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I shall be taking Costa for his walk in the morning, and then taking the bike out for a ride up to the hills, back home by mid afternoon.

Perfect day for it, sunny and about 65F up here...

Up and over Beartooth Pass on the Montana / Wyoming border...

Here's the weird part - no one in the group - except me - drinks! Fuckin' commies! Dave is a fitness guy who's never had alcohol. His wife will sometimes order a drink but never finishes one. Neil is a Chicago cop who has given up alcohol as he deals with so many drunks everyday that it takes the fun out of it for him. But fret not as I have picked up the slack and drink enough for 4. Cheers from my swanky hotel suite in Kalispell, where they had some Reserve at the local carry out....

......do they then go on car forums looking for people to go out driving with them?

Well I was hoping for things like unexploded bombs or skeletons!

.....or a Tony Danza!

I think Eric said he was likely to do about 4000 miles. To us that would be the equivalent of travelling from the UK to Afghanistan going through 12 countries!

Where most of these fine lads hail from, that distance would take them thru at least 3, possibly 5 countries. You're barely out of one state :). Love that part of the country!

It is my sons birthday this weekend so I will be mostly wearing my pinny ?

Beartooth...

ANother fuek station with a dinosaur Someone tarted it up with a saddle and a Harley helmet,. Couldn't get any of teh gang to climb up for a pic...

Passed this really cool old hotel- The Adams - out in the middle of nowhere. Pretty fancy in it's day...

Took a bunch today, but it's too late to put them up tonight. Will put them up early tomorrow.

It's about the ride more than anything else. We always pack in as many miles as we can get done in a day. Dinner at night is secondary - I skipped dinner 2 nights this week as everything was closed by the time we got to the hotel. Check out the attached pic of the route and start / stop times. We started riding at 7:00 AM and just got to the hotel at 9:25PM, Not everyone's cup of tea, I get that. But it's what we like to do.

I've found a very remote abandoned village in the Sierra de Segura mountain range in the Jaen province! Unfortunately I may not be going this weekend for two reasons: 1. I've got a shitload of work on. 2. The temperatures are predicted to be insane........and this location is going to take a few hours to reach. I don't want another bout of heatstroke after last weekend's episode. So I may well be sidelined this weekend........but if I'm not that's where I'll go. What you got planned?

I do a lot on my own but i do go out with friends as well, sometimes you need someone to take the piss out of Tomorrow i am meeting some people i have never met before to go trail riding with

I think Biggles flew planes not sailed boats Bruce!

Not sure about driving together, but there’s a forum https://www.ibizaclubpt.com There are 400hp diesel ibizas driving on methanol here, they do street racing together, maybe that counts?

That bit of road looks dodgy

This has got to be THE Ride Report of the Year Eric! What you reckon @Tym?

Time to head out, will post the remainder later....

Yesterday started out nice enough, got some Dino fuels in the AM. Fuel stations out here tend to be rather utilitarian in design - no fancy buildings...

I'll bet that was nice, can't beat a dark Belgian beer.

Shhhh, dont tell anyone about Hwy 12, where my brother has been directed to spread my ashes.....

Never buy shit from a guy outside a pub

Now that could be Twoesme!

Don't apologize fro not taking photos, it's rare that you get a road where you can enjoy it that much

The riding is the enjoyment Pedro! Eric's not one of these blokes that rides a couple of miles then sits outside the restaurant all day eating raw sewage!

Why ride such long days if you're too tired to enjoy the evening, though?

You'll be in the next Expendables movie at this rate Eric!

The ride along the river was long. We saw a road sign that said "Curves next 100 miles" They weren't kidding. That ride wore my ass out; never left the hotel room last night, ordered a pizza to be delivered to theh room and went to bed early. So now, it;;s 4:30 AM and I'm wide awake, Today's ride to Gillette, Wyoming is going to be just as long, hot and tiring.

I love that, as a kid watching tv shows that is the landscape I thought all American mountains were like, either that or desert. We've got similar here but the scale and the distances you cover going through that are different.

Rode ajust over 400 miles today from Pullman, Washington to Great Falls, Montana...

C.H.U.D.