Taking the Long Way Home
by David Ryder
May 19 - 28, 2001

A tale of mayhem and adventure.

Author's note: This is a big trip report. Did I mention it was big? It's HUGE. It took me three days to complete, so don't come whining to me if you get fired because your job productivity went down because you were reading this at work. Ironically, my ass is more sore after three days of writing this than it was after riding across the country.

The Preparations: "You can TOO take the kitchen sink!"

Day 1 (Saturday) "Of Tires and Wine"

Day 2 (Sunday) "The Great Northwet? I think not"

Day 3 (Monday) "You can't keep a good man down. Right?"

Day 4 (Tuesday) "A Comedy of Errors"

Day 5 (Wednesday) "Dissed by Denver"

Day 6 (Thursday) "The prairie...she's a hard mistress"

Day 7 (Friday) "The Windy City....thankfully, not"

Day 8 (Saturday) "Hightops aren't waterproof"

Day 9 (Sunday) "Never trust cheap lumber"

Day 10 (Monday) "Janine earns a dumbass"

The Thank You's

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