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- Dear Adam and Eddie,
-
- I'm with Bubba Kolb.
-
- I hate you. You and that other smiling bastard, I hate you both.
-
- I will leave it up to you to decide who is who.
-
- I woke up this morning and was totally bummed that the next MN1K is an
- entire year away.
-
- Disappointed by both my failure to find that darn historical marker a
"few"
- miles from Dunnell, MN and by my miserable performance in this year's
rally,
- I jumped on the GS at 2:30 this afternoon intent on riding back down to
- Dunnell and actually finding the thing.
-
- Never mind that my backside felt like I'd been violated by an entire
- cellblock at the always lovely Stillwater prison.
-
- Never mind that the GS battery was once again dead and it took a jump
start
- to get it fired up.
-
- I found the marker, which for the record is 5.8 miles on the GS' odometer
- from the Iowa border. I suppose that's close enough to qualify as "a
few
- miles" in my book.
-
- In true Team Strange fashion, I rode the GS onto the grass and parked
right
- next to the marker.
-
- My intent was to take an obscene photograph and send it along anonymously,
- but I was suddenly overcome by the beauty of the Iowa countryside, the
- tranquil setting, the awe-inspiring event that took place just 400-odd
feet
- due West of where I was standing and by my general good nature.
-
- Instead I took a simple, albeit meaningless, photo of the GS, the marker
and
- my rally flag.
-
- As I was caught up in the beauty of the moment and walking back to pick up
- the camera I had set up for the aforementioned obscene photograph (that I
- had decided not to take, mind you) I heard a muffled "thump"
combined with a
- very expensive-sounding cracking noise.
-
- Sure enough the GS had tipped over, which, it being a GS, is typically no
- big deal.
-
- But for the first time in three days I was right about something. That
- cracking sound was very expensive indeed.
-
- After riding 2,336 miles in 52-hours without incident my little trip down
to
- Dunnell resulted in a broken turn signal and a demolished Aeroflow
fairing.
- Both upper and lower portions, mind you. And a bent bracket to top
- everything off.
-
- After popping several vertebrae while getting the beast upright again and
- letting go a string of invective that would make Nels Gebben blush I
decided
- that a second photograph was indeed warranted.
-
- They should be arriving by mail shortly. In case there is any doubt, the
- "beauty of the moment" photograph is the one with my rally flag.
The
- "post-tip over, demolished fairing" photo is the one without a
rally flag.
-
- The ride home was, thankfully, uneventful.
-
- I-90 being so interesting, scenic and varied in that neck of the woods I
was
- able to set a new personal best by riding from Sherburne to I-35 with the
- throttle locked and both hands off of the bars, which helped take my mind
- off of how badly my butt hurt.
-
- Will
-
- PS: Don't worry, I love you
guys again.
-
- PPS: Please kick me out of the Butt Lite II now and save me the agony.
-
- PPPS: I don't care how many points you make it worth, I am never, ever
going
- to Dunnell again. Well, probably never.
-
- PPPPS: By GPS, the marker is 5.6 miles from the border down Highway 4. The
- GPS coordinates are as follows: N 43 26.312, W 094 49.022.
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