48 States in 10 Days?
June 3-11, 2021
The time is here! I have been dreaming, planning, and more planning to do the Iron Butt Association’s 48 State Challenge for over a year. I searched out those that have gone before, reading their blogs, and forum posts and comparing routes they have been willing to share. I use a web-based software program
Desert & Mountain Roads
October 28 - November 1, 2020
It’s been a busy fall trying to work on my Iron Butt Association’s National Park Tour and Harley-Davidson’s HOG Ride 365 which has several parts. The National Park Tour will go over the end of the year, but the HOG rides will end at the end of the year.
The Iron Butt Association Bun Burner Gold 1500 is a
motorcycle ride in which you must ride 1,500 miles in less than 24 hours. This
will be a tough ride and will take place on February 29th “Leap
Year.” So, we will have an extra day to ride this year!
June 27, 2019
This is an Iron Butt Association Ride called Heaven to Hell or Hell to Heaven depending on which direction you are going. Here are the rules for it: “This ride is from the top of Mt. Evans or Pikes Peak (the highest point in the continental United States) to Badwater, Death Valley, CA (the lowest point in the United States) via Aspen, CO and Ely, NV (additionally you MUST take a photo at the top of Independence Pass, CO, Mt. Evans, CO and the Badwater Basin, CA, signs in the parking lot).
June 21, 2019
This is my second ride towards the Iron Butt Association (IBA) Four Seasons Ride. The first ride, Winter Solstice 2018 can be found here. The Four Seasons Ride is made up rides ridden on the Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, and the Fall Equinox.
December 21, 2018
An equinox is an astronomical event in which the plane of Earth's equator passes through the center of the Sun which occurs twice each year, around 20th of March and 23rd of September. The March equinox is known as the Vernal Equinox, or, in the northern hemisphere, as the Spring Equinox. The September equinox is known as the Autumnal equinox, or, in the northern hemisphere, as the Fall Equinox.
June 21, 2019
This is my second IBA ride, the first was in June 2018. My wife and I have ridden about 150,000 miles over the last six years, but we are new to the IBA. She didn’t want to do the Saddle Sore 1000 with me, but after talking with me and my son about this ride, she was all in for the Border to Border ride. I think knowing we were willing to stop and sleep for a few hours was what tipped the scale.
May 11-12, 2018
When you ride your first Iron Butt Ride you are nervous as to how it all ties together, timing, receipts, moving average, and being on a bike that long. Overall, it was pretty good ride other than, some pretty strong winds on I-70 on the return leg and of course it earned its name of “Saddle Sore”.
