Back from the Border

Last weekend was an exhausting trip down memory lane. A reunion of sorts. And a great little vacation too. I just returned from "Bike the Border," a short 3-day bicycle tour through my old stomping ground near Mohall.

The minute I arrived in Mohall and began searching for the registration desk, I met up with Ronnie Marmon. He was one of my best friends back in high school. Then he went off on adventures in the Navy, bar tending in Oklahoma, fishing in Alaska, and hitchhiking around the country. So needless to say, we lost touch. We hadn't seen each other in years.

My brother, Ira, also showed up in Mohall for the ride. The two of them brought heavy mountain bikes on this road tour. So it was slow going. We had head winds for nearly the whole trip. We waited out a nasty thunderstorm in the Sherwood school. By the end of the three days, I was exhausted. But it was a blast. Maybe you'll join us next year?

Pictured above are myself, Ira, Ron, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman, whose name I can't recall, at the Canadian border near Sherwood.