2024 "Festar Rides Again" or "2024 Flat White Tour"

[bigjohnsd]

My Mate, Brother from another Mother, and absolute best friend arrives in Rapid City today at 1600.

Our good friend Pterodactyl has graciously loaned Brian a motorcycle for the almost two months and at least 10,000 miles he will be here (he flies home on July 2nd).



Our "Plan" or my plan, as Brian doesn't plan, is to leave Spearfish on Saturday, May 11th and ride to Omaha, spend the night at my sister-in-law's, then ride to Skip's in Palmyra MO on Sunday before heading to Joey's in Lafayette, LA on Monday via the back roads of MO and AR. We will arrive at Joey's on Tuesday evening, then head to Turk's in Jemison, AL on Thursday before riding to Totoer's tech day Friday-Saturday somewhere near Jasper GA (Joey is in charge of Lafayette to Toter's).

From Toter's, we will accompany Josh through Kentucky and Indiana to Georgetown IL.

Our route from Georgetown back to Spearfish is TBD but we will be in Spearfish for Memorial Day weekend.

After Memorial Day we will head to Pterodactyls for a few days of bike maintenance.

Leaving Pterodactyl's on Wednesday 5/29 we will head West towards JrFJR's in Wenatchee arriving Sunday, June 2nd.
Fred has plans for us for a few days at the lake.

Wednesday or Thursday we will head South to intercept Tyler's NORCAL ride in Ukiah or Weed.

We plan on hanging with Tyler through Sunday and then heading to Bugnatr's for a day or two, hopefully, Doug will be able to take a day off and ride with us on Tuesday, June 11th. The Laporte Quincy Road needs to be revisited as Brian was last on it in 2014.

From Doug's, we will make our way to rendezvous with 5,000 of our closest friends in Redmond OR at the national BMW MOA Rally where we will join Kevin and Annie and several of the Black Hills BMW Riders for a couple of days.

Sunday, June 16th we head for Spearfish arriving Tuesday or Wednesday to put on the 2024 Black Hills Rendezvous.

After the BH Rendezvous, we plan on heading North West to Helena, via the Beartooth if it is open, fingers crossed, arriving Monday, June 24th.

Tuesday, June 25th we will take off for Eureka MT, and then on Wednesday, June 26th head to Lake Country BC for a few days with Dave and Sylvia Dykes.

Friday, June 28th we will ride to Fort Benton MT, then on Saturday to Helena to return Brian's loaner bike.

SWMBO will pull my trailer to Helena and bring Brian and me home on Sunday, June 30th.

July 2nd Brian flies home

Stay tuned - Updates and most likely changes to follow!

Spotwalla Link Here - https://spotwalla.com/trip/9d15-384bb9f-5875/view

[Hppants]

Good food and drink awaits you in Cajun Land! Come hungry and thirsty!

[Intech]

It will be great to see Brian. (you too John!)

[D-Eagle]

That is a mouthful. Look forward to following along!

[SkooterG]

Fuke me. I have a hard time just figuring out which dirty pair of underwear to put on in the morning.......

[wheatonFJR]

Fuke me. I have a hard time just figuring out which dirty pair of underwear to put on in the morning.......

Since they're probably all pink, that should be easy enough to figure out.

[Madmudder]

Fuke me. I have a hard time just figuring out which dirty pair of underwear to put on in the morning.......

Since they're probably all pink, that should be easy enough to figure out.

Mark the newest girlfriend separates the whites & colors so it is a dilemma again

[bigjohnsd]

In SkooterG's case Brown stripes go well with his pink panties!

[festar]

Good food and drink awaits you in Cajun Land! Come hungry and thirsty!

Bring it on Pants I need a good shampooing

[Cav47]

I got a random call from a different number and I was about to start messing with him because of the incessant robo calls selling extended warranty or Medicare coverage. Then I hear an Aussie voice. It was great to hear from our old friend and he is back in the States. Looking forward to seeing him and helping out in any way to make this another epic adventure.

