event. But the good news is that you can ride the event Friday, Saturday or Sunday am.. Start anytime—we don’t care—you just have to be done by 10am Sunday.

3) Need more than that?
For the early arrivals, we may even have some events going on starting Thursday afternoon, July 29th.

4) Still more?
Ok, we think last time we did a pretty poor job representing bikers to the townsfolk. I mean, where was the mayhem? The pillaging? The chaos? We’re already fixin’ to change that for this time—and we’re a-challenging the townies to rumble with us. When? Where? You’ll just have to watch the announcements to find out more.

5) What…..still more?
Ok, hows this?—One of the additional rides will not only have awards for the top contenders, but some lucky rider will go home the winner of a set of Dunlop Tires for their bike!!

6) Holy Tamoly! Sounds like fun, but how can a 14 hour event be held over 3+ days?
That’ll be just another one of the unique features of this event. Riders will be able to begin signing in on Thursday, July 29th, with the “1000” (Min-Nebraska 1000?) starting anytime after 6am on Friday July 30th. All that matters is that you’ll have 14 hours to ride the event, and you’ll have to be done by the finishing time Sunday morning. Wanna run your 1000 from Friday night to Saturday morning? Saturday morning to Saturday evening? That’s up to you--we’ll have staff on hand to sign the riders in and out between 6am and midnight daily. Remember the anguish in deciding the “perfect” start time in 2002? Well, it’s back—with a twist. Check in/check out is only available between 6am and midnight, which means you can’t start between the hours of 10am and 4pm—because check-in would be closed when you returned…..woo-hoo!! We just KNOW that Jay Golden’s already planning his route--how about you?

7) Who is laying out this 14 hour ride?
Are they evil? Are they nice? Are they crazy? Will John the Bike Borrower want to take my bike for the event? ………..yes.
Should I let him if he does………uh, sure……..we’d recommend that YOU loan him a bike….his rides are always a great story of mishaps….

8) Any truth to the rumor that Adam, Eddie, John Pedrow, Victor W. and Will Outlaw will be there?
All guilty as charged….

9) What about that Melody Albers….will she be there too?
We’re hoping so. Local hero Steve Harty has been trash talking about how badly he’d have beaten her the last few years, and Melody (note—DON’T call her half-pint) is telling everyone who’ll listen that she oughta return and take Steve down a peg or two. If she shows, Steve will have all eyes on him to see if he violates the number 1 Rule of the playground—NEVER let the girls win—with plenty of scorn to be heaped on him if he fails. Stay tuned for more details as this on-going Harty-Albers conflict enters it’s 9th year.

10) Hey! I’m from Minneapolis and I like sleeping at home the night before the event!
You’re certainly welcome to do that, but you’ll have a bit of a ride to get here. For the rest of you, there’s a wonderful State Park up on the hill above Niobrara with tons o’ camping space. Those who camped there last time have repeatedly said it was the coolest State Park Camping they’d ever seen—the view is literally some 20+ miles.
GORGEOUS!!
For those wishing to hotel it, TeamStrange already has a lock on the 15 hotel rooms in town, and will be making these available to registered event participants on a first come—first served basis. ($44.20 is the current nightly rate for a 2 bed room). Contact us after you’ve entered to get your name on these accommodations. For other lodging options, we’ve also compiled the contact info for a few cabins in the town—gather 3 or 4 of your friends and take over one of these inexpensive gems (current rate $55/night) There’s also numerous hotels within 30 miles (check the TeamStrange website as we post info on those). More info on accommodations will be on the website as we compile it.

We really can’t over-emphasize how beautiful the view is at the State Park campground- or how much fun the campers have there at nights after a full day of town-terrorizing.

11) Ok, the camping in Niobrara is the bees-knees. How do I get my stuff there if I’m on the chopper?
As we did in 2002, we will again have a truck traveling to Niobrara from Mpls that is available to carry your stuff. Drop-off time/location will be announced as we get closer to the event, but expect it to be a motorcycle friendly business staffed by TeamStrange alumni. That’s about to open. In north Mpls. soon. But we’re not saying another word about where it is--yet.

13) Will the Niobrara event rides qualify for the Ray Bentdahl or Keith Collins Awards?
Not this time, as it’s not a 24 hour ride.

14) I’d rather kick back and relax—and I hear the fun in Niobrara was pretty intense last year on Saturday night. Do I have to go on the rides?
Not at all, but we can guarantee that just about everyone will complete at least one of the rides.

15) Niobrara….how the heck do you pronounce that?
Beats us….we say it one way, and the locals always correct us. Maybe they oughta put up one of them phonetic signs at the edge of town….

16) Hey…what about Rayder and Kim….will they be there again?
You darn betcha. As you may have heard, they sold the Two Rivers after we left last time (probably thought they’d never have that much fun again….). Anyways, what they did was buy a bike of their own! Not only will they be there, I bet they have as much fun as we do…!!!!

17) OK, one last question—Just where in Niobrara is the event?
Everything in the rally is headquartered around the beautiful Two Rivers Saloon, Hotel and Steakhouse. As we just love telling riders….”you can’t miss it….”

18) Still more questions?
Send them to niobrara_info@teamstrange.com.

"If you miss the Return to Niobrara, you’d better be dead or in jail.….and if you’re in jail, break out".   ….Sev Pearman, March 2004

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