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What do you get when you combine a motorcyclist, a map lover, and a government retiree living on a pension?

In our case, you get a route for next year’s week-long summer OFMC trip this far ahead of time. John, our resident map nut, had time on his hands so he has already plotted things out. Now, in years past I used to battle him on this because nobody elected him as the person who decides where we’re going. No one else cared though, and the trips were always good, so I’ve thrown in the towel. What do you have in store for us Johnny?

Next year is going to be a bit different than anything we’ve done before. We’re actually going to stay in one place for three nights and do a lot of riding in the area. We’ve stayed two nights at places frequently but that has almost always been so we could take one day and play golf. This time we’re going to be in the Black Hills and the agenda is riding.

Here’s the itinerary.

We’ll start out on Friday and just go to Brush. That’s a short day’s ride but a lot of us will be working so we’ll either have to get off a little early or show up late. That works fine.

Saturday we’ll press on to Chadron, NE, which is kind of in the middle of a tail end of the Black Hills in Nebraska. Very pretty place. Then on Sunday it’s on to Hill City, SD, for three nights. We’ll be staying in a lodge with cabins with kitchens and restaurants close by, too. On one day we’ll do Needles highway to Mount Rushmore and on the other we’ll cruise up to Deadwood. Got to hit a gambling spot, you know. That’s a must for most of these guys.

When we start moving again it will be to head to Buffalo, WY. And the next day it will be on to Riverton.

From there we’ll be heading back, with our last night in Walden, and then home the next day.

The next step is that everyone will be issued a lodging assignment. We’ll each make our reservations and no one person will be stuck doing it all. And we’ll get that done well in advance so none of the motels will already be full. You’ve got to do these sorts of things when you’re traveling with nine guys.

Now we just have to wait until late July.

Biker Quote for Today

I thought YOU had the map……

Tags: summer motorcycle trip

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