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People ask, “What was the best moment?”, or, “What was the scariest moment?”, etc., and the honest answer for Rudi is, “We had to live in all the moments, good, bad, scary, funny, etc.” Jesse may feel differently, but as level-headed as he is, there were only the predictable ups and downs of a multi-week […]
August 15, 2010
With memories of critters and cooler weather dancing in his sweaty helmet, Rudi set out on day 48 of his ride trying to remember how to keep his cool in the near-record heat wave he rode into yesterday in South Dakota. The locals at breakfast were complaining about both the heat and humidity. Rudi worked […]
August 14, 2010
So what does Sir Winston Churchill have to do with Rudi? Listen up! In addition to being the brilliant leader of Great Britain during the Second World War, Sir Winston also was known for the occasional consumption of large quantities of fine whiskey. On one such occasion, a grand dame type came up to the […]
August 14, 2010
Actually it was Celeste who clued Rudi in to this spot as she saw the monument from her train car on the way out to Glacier. It is located in Rugby, North Dakota, about 65 miles east of Minot on Highway 2. It seemed fitting for Bertha to visit the center of the continent as […]
August 13, 2010
FLASH! RUDI MAKES IT HOME SAFE AND SOUND, BUT WORN DOWN TO A NUB! DETAILS TO FOLLOW AS HE REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS AND COHERENCE (Bob note: Coherence is relative, we mean what passes for it in Rudi’s world). Visions of Alaska dance in Rudi’s head as he takes leave of his lovely wife and mother-in-law on […]
August 8, 2010
Rudi’s wife, Celeste, and his favorite mother-in-law, Scottie, wanted to see the beauty of Canada’s side of Glacier National Park, Waterton International Peace Park, so the group set out early on Thursday to do just that. Rumor has it more animals can be seen there due to lighter traffic on the roads. Bingo! Great photo […]
August 5, 2010
The brakeless Bertha made it through Missoula morning traffic to the BMW dealer to await her new stoppers, which had failed to arrive on schedule. Rudi took the time to stroll the city and the river walks, getting a shave and a hair cut for more than 6 bits and a double ice cream cone […]
August 3, 2010
Yeah, it’s a moose, but not quite the way you want to see one. But that’s what Rudi saw on his first travel day back home to Atlanta. Well, not to Atlanta just yet, rather a northerly detour of 200 miles to Glacier National Park and a visit with his wife, Celeste, and her mother, […]
August 2, 2010
Our heroes returned with a four and a half day saga across Alaska and Canada marked by long days, isolated roads, primitive campsites, new friends, and more long days. They rode over 2,500 miles on tough, remote roads averaging more than 525 miles a day, camping every night but one. They are nuts! Seems Jesse […]
July 25, 2010
This is a family post with some neat pictures and information about Sea Life on Prince William Sound. Only one shot of a motorcycle here, and it has a hottie as the main feature, so bikers, be forewarned, says Rudi. We have also leaped over a day or two of our visits to Whittier, Anchor […]
Rudi G & Jesse's Ride to Alaska 
August 15, 2010
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