[bigjohnsd]

After a 100 mile shakedown through the Black Hills on Friday, Festar's and I set out for Omaha bright and early this morning.



A 580 mile 10 hour jaunt through SD and NE ended at my Sister in laws house.



We picked up our friend Scott in Rapid City, he rode with us as far as Valentine NE and lunch before heading back home.



Lunch in Valentine was great but as it was High School Graduation Saturday in Nebraska, service wax slow.

Scott chose a Bacon, Cheeseball, Pepper jack cheeseburger which looked like a heart attack on a p!ate!



Brian had a good Philly Cheese steak and I settled for a BLT. The Onion Rungs were excellent!



It was a beautiful day for a ride across the varied topography of Nebraska. Nary a cloud in the sky and temperatures between 65 - 81 F.





After a quick change and a few glasses if wine Brian and I cooked what Mary and Jim had provided - Rib Eye (Scotch Fillet in Australian), fresh grilled asparagus, and BigJohnsSD's special potatoes.







It didn't last long!



Tomorrow morning we head South East to Palmyra, MO. Stay tuned!

[festar]

I got a random call from a different number and I was about to start messing with him because of the incessant robo calls selling extended warranty or Medicare coverage. Then I hear an Aussie voice. It was great to hear from our old friend and he is back in the States. Looking forward to seeing him and helping out in any way to make this another epic adventure.

”I’m from Microsoft and your computer is infected, give me control and I can fix it for you.”

[bigjohnsd]

A little shorter ride today from Omaha across Missouri to Palmyra MO.



Mostly straight roads, not boring though, lots of changes of both color and terrain.




More than a few bugs died making this post!



And a Courthouse for Hppants!



Then Festar abandoned me fleeing the scene when Mort arrived to ask questions!


Actually Mort was quite an interesting fellow, been riding since a Honda 305 Dream which he rode to the West Coast back in the day. Has a BMW R1150RT now. Health issues keep him close to home. But he was a quite talkative Bloke!

We ended our day with a rendezvous with Zzipp Skip in Kirksville, MO and he led us to Palmyra MO on some nice roads.

Good dinner and a planning session afterwards. We head straight south tomorrow with a target of Hazen AR. - Stay tuned.

[Hppants]

The riding is going to be better today.

[0face]

The riding is going to be better today.

Maybe take 19 down through the Mark Twain Forest for starters, make a stop at Big D's BBQ too. You have some MO/AR expertise around here...lol.

[bigjohnsd]

Monday 13 May '24

Palmyra MO to Hansen AR - mostly on MO-19



After coffee with



Skip and Gail



Brian


Archie



and Angus

We (Skip, Brian, and I)hit the road headed to breakfast at 0730 under threatening skies. The Java Jive, Hannibal MO was our destination.



Java Jive is a regular haunt for Skip, they gracefully accepted us out of towners.



When we left Hannibal about 0930 the skies were threatening and the radar didn't look too good.






Crossed back to the West side of the Missouri River

We did pretty good weather wise until we got to Cuba MO, only receiving a few sprinkles,





but between Cuba MO and Mountain Home AR it was a steady rain. We followed a fellow from Iowa on his brand new Tracer 900 through heavy rain for about 90 miles.





Brian and I rolled into Hansen about 1800 I was wet, my neck scarf wicked water inside my jacket. My waterproof boots aren't anymore, and my waterproof gloves aren't either.

Dinner at the Mexican restaurant in the motel parking lot. Fajitas and a beer for both of us.

Tomorrow - Lafayette LA and some Cajun Cuisine!

Plans are changing...... stay tuned!

[bigjohnsd]

Due to yet to be reported circumstances our plans are changing. Where shall we go, what shall we do until Toter's Tech Day?

[Pterodactyl]

Barber's Museum?

[wheatonFJR]

Due to yet to be reported circumstances our plans are changing. Where shall we go, what shall we do until Toter's Tech Day?

[Bugnatr]

The Dragon! J/K but plenty of good riding in the area. The Snake, Back of the Dragon etc etc.