Therapy On Two Wheels

My Iron Butt BBG 1500 Gone Wrong.  Story to follow. Let’s just say it turned into a TEXAS SS1000 instead.

Woohoo I did it!!!
I did my first Saddle Sore 1000 Iron Butt Ride on December 21, 2008.  It wasn’t bad at all. I left Ennis, Tx at just after Midnight (12:12am) and headed to Houston, Tx on I-45 and then East on I-10 towards New Orleans, La, then back on I-10 West to Lafayette, La and then North on I-49 to Shreveport, LA and then west on I-20 to Kaufman and then south on SH-34 to arrive back in Ennis, Tx. at 6:35pm. It was 1,079 miles and it took me 18.5 hours. I stopped 9 times for fuel including the start and stop points in Ennis, Tx. The longest break I took was 15 minutes in a McDonalds for some breakfast and Hot Chocolate around 9:34am. It was easier than I thought it would be. Now that I’ve done one by myself, I will feel more comfortable doing one with others and a group. Now that I know what to expect and the time involved. My Goldwing was fantastic!! She rode fabulously. She’s a beautiful machine. I sure love my car tire and the dynabeads in them for balancing. I had a great time. and when I got home I was ready to go some more! I should have done a Bun Burner 1500 as that would not have been a problem at all. Oh well, there’s always next time!!